{"id":183817,"date":"2026-02-28T01:20:06","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/183817\/"},"modified":"2026-02-28T01:20:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T01:20:06","slug":"ucla-defeats-tennessee-baseball-in-arlington","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/183817\/","title":{"rendered":"UCLA defeats Tennessee baseball in Arlington"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Feb. 27, 2026, 7:32 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">No. 19 Tennessee (6-3) opened play in the <a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/baseball\/2025\/10\/01\/opponents-announced-for-tennesse-vols-in-2026-amegy-bank-college-baseball-series\/86458862007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Amegy Bank College Baseball Series<\/a> on Friday at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">No. 2 <a href=\"https:\/\/uclawire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UCLA<\/a>\u00a0(7-2) defeated the Vols, 12-5. Rankings reflect the <a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/baseball\/2026\/02\/23\/tennessee-vols-baseball-down-four-spots-usa-today-sports-coaches-poll-top-25\/88826280007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">USA TODAY Sports Coaches Poll<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/baseball\/2026\/02\/14\/tennessee-vols-baseball-pitcher-tegan-kuhns-recaps-2026-opening-day-win-nicholls\/88678476007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tegan Kuhns<\/a> (1-1) started for Tennessee and pitched six innings. He totaled 10 strikeouts and 85 pitches, including 63 strikes, against 26 batters. Kuhns allowed six hits, zero walks and six runs (four earned).<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tennessee\u2019s offense totaled seven hits, including one home run from <a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/baseball\/2025\/03\/09\/tennessee-vols-baseball-starts-2025-season-16-0-for-program-win-record\/82149107007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Chris Newstrom<\/a>. He started at second base and went 3-for-4, totaling one RBI, two runs, one home run and one triple.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\"><a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/baseball\/2026\/02\/20\/tennessee-vols-defeat-kent-state-baseball-tyler-myatt-walk-off-home-run\/88789486007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Tyler Myatt<\/a> (two), <a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/baseball\/2026\/02\/09\/tennessee-henry-ford-named-to-2026-golden-spikes-award-preseason-watch-list\/88563447007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Henry Ford<\/a> (one) and <a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/baseball\/2025\/06\/07\/tennessee-vols-catcher-stone-lawless-stats-2025-sec-play-ahead-of-arkansas-super-regional\/84090955007\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Stone Lawless<\/a> (one) also recorded RBIs for Tennessee against the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/sports\/college-sports\/big-ten\/ucla\" data-autotag=\"3a4d050f-c443-483d-b79a-1b3c4e0cf903\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Bruins<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Need a news break? <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":body nav (play)|e|auto spike click:5|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\" href=\"https:\/\/play.usatoday.com\/?itm_source=SPIKE&amp;itm_campaign=PLAYSPIKE&amp;itm_medium=ONSITE\">Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">The Vols are joined by Arizona State, Mississippi State,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/aggieswire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Texas A&amp;M<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/uclawire.usatoday.com\/\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">UCLA<\/a>\u00a0and Virginia Tech in the Amegy Bank College Baseball Series. Globe Life Field is home to the <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/texas-rangers\/237\" data-autotag=\"7aec7a2f-9b5b-4923-bb2f-57eef6a2f615\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\" data-t-l=\":b|e|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\">Texas Rangers<\/a> in Major League Baseball.<\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Tennessee will next play\u00a0Arizona State on Saturday. First pitch is scheduled for noon EST (FloCollege).<\/p>\n<p>More: <a href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/baseball\/2026\/02\/26\/amegy-bank-college-baseball-series-tennessee-vols-projected-starting-pitchers\/88886714007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-t-l=\":b|e|spike click:8|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_sp_a\">Amegy Bank College Baseball Series: Vols&#8217; projected starting pitchers<\/a><a class=\"gnt_em gnt_em_gl gnt_em__el\" href=\"http:\/\/volswire.usatoday.com\/picture-gallery\/sports\/college\/volunteers\/baseball\/2026\/02\/27\/photos-tennessee-vols-baseball-versus-ucla-bruins-arlington-texas\/88906980007\/\" data-t-l=\"\u2691g:l|l|c|view gallery:inline promo\" aria-label=\"View Gallery - PHOTOS: Tennessee baseball versus UCLA at Globe Life Field\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img class=\"gnt_em_gl_i\" data-g-r=\"lazy\" data-gl-src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/88906909007-usatsi-28356540.jpg\" data-gl- decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" width=\"660\" height=\"372\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"gnt_ar_b_p\">Follow Vols Wire on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/VolsWire\/\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/VolsWire\" data-t-l=\":b|z|k|\u2691u\" class=\"gnt_ar_b_a\" rel=\"nofollow\">X<\/a>\u00a0(formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 27, 2026, 7:32 p.m. ET No. 19 Tennessee (6-3) opened play in the Amegy Bank College Baseball&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183818,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[33,150,152,151,73573,10558,6519,7278,45,218,18378,15694,1593,42,43,5140,46,645,73071,38918,9025,42033,36],"class_list":{"0":"post-183817","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-arlington","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-arlington","10":"tag-arlington-headlines","11":"tag-arlington-news","12":"tag-sstssportscollegevolunteersbaseball","13":"tag-sstsnbaseball","14":"tag-tagarlington","15":"tag-tagbaseball","16":"tag-tagcollege-sports","17":"tag-tagcolleges-universities","18":"tag-tagfacebook","19":"tag-tagmlb","20":"tag-tagnational-sports","21":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","22":"tag-tagsec-hub","23":"tag-tagsmg-timely","24":"tag-tagsports-news","25":"tag-tagtennessee","26":"tag-tagtennessee-volunteers-baseball","27":"tag-tagtexas-rangers","28":"tag-tagtwitter","29":"tag-tagucla-bruins","30":"tag-typestory"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183817","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183817\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}