{"id":287062,"date":"2026-05-10T18:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T18:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/287062\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T18:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T18:20:12","slug":"tennessee-baseball-vs-no-4-texas-score-updates-game-three","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/287062\/","title":{"rendered":"Tennessee Baseball vs. No. 4 Texas Score, Updates Game Three"},"content":{"rendered":"

\t\t\t\t\t\"\"\"\"<\/a>Photo via Tennessee Athletics<\/p>\n

SCORE: Tennessee 4, Texas 12 | B6<\/p>\n

***SCROLL DOWN FOR LIVE AT-BAT BY AT-BAT FEED***<\/p>\n

Tennessee baseball (34-17, 13-13 SEC) is set to host the No. 4 Texas Longhorns (36-12, 15-10 SEC) Sunday in game three of a three-game series.<\/p>\n

First pitch at Lindsey Nelson Stadium is at 12:00 p.m. ET on ESPN2.<\/p>\n

For a full preview of the series, including first-pitch times, pitching matchups and a prediction, click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Tennessee enters Sunday having already won the series with a 5-1 win Friday and 14-9 win Saturday. Tegan Kuhns tossed 7.0 scoreless innings and struck out an incredible 15 batters in game one before UT\u2019s offense tallied 17 hits and six homers in a series-clinching win, much to Texas coach Jim Schlossnagle\u2019s son\u2019s chagrin<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trent Grindlinger had four hits while Evan Blanco was very good in 7.0 innings of work.<\/p>\n

Read recaps of both wins below.<\/p>\n

GAME ONE RECAP:\u00a0Tegan Kuhns Dazzles As Tennessee Baseball Takes Series Opener Over Texas<\/a>
\nGAME TWO RECAP:\u00a0Tennessee Baseball\u2019s Offense Explodes In Series-Clinching Win Versus Texas<\/a><\/p>\n

Tennessee is on a four-game win streak including the most impressive series win of the season. The Vols came into the weekend needing at least two more wins to make the NCAA Tournament and three to feel safe without a doubt.<\/p>\n

UT accomplished the feat and significantly improved its RPI in the process. Now, it\u2019s more likely Tennessee hosts than misses the tournament. At 13 SEC wins, Tennessee\u00a0could win out and potentially become a Top-16 seed.<\/p>\n

BRACKETOLOGY:\u00a0Where Tennessee Baseball Lands In Latest NCAA Tournament Field of 64 Projections<\/a><\/p>\n

That starts Sunday against Texas. But Tennessee faces a tall task given the lack of reliable arms.<\/p>\n

Landon Mack, who was projected to start on the mound for Tennessee Sunday, was ruled out with right arm soreness. In his place, freshman LHP Taylor Tracey will start.<\/p>\n

Kuhns, Blanco and top two relievers Brandon Arvidson and Cam Appenzeller are already spent for the weekend. Sunday will be a bullpen game for the Vols. Expect Bo Rhudy, Nic Abraham, Chandler Day, Will Haas and maybe Brayden Krenzel along with some others to see action.<\/p>\n

SCRATCHED:\u00a0Tennessee Baseball Scratches Landon Mack From Sunday Start Against Texas<\/a>
\nMACK UPDATE:\u00a0What Josh Elander Said About Landon Mack\u2019s Injury, Tennessee\u2019s Pitching Plan Sunday<\/a><\/p>\n

Last weekend, Tennessee suffered a disappointing series loss to Kentucky, losing games one and two in uncompetitive fashion before hanging on to win a series finale, 10-9.<\/p>\n

Offensive struggles plagued the Vols more than anything in the first two losses in Lexington, but starting pitching struggled as well. After head coach Josh Elander opted to change the order of the starting pitching rotation, Kuhns and Blanco struggled on new days, allowing 12 runs in 11 combined innings.<\/p>\n

But this weekend, in the same roles, Kuhns delivered a career-best performance while Blanco bounced back after a three-run first to allow five in seven innings.<\/p>\n

Arvidson did his job out of the bullpen Friday before Appenzeller, albeit far from perfect, looked better Saturday than in his past few outings. The freshman gave up four runs in 2.0 innings but was able to finish the game.<\/p>\n

Opponent Scout<\/p>\n

Texas entered the weekend tied for second place in the SEC standings with a 15-8 conference record. The Longhorns lone SEC series loss came against rival Texas A&M last month.<\/p>\n

Head coach Jim Schlossnagle\u2019s second Texas team has series wins over Auburn, Oklahoma and Mississippi State. All three teams were ranked in the top 10 at the time of the series. The Longhorns lone sweep of the season was against the Sooners.<\/p>\n

A top five team, Texas looked to be a near lock for a top eight national seed but now needs a series-salvaging win to stay in a good spot.<\/p>\n

2025 Record:\u00a044-14 (22-8 SEC)
\n2025 Postseason:\u00a0NCAA Austin Regional (2-2)
\n2026 SEC Preseason Poll:\u00a02nd\u00a0\u00a0
\nHead Coach:\u00a0Jim Schlossnagle<\/p>\n

Overall Record:\u00a01,026-479 (25th\u00a0year)
\nRecord at Texas:\u00a080-24 (2nd\u00a0year)<\/p>\n

Preseason All-Conference Selections (3):<\/p>\n

SP Dylan Volantis (1st\u00a0Team) | C Carson Tinney (2nd\u00a0Team) | 2B Ethan Mendoza (2nd\u00a0Team)<\/p>\n

SERIES HISTORY:<\/p>\n

Overall: Tennessee leads, 5-2
\nIn Knoxville: 2-0
\nIn Austin: No Meetings
\nAt Neutral Sites: Tennessee leads, 3-2
\nLast Meeting: May 9, 2026 (W, 14-9)<\/p>\n

Info courtesy UT Athletics in italics<\/p>\n

Prediction<\/p>\n

Texas wins the series finale.<\/p>\n

I did not see Tennessee winning the series. We\u2019ve seen the high upside from Tennessee at times this season, and we saw it again Friday and Saturday, specifically offensively on Saturday.<\/p>\n

The Vols\u00a0can win the series finale. With the way the Vols hit in game two, Tennessee could have success against a Texas starting pitcher that hasn\u2019t been great this year and is also dealing with some soreness.<\/p>\n

But with Mack out and Tennessee needing to rely on multiple unreliable bullpen arms Sunday, Texas salvages the series.<\/p>\n

POLLS:<\/p>\n

D1 Baseball: Unranked
\nUSA Today Coaches Poll: Unranked
\nBaseball America: Unranked
\nPerfect Game: Unranked
\nNCBWA: Unranked<\/p>\n

For all of RTI\u2019s baseball coverage so far this season, click\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

For the latest RTI Diamond Pass podcast discussing the Alabama series, click HERE<\/a>.<\/p>\n

WATCH: Josh Elander Breaks Down Series-Clinching Victory Over Texas<\/a><\/p>\n

Lineups, pitching matchup and additional pre-game notes are below, followed by the LIVE at-bat by at-bat game thread.<\/p>\n

TENNESSEE STARTING NINE:\u00a0<\/p>\n

CF Garrett Wright (R)<\/p>\n

2B Blake Grimmer (L)<\/p>\n

3B Henry Ford (R)<\/p>\n

DH Trent Grindlinger (R)<\/p>\n

1B Levi Clark (R)<\/p>\n

RF Reese Chapman (L)<\/p>\n

SS Manny Marin (R)<\/p>\n

C Stone Lawless (R)<\/p>\n

LF Blaine Brown (L)<\/p>\n

Lineup Notes:<\/p>\n

Same nine Tennessee has been using.
\nMarin and Lawless swap spots in the order. Only change from Saturday.
\nStone has caught the last six consecutive games.<\/p>\n

TEXAS STARTING NINE:\u00a0<\/p>\n

RF Aiden Robbins (R)<\/p>\n

C Carson Tinney (R)<\/p>\n

LF Anthony Pack Jr. (L)<\/p>\n

3B Temo Becerra (R)<\/p>\n

SS Adrian Rodriguez (S)<\/p>\n

1B Casey Borba (R)<\/p>\n

DH Ethan Mendoza (R)<\/p>\n

2B Jayden Duplantier (R)<\/p>\n

CF Maddox Monsour (R)<\/p>\n

Pitching Matchup:<\/p>\n

Vols Fr. LHP Taylor Tracey (1-0, 1.45 ERA, 14 app., 4 starts, 18.2 IP, 10 H, 6 R, 3 ER, 12 BB, 28 K, 4 XBH, .152 opp. batting avg., 1.18 WHIP)<\/p>\n

vs.<\/p>\n

Longhorns Sr. RHP Ruger Riojas (5-2, 3.71 ERA, 12 app., 12 starts, 1 CG, 60.2 IP, 55 H, 25 R, 25 ER, 12 BB, 96 K, 26 XBH, .236 opp. batting avg., 1.10 WHIP)<\/p>\n

Pitching Notes:<\/p>\n

Tracey\u2019s first SEC start<\/a> comes as a result of Mack\u2019s absence due to injury. This is Tracey\u2019s third SEC appearance of the year. He has pitched 1.1 innings in SEC play.<\/p>\n

He pitched 0.2 innings vs. Kentucky and 0.2 innings vs. Ole Miss. He\u2019s given up two hits, two walks and three unearned runs while striking out two in those two appearances.<\/p>\n

Riojas was supposed to start Saturday coming into the weekend but was moved to Sunday due to soreness. Schlossnagle wanted to give him an extra day, but he\u2019s good to go.<\/p>\n

Riojas has some really good performances this year (1 R in 5.0 IP vs. MS State, 1 R in 5.0 IP vs. Alabama, 0 R in 7.0 IP vs. Oklahoma, 1 R in 5.1 IP vs. Auburn) but has also had struggles (8 H, 6 R in 3.0 IP vs. SC, 5 H, 5 R in 5.0 IP vs. Texas A&M, 8 H, 5 R in 3.0 IP vs. Vanderbilt)
\nWith his soreness, it could be a good day for Tennessee at the plate. Anything is possible with this team.<\/p>\n

Uniforms<\/p>\n

Tennessee<\/a>: Sunday creams with black hats<\/p>\n

Texas<\/a>: White shirts and pants with burnt orange caps<\/p>\n

*NOTES*<\/p>\n

The run-rule is MANDATORY in SEC play. If Tennessee or Texas leads by 10 or more runs at the end of the seventh inning or later, the game is over.<\/p>\n

1st Inning:\u00a0<\/p>\n

T1<\/p>\n

-Aiden Robbins flies out to RF.<\/p>\n

-Carson Tinney fouls out to 1B.<\/p>\n

-Anthony Pack Jr. works a walk.<\/p>\n

-Temo Becerra is walked. Pack Jr. to second.<\/p>\n

Pack Jr. steals third.<\/p>\n

-Adrian Rodriguez ropes a three-run homer to right field.<\/p>\n

Into the UT bullpen
\nGood first two batters for Tracey. Now he\u2019s struggling.<\/p>\n

-Casey Borba hammers a solo homer to left field.<\/p>\n

Back-to-back jacks for Texas. Tracey getting shelled.<\/p>\n

-Ethan Mendoza works a walk.<\/p>\n

*Pitching change: Fr. LHP Chandler Day (0-0, 7.36 ERA) in to pitch for Tracey*<\/p>\n

-Jayden Duplantier flies out to RF just short of the track.<\/p>\n

\u2013FINAL LINE for Taylor Tracey: 0.2 IP, 2 H, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 2 HR, 36 pitches (17 strikes)\u2013<\/p>\n

END OF TOP HALF<\/p>\n

B1<\/p>\n

-Garrett Wright knocks a leadoff, stand-up double to left-center.<\/p>\n

-Blake Grimmer works a walk.<\/p>\n

-Henry Ford drops a single into right-center.<\/p>\n

First hit of the weekend
\n2B Duplantier tried to make a basket catch in right-center but dropped it. Ball was in the air a long time.
\nBases loaded\u00a0with no outs for Trent Grindlinger<\/p>\n

-Trent Grindlinger flies out to LF.<\/p>\n

Shallow enough to hold Wright at third
\nBases loaded\u00a0with one out for Levi Clark<\/p>\n

-Levi Clark reaches on a fielder\u2019s choice to P. Wright out at home, 1-2.<\/p>\n

Nice play by Riojas to flip the ball home after the soft contact from Clark.
\nBases loaded\u00a0with two outs for Reese Chapman<\/p>\n

-Reese Chapman crushes a grand slam to right field.<\/p>\n

On Senior Day
\n9th HR of the season
\n356 feet, 106 mph<\/p>\n

-Manny Marin flies out to LF at the warning track.<\/p>\n

25-pitch inning for Riojas<\/p>\n

END OF BOTTOM HALF<\/p>\n

Score: Vols 4, Longhorns 4<\/p>\n

2nd Inning:\u00a0<\/p>\n

T2<\/p>\n

-Maddox Monsour grounds out to 2B.<\/p>\n

-Aiden Robbins grounds out to P.<\/p>\n

-Carson Tinney strikes out swinging.<\/p>\n

Really nice 1-2-3 inning from Day on 12 pitches.<\/p>\n

END OF TOP HALF<\/p>\n

B2<\/p>\n

-Stone Lawless strikes out looking.<\/p>\n

-Blaine Brown strikes out swinging.<\/p>\n

Really bad strike three call as Blaine did not go around for strike three. Didn\u2019t come close to going around on a pitch in the dirt.
\nWould\u2019ve been ball three.<\/p>\n

-Garrett Wright grounds out to 2B.<\/p>\n

END OF BOTTOM HALF<\/p>\n

Score: Vols 4, Longhorns 4<\/p>\n

3rd Inning:\u00a0<\/p>\n

T3<\/p>\n

-Anthony Pack Jr. crushes a solo homer to right field.<\/p>\n

Almost cleared the video board. Hit the top of it.<\/p>\n

-Temo Becerra lines a double to left field.<\/p>\n

Blaine Brown dove for the ball but came up empty handed<\/p>\n

-Adrian Rodriguez drives a single to center field. Becerra to third.<\/p>\n

All three balls this inning have been hard hit.<\/p>\n

-Casey Borba sends a sac fly to RF in right-center. Becerra scores.<\/p>\n

-Ethan Mendoza fouls out to 1B.<\/p>\n

-Jayden Duplantier reaches on a fielder\u2019s choice to SS. Rodriguez out at second, 6-4.<\/p>\n

END OF TOP HALF<\/p>\n

B3<\/p>\n

-Blake Grimmer strikes out swinging.<\/p>\n

-Henry Ford strikes out swinging on three pitches.<\/p>\n

-Trent Grindlinger works an eight-pitch walk.<\/p>\n

-Levi Clark lines out to 1B.<\/p>\n

Ball was roped, likely going foul. But Borba was standing there to make the nab on the line.
\n100 mph off the bat<\/p>\n

END OF BOTTOM HALF<\/p>\n

Score: Vols 4, Longhorns 6<\/p>\n

4th Inning:\u00a0<\/p>\n

T4<\/p>\n

Career and season-high 31 pitches for Chandler Day<\/p>\n

-Maddox Monsour strikes out swinging on three pitches.<\/p>\n

-Aiden Robbins singles through the left side.<\/p>\n

-Carson Tinney strikes out swinging.<\/p>\n

*Pitching change: Fr. LHP Will Haas (0-0, 6.75 ERA) in to pitch for Day*<\/p>\n

3rd SEC appearance (Kentucky, Ole Miss). Allowed 2 H and 1 R in 1.2 innings
\nElander doesn\u2019t want Day to face Pack Jr. again, who hit a nuke the last time against Day<\/p>\n

-Anthony Pack Jr. grounds out to 3B.<\/p>\n

Good zip on the throw from Ford and good job by Levi to catch it close to the ground. Tough play.<\/p>\n

\u2013FINAL LINE for Chandler Day: 3 IP (career-high), 4 H, 2 ER, 2 R, 0 BB, 3 K, 29 strikes on career-high 42 pitches\u2013<\/p>\n

END OF TOP HALF<\/p>\n

B4<\/p>\n

-Reese Chapman flies out to CF.<\/p>\n

-Manny Marin flies out to RF.<\/p>\n

-Stone Lawless HBP.<\/p>\n

First pitch of the at-bat. Grazed his arm
\nTexas CHALLENGED the ruling and the play stood. Lawless was hit.<\/p>\n

-Blaine Brown flies out to LF.<\/p>\n

END OF BOTTOM HALF<\/p>\n

Score: Vols 4, Longhorns 6<\/p>\n

5th Inning:\u00a0<\/p>\n

T5<\/p>\n

-Temo Becerra works a walk.<\/p>\n

-Adrian Rodriguez singles through the right side. Becerra to second.<\/p>\n

-Casey Borba grounds out to 3B. Runners advance to second and third.<\/p>\n

-Ethan Mendoza reaches on an RBI fielder\u2019s choice to SS. Rodriguez out at third, 6-5. Becerra scores.<\/p>\n

Good decision by Manny to go to third.<\/p>\n

-Jayden Duplantier grounds out to P on a bunt,<\/p>\n

END OF TOP HALF<\/p>\n

B5<\/p>\n

*Pitching change: RHP Thomas Burns (0-0, 5.19 ERA) in to pitch for Riojas*<\/p>\n

-Garrett Wright strikes out swinging on three pitches.<\/p>\n

-Blake Grimmer ropes a double to right field.<\/p>\n

-Henry Ford strikes out swinging.<\/p>\n

-Trent Grindlinger strikes out swinging.<\/p>\n

Really nice inning from Burns to strike out the side.<\/p>\n

END OF BOTTOM HALF<\/p>\n

Score: Vols 4, Longhorns 7<\/p>\n

6th Inning:\u00a0<\/p>\n

T6<\/p>\n

*Pitching change: So. RHP Brayden Krenzel (2-3, 6.60 ERA) in to pitch for Haas*<\/p>\n

-Maddox Monsour strikes out looking on three pitches.<\/p>\n

-Aiden Robbins out at first 1B to P.<\/p>\n

Great diving stop by Levi Clark.<\/p>\n

-Carson Tinney works a walk.<\/p>\n

Tinney steals second.<\/p>\n

-Anthony Pack Jr. works a walk.<\/p>\n

Tinney steals third.<\/p>\n

-Temo Becerra chops an RBI single through the left side. Pack Jr. to second.<\/p>\n

Runners advance on a wild pitch.<\/p>\n

*Pitching change: Jr. RHP Bo Rhudy (1-1, 3.68 ERA) in to pitch for Krenzel*<\/p>\n

Mid-count. 3-0 count to Adrian Rodriguez.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez intentionally walked.<\/p>\n

Bases loaded\u00a0with two outs for Casey Borba.<\/p>\n

-Casey Borba hammers a grand slam to left field.<\/p>\n

-Ethan Mendoza flies out to CF in right-center.<\/p>\n

END OF TOP HALF<\/p>\n

B6<\/p>\n

Score: Vols 4, Longhorns 12<\/p>\n

7th Inning:\u00a0<\/p>\n

T7<\/p>\n

B7<\/p>\n

Score: Vols , Longhorns<\/p>\n

8th Inning:\u00a0<\/p>\n

T8<\/p>\n

B8<\/p>\n

Score: Vols , Longhorns<\/p>\n

9th Inning:\u00a0<\/p>\n

T9<\/p>\n

B9<\/p>\n

Score: Vols , Longhorns<\/p>\n

FINAL: Tennessee Vols __, Texas Longhorns __<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo via Tennessee Athletics SCORE: Tennessee 4, Texas 12 | B6 ***SCROLL DOWN FOR LIVE AT-BAT BY AT-BAT…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":287063,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[74726,27,67041,29,28,104892],"class_list":["post-287062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-tennessee-baseball","tag-texas","tag-texas-baseball","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news","tag-vols-baseball"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287062","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=287062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/287062\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/287063"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=287062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=287062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=287062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}