Tennessee has made a living with the long ball over the past few years. Now, in their matchup with Southern Miss in the Knoxville Regional on Sunday, the Volunteers are close to making history in the statistic.
Dean Curley hit one of four home runs for Tennessee tonight to push the top-seeded team’s lead to 8-3 versus the Eagles. It was even more significant, though, as it tied the single-season record for home runs in program history with 158, which they set just two years ago in 2022.
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In 2022, 15 different Volunteers hit home runs en route to a 57-9 record. Nine of those hit 10 or more homers with Trey Lipscomb leading the way with 22.
However, two years later in 2024, Tennessee will break that record after tying it tonight. 15 different Vols have once again hit home runs. It’s more top-heavy this time, though, with only six in double digits. Those six have just been racking them up with five of them having 17 or more, including Christian Moore with 29 and Billy Amick also cracking 20-plus with 21. That all helped them to led the nation this season in the statistic.
Cal Stark got it started with a home run in the fifth inning that got caught in the middle of a Tony Vitello interview on the SEC Network. Then, in the sixth and seventh, Tennessee’s bats got going with seven runs. Kavares Tears brought in three of those with his in the sixth while Dylan Dreiling and Dean Curley brought in three more with their pair in the seventh.
This report will be updated further
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