Rain could be a problem for this game with pockets of rain showing up on the radar for the Knoxville area. The game time forecast is 73 and cloudy with a 47 pct chance of rain and the wind out of the W at 7 mph.
There's not a lot of information on this matchup outside of the previews of the regional. I have not seen a starter announced for the Vols but you can pretty much take it to the bank that RHP Drew Beam will be on the mound, since the Vols have two primary starters in AJ Causey and Beam and they used Causey last night.
Probable starters are:
RHP Connor Foley for IU with an ERA of 3.71 in 60.2 IP and a WHIP of 1.24 with an OBA of .155.
RHP Drew Beam will probably be on the mound for the Vols and he has an ERA of 3.92 in 85.0 IP and a WHIP of 1.27 with an OBA of .264.
Among the regional field, the Vols have the best numbers in all of the major stat categories. The Vols have a small ballpark with it being 390 to dead center and they have taken advantage of that. IU's top home run hitter is Devin Taylor with 18 homers, but the Vols 2B Christian Moore leads their team with 28 homers which is 5th in the country. Their home run hitters including Moore's number have the following totals on the season: 28, 20, 18, 17, 17, and they have five more players with homers anywhere from 6 to 9. Tennessee has 150 homers on the season in their 62 games while IU has 80 homers in their 58 games.
The Vols have a team batting average of .311 to IU's .297.
The team ERA for the Vols is 3.83 while it is 5.97 for IU.
The Vols fielding percentage is .979 with 45 errors in their 62 games. IU has a fielding percentage of .965 with 70 errors in their 58 games.
There's not a lot of information on this matchup outside of the previews of the regional. I have not seen a starter announced for the Vols but you can pretty much take it to the bank that RHP Drew Beam will be on the mound, since the Vols have two primary starters in AJ Causey and Beam and they used Causey last night.
Probable starters are:
RHP Connor Foley for IU with an ERA of 3.71 in 60.2 IP and a WHIP of 1.24 with an OBA of .155.
RHP Drew Beam will probably be on the mound for the Vols and he has an ERA of 3.92 in 85.0 IP and a WHIP of 1.27 with an OBA of .264.
Among the regional field, the Vols have the best numbers in all of the major stat categories. The Vols have a small ballpark with it being 390 to dead center and they have taken advantage of that. IU's top home run hitter is Devin Taylor with 18 homers, but the Vols 2B Christian Moore leads their team with 28 homers which is 5th in the country. Their home run hitters including Moore's number have the following totals on the season: 28, 20, 18, 17, 17, and they have five more players with homers anywhere from 6 to 9. Tennessee has 150 homers on the season in their 62 games while IU has 80 homers in their 58 games.
The Vols have a team batting average of .311 to IU's .297.
The team ERA for the Vols is 3.83 while it is 5.97 for IU.
The Vols fielding percentage is .979 with 45 errors in their 62 games. IU has a fielding percentage of .965 with 70 errors in their 58 games.
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