March 29 at Hawkins Field in Nashville, TN
SEC Network
It was a forgettable day for Tennessee as the defending national champions opened up a huge early lead and cruised to a 14-3 victory in the series finale.
Hunter Martin retired the first batter he faced, but things quickly fell apart for the sophomore right-hander.
Single, single, double, hit batsman, error, walk. Vandy up 3-0 and Martin's day was complete after just seven batters. Steven Kane barely got a chance to mumble things to himself on the mound when his first pitch was deposited over the center field wall by Karl Ellison for a grand slam and a 7-0 cushion. Kane retired an actual Vanderbilt hitter, then after two more singles, got a break when a 26-minute half-inning finally ended when Ro Coleman was thrown out at home for the third out.
It was Martin's first weekend start of the season, but I don't think we'll be seeing him again when the Vols travel to Oxford to play Mississippi April 3-5.
* SEC Network analyst Chris Burke, give us your top 7.
"Gator armed that ball up the middle"
"Loads up on a heater"
"Big RBI knock"
"That's a nasty change up and he spits on it"
"Sometimes you just gotta body a ball up"
"Love the trajectory of that swing"
"They don't ask you how far they ask you how many"
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