Billy Amick and Kavares Tears hit solo home runs while Cannon Peebles and Robin Villeneuve combined for five RBIs as Tennessee turned back High Point 7-4 Tuesday inside a blustery Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
The No. 8 Volunteers improved to 8-1 and have collected at least one homer in all nine games.
“A home run was the last thing that I would have thought would happen today for either team, honestly,” Tears said afterward in a news conference.
Tears launched his low-flying home run to right field in the third inning to extend Tennessee’s lead to 3-0, while Amick’s blast down the left-field line in the eighth made it 6-3. Tears, who scored three times for the first time in his college career, and Amick lead the Vols in homers with four apiece.
Villeneuve continued his torrid start with a two-run single to left in the first inning and an RBI double down the left-field line in the sixth. Peebles produced an RBI single to right in the sixth and an RBI double to right in the eighth.