Tennessee’s final midweek game of its 2024 regular season was a short one.
The top-ranked Volunteers scored five runs in the first inning and cruised to a 10-0 whipping of Belmont before a crowd of 5,022 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Tuesday’s contest was halted after seven innings, which followed a sixth inning in which Colby Backus, Christian Moore and Reese Chapman homered for Tennessee.
“Everybody in the starting lineup other than one guy had an at-bat that they could kind of hang their hat on, which is awesome,” Vols coach Tony Vitello said. “No one got a full day, really.”
Tennessee improved to 43-10 heading into this weekend’s final Southeastern Conference series against No. 24 South Carolina, which is scheduled to begin Thursday night (6:30 on SEC Network+) in Knoxville. Belmont dropped to 24-28.
Moore’s home run was his 24th of the season, tying Tennessee’s single-season mark set by Sonny Cortez in 1998.