The Tennessee Volunteers will begin the second half of their Southeastern Conference baseball schedule Friday night when they host Kentucky.
They will do so coming off an easy win.
The No. 3 Vols racked up 16 hits and drew nine walks Tuesday night during a 13-3 dismantling of Bellarmine before 5,305 fans inside Lindsey Nelson Stadium. An infield hit by Hunter High scored Blake Grimmer in the eighth inning to clinch the run-rule triumph.
Tennessee improved to 32-5, while the Golden Knights of the Atlantic Sun Conference fell to 9-27. The Vols have won all five series meetings against Bellarmine by the combined count of 72-17.
“Everyone posts a different problem in our league,” Tennessee coach Tony Vitello said. “Mississippi is obviously going to run, while Kentucky plays a brand of baseball that’s a little bit different from what you normally see. We just need to do us as best as we can.