Pitching changes take time.
Tuesday’s game between Tennessee and North Alabama took time.
The No. 1 Volunteers used 10 pitchers and the Lions employed eight in Tennessee’s 7-5 outlasting of the Atlantic Sun program that required three hours and 36 minutes and took place before 5,129 fans inside Lindsey Nelson Stadium. Tennessee improved to 8-0 after its closest outcome this month and is now 40-3 in nonconference contests since the start of last year, which includes its postseason run to the 2024 national title.
“You kind of plan out some of these games, and it rarely goes according to plan A,” Vols coach Tony Vitello said afterward in a news conference. “Sometimes you can get close, but today was just second-guessing. Ultimately, the players who are out there have to play and do their job.