Tennessee came into the series 4th in the SEC in BA at .310 - we've dropped to a tie of 5th with LSU and UF at .301 after our series with Vanderbilt.

UT was also 2nd in the SEC I believe in runs scored per game after Vanderbilt, with 222 runs scored in 29 gms, or 7.7 rpg. USC averaged 6.9 rpg coming into this weekend, and now have scored 7 runs in each of the first 2 gms of the series.

Where UT is struggling is with their pitching and defense. But in any case, I think it's a combination of our own pitching not necessarily having their A-Games, with UT's own hitting. It's not just that the Vols have hit and scored on us, it's how we've come at them: Clarke fell behind in pitch counts a lot in the Friday game, and was barely able to get to 6 innings with around 115 total pitches, when he usually is a complete-game candidate with his control.

Even so, it wasn't his pitching in Gm #1 that was the issue as much as it was Brandon Murray's, who turned an easy win for us into a nail-biter without retiring a single Volunteer batter. Schmidt gave up a ton of hits, but he was managing them with little damage...but the game blew apart once he had to leave the game.

Today I felt Webb struggled early, especially in the 2nd inning, but even the 1st inning he was off with a HBP. The 2nd inning however it took a great infield effort to turn a double-play to stop Brandon getting lit up by the Vol hitters. After that he settled down and pitched strongly after that, allowing only 1 run and 4 hits after the 2nd inning.

But we got the series, and hopefully we'll have a ready Adam Hill as well as a fresh Josh Reagan to take the sweep and improve to 10-2 in SEC play....