Box Score

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. – Eastern Kentucky trailed by just one going into the bottom of the fourth, but No. 9 ranked Tennessee scored three in the fourth and seven in the fifth on its way to an 13-5 victory on Tuesday at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.
 
The Colonels will host Dayton on Wednesday at 6 p.m.  The game will air live on ESPN+.
 
After the Volunteers (18-4) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning, Caleb Upshaw led off the top of the second with a home run over the wall in left field.  It was his fourth of the season.
 
Cam Ridley reached on a fielder's choice in the top of the third.  He advanced to second on an error and then stole third base.  Logan Thomason's single to left brought home Ridley and got EKU within one, 3-2.
 
Kyle Booker's RBI double down the left field line and Max Ferguson's sacrifice fly highlighted a three-run fourth for Tennessee and extended the home team's lead to 6-2.  Trey Lipscomb and Cortland Lawson both hit two-run home runs as part of a seven-run bottom of the fifth that pushed it to a 13-2 lead.
 
Freshman catcher Will King had a two-run single to cap a three-run eighth for the Colonels (8-11) and set the final score.
 
Thomason went 2-for-5 with a RBI.  King had a 2-for-3 day with two RBIs.  Upshaw was 1-for-3 with a run and an RBI.  Brandon Thomas provided three innings of scoreless relief, giving up two hits and walking three.
 
Lipscomb finished 3-for-5 with a run and four RBIs for the Volunteers.