A trio of pitchers combined for a two-hit shutout asTennessee*took down No. 7*Vanderbilt*7-0 at Lindsey Nelson Stadium on Sunday.
The Volunteers (21-9, 5-7 Southeastern Conference) got one of the better performances of freshman right-handerKyle Serrano's career. He gave up two hits and four walks against three strikeouts to improve to 3-1.
Andy Cox*and*Andrew Lee*came in out of the bullpen with 3 2/3 hitless frames.
After two runs in the second, Tennessee plated two more in the third after*Derek Lance's home run and Scott Price's RBI triple.
In the bottom of the fifth,*Christin Stewart's two-run triple upped the advantage to 6-0. Stewart slid into home safety on a wild pitch for the final score.
Stewart and*A.J. Simcox*split four hits and four runs between them.
*On Saturday,*Nathaniel Maggio*walk-off single to left field plated Stewart and Tyler Schultz.
Three errors plagued the Big Orange in the early going, resulting in four unearned runs.
Bret Marks*picked up his second victory as a Vol with 2/3 of an inning pitched.*Will Maddox*tallied a third of their nine hits and walked once. Derek Lance totaled four RBIs and two runs off a double and a single. Stewart added a double and single.
*On Friday, the Vols carried a three-run lead into the fourth inning before the Commodores bats came alive.
Taylor Smart*homered, doubled and drove in all four runs for the hosts. Losing pitcher*Nick Williams*went 4 1/3.
Winning arm*Tyler Beede*struck out six and allowed five hits and two walks in eight frames.
Up next, Tennessee hits the road for five straight games starting with a matchup with Tennessee Tech in Cookeville on Tuesday night at 7.