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Tennessee Baseball (20-5, 7-2 SEC)
Tennessee Volunteers baseball team enter this match up against the Florida Gators this weekend coming off a 2-1 series win over Alabama and a mid-week win against Eastern Kentucky 10-1.
The Volunteers host the Florida Gators in a three-game series that starts April 9, in Knoxville Tennessee. First pitch is set for 6:30 p.m.
This weekend is a big weekend for the Tennessee Volunteers baseball team marking it the first time that there has been two top 10 teams matched up in the Lindsey Nelson Stadium, since April 2004 when the Vols where ranked No. 10. The Volunteers welcomed then No.7 LSU Tigers to their stadium, where they won the opening game, but Tigers went on to win the series 2-1.
Gators Baseball’s season was cut short last year due to the outbreak of COVID-19. They finished 2020 with a 16-1 record and were the top-ranked baseball team. In 2021, they enter ranked No.1 by Baseball America, making this the fourth outlet to rank the Gators No.1 for the preseason.
One player who enters this season with eyes on him is pitcher Tommy Mace. Mace is a senior from Tampa, Fla., who was drafted in the 12th round out of high school by the Cincinnati Reds in the 2017 MLB draft. However, Mace chose to attend college for the University of Florida.
Mace could have gone pro last season. But he chose to return to the Gators for another year.