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HOUSTON – Freshmen Drew Beam and Christian Moore powered sixth-ranked Tennessee past Oklahoma, 8-0, Sunday at the Shriners Children’s College Classic at Minute Maid Park in Houston.
With Tennessee (10-1) leading 3-0 in the third, Moore extended the Volunteer lead with a two-run inside-the-park home run – UT’s first inside-the-park homer since February 21, 2020. Moore padded the lead in the top half of the fifth as he picked up his third RBI of the day, lifting a single to left that scored Evan Russell from second.
Moore finished the game 3-for-4, with two runs scored, three RBIs, a double and a home run. The three-hit outing for the Brooklyn, New York, native is a career-high.
On the mound, Beam made his third-career start Sunday and tossed a gem as he held Oklahoma to a pair of hits through a career-high five innings of work. The Murfreesboro, Tennessee, native struck out a career-best six OU hitters, allowed just four base runners and improved to 2-0 on the year with the win.
Will Mabrey and Mark McLaughlin each threw an inning in relief and held the Sooners to just a single hit, with McLaughlin striking out three batters. Ben Joyce faced two batters before being replaced by Redmond Walsh. Walsh polished off the shutout as he threw the final 1.2 innings, recording three strikeouts.
The offense continued to click as Jordan Beck and Blake Burke homered for the Vols on Sunday. Beck opened the scoring in the first inning with a solo shot high off the foul pole in left field, while Burke hit a solo pinch-hit home run in the eighth into the Crawford Boxes to give UT its final margin of victory at 8-0.
Junior Seth Stephenson recorded his third two-hit outing of the year and drove in UT’s seventh run of the game in the eighth inning off a double down the left-field line. In all, eight Vols recorded a hit in Sunday’s win.
Oklahoma (5-5) started Chazz Martinez on the mound, who gave up five runs on five hits in 3.2 innings of work. Martinez suffered the loss and is 1-1 on the year. The Sooners managed just five hits against the Vols pitching staff led by Tanner Tredaway’s two-hit performance.
UP NEXT: Tennessee returns home to Lindsey Nelson Stadium on Tuesday, March 8 as it opens a two-game series against James Madison. First pitch Tuesday is slated for 6:30 p.m.
NOTABLES
MOORE’S INSIDE-THE-PARKER: Freshman Ch
GOING DEEP: Tennessee hit three home runs against Oklahoma and now has seven multi-home run games in 2022.
-UT Athletics
