Tennessee smacks Oakland, 11-2

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Tennessee’s Blaine Brown at bat during an NCAA college baseball game against Nicholls on Feb. 13, 2026, in Knoxville, Tennessee. | Saul Young/News Sentinel / USA TODAY NETWORK via Imagn Images

Big lineup change, no problem for Josh Elander and Tennessee. Their second midweek game of the season, Elander chose to go at things a little differently this afternoon at Lindsey Nelson Stadium against Oakland.

Blake Grimmer got the go at first base, while Garrett Wright made his return at center field. Jay Abernathy stayed in the lineup and shifted down to second base and Trent Grindlinger got the start at catcher.

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The lineup produced instant offense, scoring three runs in the 1st inning. Reese Chapman drilled a ground ball to first that resulted in an error, scoring Tennessee’s first run of the day. Grimmer immediately made his presence felt with a two-RBI double to left center to give the Vols a 3-0 lead.

Taylor Tracey, who also started at DH today for Tennessee, went three hitless innings with seven strikeouts.

Chris Newstrom drove another home on a fielder’s choice in the bottom of the 3rd, then Grindlinger singled up the middle to plate another.

Blaine Brown crushed a homerun to right to push Tennessee’s lead all the way out to 8-0 in the bottom of the 4th.

Oakland registered their first hit of the night in the top of the 5th, finally getting one off of Nic Abraham. They’d finally get a couple of runs across as Tony Konopiots and Kyle Revere each blasted solo shots off the Tennessee bullpen.

It was simply delaying the inevitable, however. Tennessee went to bat in the bottom of the 7th and got two men on thanks to a couple of errors. Ariel Antigua, who had never hit a homerun before in his career, sent one over the wall to push the Tennessee lead out to 11-2.

The Volunteers couldn’t quite get the run rule, but cruised through the final two innings to win 11-2.

It was a big day for Blake Grimmer in his return, going 3-4 with two doubles and two RBIs. Garrett Wright, also playing in his first game of the season, went 2-3. Blaine Brown, now hitting .352, also went 2-3 at the plate.

Tennessee will have Thursday off before hosting Wright State for a weekend series.

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