All postseason, Tennessee left too many men on base and made too many fielding errors. On Sunday, Notre Dame took advantage and ended the Vols’ season, 7-3.
Starter Chase Burns was fantastic through six innings but gave up a one-out double to three-hole hitter Carter Putz in the top of the seventh. Instead of pulling the freshman, as the Vols clung to a 3-1 lead, Tony Vitello left him out there. Burns got one more out and then gave up back-to-back home runs to David LaManna and Jack Brannigan.
The Vols proceeded to meltdown in fantastic fashion in the eighth, as Camden Sewell, Burns’ replacement, plunked the leadoff batter, which Trey Lipscomb followed up with throwing error on what should have been an easy out at first.