Tennessee wasted Chase Dollander’s best start of the season — 5.1 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 13 Ks — and lost the first game of today’s doubleheader against the Gamecocks 6-1.
The former overall No.1-rated player on many MLB mock draft boards was brilliant, giving up just one earned-run on a long ball from SC’s two-hole hitter Brayen Wimmer in the bottom of the first inning. Dollander struck out the leadoff batter, gave up the HR and then struck out two more Gamecocks to end the first.
After the home run to start the game, Dollander struck out the side in the second, too, as he punched out six batters in just two frames of work.