A two-out double from Luc Lipcius kicked off Tennessee’s three-run eighth inning, and three innings of shut-out relief from Blade Tidwell helped hold that late-gained lead, as the Vols took game two from Mississippi State 4-3.
The Vols kicked off the game with two hits in the first — a Lipcius single and a Gilbert double — but ended up stranding both runners and accrued just two more hits through the next six frames.
After a clean first inning, Tennessee starter Chase Burns gave up a solo home run in the bottom of the second to State’s four-hole hitter Hunter Hines and gave up base runners in the third, fourth and fifth innings before finally getting three-straight outs again in the sixth.