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- The University of Cincinnati baseball team dropped a 7-1 decision at the University of Tennessee on Wednesday evening in Knoxville. Sophomore Ryan Noda (Volo, Ill./Grant) recorded a pair of hits, including his first homerun of the season in the sixth inning for the Bearcats' only run of the game.
Cincinnati also got impressive performances from freshman pitchers Chris Gang (Lancaster, Ohio/Lancaster) and Cal Jarrett (Dixon, Ill./Dixon) who each made their collegiate debuts in the game and pitched one inning.
// Notables
- Cincinnati fell to 0-7 on the year while Tennessee improves to 6-1.
-Freshman starting pitcher Cam Alldred (Batavia, Ohio/Cincinnati Country Day) took the loss after giving up five runs in the first inning of just his second-career start to fall to 0-1 on the year. UT's starter Daniel Vasquez (1-0) earned the win.
- Noda launched his first homerun of the season in the sixth inning after totaling seven long balls in 2015. He also singled in the ninth inning for his second multi-hit game of the year.
- Freshman Clayton Colvin (Dublin, Ohio/Dublin Jerome) entered from the bullpen in the first inning, going a career-high 4.0 innings with two hits and one strikeout.
- Gang made his collegiate debut in the seventh inning, striking out all three batters he faced.
- Jarrett also made his UC debut in the eighth inning, recording a strikeout and snagging a liner for an inning-ending double play.
// Key Innings
Bottom of the First
The Volunteers jumped all over the Bearcats in the early going, scoring the game's first run on a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch after just four batters. The next batter, Jordan Rodgers, doomed Alldred with a triple into right field to clear the bases and give UT a 4-0 lead. Colvin entered from the bullpen and gave up a run on a sacrifice fly, but also recorded a strikeout and a flyout to end the damage at 5-0.
Bottom of the Third
Tennessee added a run in the third and threatened to score more before a stellar defensive play by R.J. Thompson (Mason, Ohio/Mason) ended the frame. The junior covered a lot of ground before making a diving catch in left center field for the second out and throwing the ball back to second to get the runner for the final out.
Top of the Fifth
Noda led off the fifth inning with his first homerun of the season over the right centerfield fence. The blast put the Bearcats on the board and cut the UT lead to 6-1.
// Up Next
Cincinnati travels to Conway, South Carolina, for four games at the Chanticleer Classic, March 4-6, on the campus of Coastal Carolina University. The Bearcats face CCU at 4 p.m. on Friday before playing a pair of games against Ball State University at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m. on Saturday. The final game of the weekend will be played against Ole Miss at 11 a.m. on Sunday.
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