Tennessee Baseball Report      Sun Belt Tournament 2009

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Junior Schedule TEAM TN OPPONENT DATE/TIME
@ McAlester Tennessee 10 Missouri 0 Fri June 12   9:00am
@ McAlester Tennessee 3 Georgia 4        10 inn Fri June 12   5:00pm
@ E. Oklahoma St. Tennessee 4 Texas 5 Sat June 13   2:00pm
@ McAlester Tennessee 4 Oklahoma Blue 1 Sat June 13   7:45pm
@ McAlester Tennessee 12 Oklahoma White 1 Sun June 14   2:00pm
@ McAlester Tennessee 11 Mississippi 9 Mon June 15   9:00am
@ E. Oklahoma St. Tennessee 8 Oklahoma Gold 6 Mon June 15   7:45pm
@ E. Oklahoma St Tennessee 5 Arizona 13 Tue June 16   11:30am
@ E. Oklahoma St. Tennessee Canada Tue June 16   5:00pm
@McAlester Tennessee Arizona Wed. June 17   5:00pm
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Line scores
Game 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   10 (Championship)
 
Game One 1 2 3 4 5 6 7     R H E
Missouri 0 0 0 0 0         0 0 3
Tennessee 3 0 3 3 1         10 9 1
Team Tennessee opened up the Junior Sunbelt Tournament in McAlester, OK with a no hit shut out on the arm of Vanderbilt commitment Robert Hansen. Not only was Hansen stellar in his 6 strikeout performance, Tennessee's bats were alive and ready to prove themselves strong. Josh Lee, who is also a Vanderbilt commitment, put the first runs of the game on the board with a 2 run shot in the first inning. Lee would also have an RBI single later in the game. Kendall Keeton would also live with the long ball hitting a 3 run homer in the 4th. Nick Delmonico and Dylan Haycraft would both double and Ethan Gross singled in the outing. Team Tennessee plays again at 5 pm against Georgia...
Game Two 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10   R H E
Tennessee 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0   3 3 8
Georgia 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1   4 6 2
LP-England Smith
HR-

Top Hitters (Name, H-AB, etc)
Nick Delmonico, 1-4, 2B
Tucker Tubbs, 1-4, 2B
Ethan Bennett, 1-3, 1B
 
Game Three 1 2 3 4 5 6 7     R H E
Tennessee 0 2 0 0 0 2 0     4 8 2
Texas 1 0 0 0 0 0 4     5 7 2
WP-
Save-
LP-Taylor Morton
HR-Dylan Haycraft

Top Hitters (Name, H-AB, etc)
Dylan Haycraft, 2 run hr
Kendall Keeton, 2 singles
Luke Deaton, 1 single and 1 double
 
Game Four 1 2 3 4 5 6 7     R H E
Oklahoma Blue 0 0 1 0 0 0 0     1 4 1
Tennessee 0 0 1 0 0 3 x     4 6 0
WP-Carter Watson
Save-
LP -
HR -Kendall Keeton

Top Hitters (Name, H-AB, etc)
Delmonico, RBI single
Kendall Keeton, 3 run hr
 

Game Five 1 2 3 4 5 6 7     R H E
Tennessee 2 3 4 1 2 x x     12 14 0
Oklahoma White 0 0 0 1 0 x x     1 2 5
WP-Nick Williams
Save-
LP-
HR-Tucker Tubbs, Ethan Bennett

Top Hitters (Name, H-AB, etc)
Ross Mitchell, 2 singles
Tony Kemp, 1 2b, 1 3b
Josh Lee, 2 singles, 1 2b
Ethan Bennett, hr
Tucker Tubbs, 1 2b, hr
 
Game Six 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8   R H E
Tennessee 2 1 5 0 1 0 0 2   11 9 0
Mississippi 0 2 0 0 0 7 0 0   9 13 1
WP-Robert Hansen
Save-
LP-
HR-Nick Delmonico, Taylor Morton, Kendall Keeton

Top Hitters (Name, H-AB, etc)
Josh Lee 1B, 2B
Tucker Tubbs 3 1B

It took 8 innings, but Team Tennessee eventually knocked off Mississippi during game 6 of their Sunbelt stay. Team Tennessee, now 4 - 2, was consistent offensively having 11 runs on 9 hits. Leading Tennessee offensively were Tennessee commitment, Taylor Morton, with a 2 run shot in the second, Nick Delmonico with an RBI single along with a late inning home run, and Kendall Keeton with a solo homer in the 8th. From the pitching side, Tennessee used many different arms to overcome a 7 run 6th inning rally by Mississippi. The ball would finally be placed into the hand of day 1 starter Robert Hansen and he would pick up the win for Tennessee. Team Tennessee plays again at 7:45 pm against Oklahoma Gold.
 

Game Seven 1 2 3 4 5 6 7     R H E
Tennessee 0 5 5 4 2 x x     16 16 0
OK Gold 0 0 0 0 0 x x     0 0 5
WP-Luke Deaton
Save-
LP-
HR-Josh Lee, Nick Delmonico, Ethan Bennet, Chris Marconcini
 
Deaton's No Hitter Plus Bats Silences Oklahoma Gold
The Tennessee boys routed the Gold Team of Oklahoma 16 - 0 Monday night in Wilburton, OK. Bartlett's Luke Deaton was stellar throwing the second no - hitter of the tourney for Team Tennessee and the sticks struck for 12 hits along with 4 homeruns. Leading the offensive charge for Tennessee were Vandy commitment Josh Lee with a solo home run, Nick Delmonico with a solo shot and a single, Vol commitment Taylor Morton with 2 singles, Chris Marconcini with a home run along with a single, and Clint Freeman with 3 singles. The hottest of the bunch was Farragut's Ethan Bennet with a single, double, and a towering home run in the third.

Game Eight 1 2 3 4 5 6 7     R H E
Arizona 1 5 4 0 3 x x     13 12 1
Tennessee 0 2 0 3 0 x x     5 3 5
WP-
Save-
LP - Tyler Dailey
HR - Tucker Tubbs

Top Hitters (Name, H-AB, etc)
Ethan Gross, 2 singles

Arizona didn't make Tennessee suffer in their own misery for too long on Tuesday morning beating them 13 - 5 in just five innings of play. Collierville's Tyler Dailey received the loss for Team Tennessee while the offense did not help him much. Ironically, the brightest spot of offensive help for Dailey was his Collierville teammate Tucker Tubbs' 3 run shot in the forth making the score 8 - 5 at the time. Mount Juliet's Ethan Gross had 2 singles as well.

Game Nine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7     R H E
Canada 8 0 0 0 0 0 1     9 10 2
Tennessee 0 0 2 5 0 2 1     10 10 0
WP-Ross Mitchell
Save-
LP-
HR - Mike Davis

Top Hitters (Name, H-AB, etc)
Mike Davis, hr, 1b, 2b
Ethan Gross, 2 1b
Chris Marconcini, 1b, 3b

 

Tennessee Grinds To Come From Behind And Beat Canada

It was a rocky start for Team Tennessee when they toed it up at Eastern Oklahoma State against the boys from Ontario. Canada (1 - 7) put an 8 spot on Davy Crockett's Clint Freeman in the first inning, but Tennessee would scrap and claw their way through seven innings to victory. Blackman's Ross Mitchell relieved Freeman and threw a magnificent 6 2/3 innings to get the win. Hitting well for the Tennessee boys were Ethan Gross with 2 singles, BGA's Chris Marconcini with a single and a lead off triple in the 7th when Tennessee was down by one run, and Hardin County's Mike Davis with a single, double, and solo home run. This win puts Team Tennessee in the final game Wednesday with a chance to place third in the Junior Sunbelt tournament.

3rd Place                        
Medal Game 1 2 3 4 5 6 7     R H E
Tennessee 0 0 1 2 1 3 0     7 7 1
Arizona 2 0 1 1 0 0 5     9 10 5
WP-
Save-
LP- Carter Watson
HR-Dylan Haycraft

John due to us needing to get on the bus asap, I am not writing the write up for our final game. I will send you the box scores though. The biggest fireworks were TN Dylan Haycraft from Dyer County hitting a 3 run shot in the 6th and Arizona hitting a walk - off 3 run homer in the bottom of the 7th to take 3rd!

 
All Tournament Selections for 2009 -                                  
Nick Delmonico, Farragut;  Robert Hansen, Beech; Tucker Tubbs, Collierville

Junior Sunbelt Pictures -

Team Tennessee  2009 Junior Sunbelt

Roster

Ethan Bennett, Farragut; Tyler Daily, Collierville; Mike Davis, Hardin County; Luke Deaton, Bartlett; Nick Delmonico, Farragut; Nathan Forrest, Harpeth; Clint Freeman, Davy Crockett; Ethan Gross, Mt. Juliet; Robert Hansen, Beech; Kendall Keeton, Columbia; Tony Kemp, Centennial; Josh Lee, Independence; Chris Marconcini, BGA; Ross Mitchell, Blackman; Taylor Morton, Bartlett; Phillip Pfiefer, Farragut; England Smith, BGA; Tucker Tubbs, Collierville; Carter Watson, Siegel; Nick Williams, Farragut  
Coaching Staff: Preston Ozment, Dyer County; Robbie Bennett, Maryville Heritage; Chris Parker, Blackman; Eric Fruechtemeyer, Nashville Christian School