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Tennessee
Vols' Slugger Julio Borbon Tops in SEC in Hits
April
24, 2006
For
Immediate Release
ATHENS,
Ga. -- The Southeastern Conference's longest active baseball scoring
streak came to an end Saturday as Tennessee was shutout by Georgia
3-0 at Foley Field. The Volunteers produced a season-low three hits
while striking out a season-high 14 times. Tennessee fell to 23-16
(6-10 SEC) with the loss.
Entering the game, the Vols had scored in 114
straight contests dating to a 2-0 loss at South Carolina May 15,
2004. Saturday's setback marked just the 21st time UT has been shutout
during 17th-year head coach Rod Delmonico's
tenure (1,020 games).
UGA ace Brooks Brown improved to 4-3 on the year
after surrendering just three hits with two walks and a career-high
14 Ks during the complete-game shutout.
Despite the setback, Tennessee received yet another
quality start from right-hander Josh Lindblom. The freshman worked
a complete game, allowing three runs on eight hits with two walks
and three strikeouts. He took the loss to fall to 4-4 on the year.
Bulldogs leadoff hitter Joey Side smacked a solo
homer to left-centerfield in the bottom of the first inning to give
UGA an early 1-0 lead. Then in the second inning, Georgia third
baseman Ryan Peisel drove in shortstop Gordon Beckham with an RBI
basehit that put the Dawgs up by a pair.
Georgia (24-14, 7-10 SEC) used two hits and a
fielding error to load the bases with no outs in the fourth inning,
but UT starting pitcher Josh Lindblom recorded a strikeout and induced
an inning-ending double play to keep the Vols within striking distance.
Tennessee got basehits from third baseman Cody
Brown and centerfielder Julio Borbon in the fifth inning, and left
fielder Jarred Frazier also drew a walk in the frame. But the Vols
were unable to capitalize, stranding all three runners on base to
remain scoreless.
Beckham added a solo homer in the bottom of the
eighth inning to put the Bulldogs up 3-0.
After the teams combined for seven errors in
Friday's series-opener, each club committed just one Saturday.
Borbon's two hits on the day moved him into the SEC lead with 64
hits this season. Vols first baseman Chris Kemp saw his career-best
16-game hit streak come to an end.
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