Vanderbilt baseball defeats Tennessee in extra innings

Vanderbilt (15-12, 3-4 SEC) defeated No. 21 Tennessee (18-8, 3-4 SEC), 3-2, in 10 innings Friday to open a SEC series at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt won the game on a walk-off single by Logan Johnstone with two outs in the tenth inning.

The Commodores led, 1-0, after Brodie Johnston hit a RBI single in the third inning. Vanderbilt extended its advantage to, 2-0, in the fifth inning after Korbin Reynolds hit a solo home run. The Vols would pulled to within, 2-1, after Blake Grimmer scored on a Vanderbilt error in the sixth inning.

Tennessee tied the game in the eighth inning on a RBI single by Levi Clark . Grimmer went 1-for-3 and recorded one double and scored one run, while Clark went 2-for-4 and recorded one RBI. Many Marin went 1-for-4 and scored one run.

Tegan Kuhns (1-3) pitched 4. 1 innings in relief for the Vols. He allowed one run, five hits and one walk.