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Tennessee combines to throw a no-hitter against St. Bonaventure

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The first since 2002.

It was Liam Doyle night for Tennessee at Lindsey Nelson Stadium, and the top-ranked MLB prospect didn’t disappoint to say the least. St. Bonaventure proved to be no match for the lefty, who was making his third start of the year.

Doyle went 5.2 innings and didn’t give up a hit. He walked two batters on the night, throwing 114 pitches. Doyle struck out 13 of 19 batters faced — that’s why he was named the top prospect earlier this week looking ahead to the 2025 MLB Draft.

Cannon Peebles started the scoring for Tennessee, launching a three-run shot to give the Volunteers their first lead of the night.

With how Doyle was going, Tennessee didn’t need much help. But they got it anyways. Dalton Bargo went opposite field to add two more in the bottom of the 2nd.

Dean Curley added another on a sacrifice fly in the 4th, then Levi Clark drove in another in the 5th. Tennessee held a 7-0 lead after 5.5 innings.

The run rule was not in place tonight, but that didn’t stop Tennessee from getting out to a 10-0 lead. They had a brewing no-hitter to go with that lead, too. Gavin Kilen hit a three-run shot to center that was eventually ruled a home run (not sure about that one). Andrew Fischer golfed one over the scoreboard to keep things going. It was a two-run shot to give the Volunteers a 12-0 lead.

Tennessee went Tanner Franklin, Brandon Arvidson and Brayden May on the mound to follow Doyle. Neither of those three gave up any hits either.

Tony Vitello turned to Michael Sharman to finish things off. Sharman got the first out, but took a bullet off the shin on the second batter. That ended up saving the no-hitter, as Ariel Antigua made a heck of a play to save it. Sharman would get the pop up down the first base line to end it.

It was the first no-hitter since 2002 for Tennessee. It was the first combined no-hitter for for the Volunteers since 2000.

Final score: Tennessee 12, St. Bonaventure 0

Tennessee and St. Bonaventure will be back for game two tomorrow night. The Volunteers will send out Marcus Phillips, while the Bonnies will pitch MLB prospect Michael Salina. First pitch is set for 6 p.m. ET on SEC Network+.