Gators beat Vols in 10 innings; SEC baseball roundup

Posted 9:52AM on Sunday 14th April 2002 ( 23 years ago )

KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE - Mario Garza's two-run homer in the sixth inning Saturday night helped Florida beat Tennessee 8-5. Trailing 5-4 in the bottom of the ninth, Tennessee's Ryan Moffett singled home Walter Sevilla to send the game into extra innings. But David Klebonis' RBI double scored two of the three runs in the 10th inning to help Florida (26-11, 8-6 Southeastern Conference) defeat Tennessee (17-20, 4-10). Garza's ninth home run of the season tied the game at 4-4. Then in the seventh, Aaron Sobieraj's RBI snapped the tie to put Florida on top. Kevin Coleman (1-2) got the win, and Jeffery Terrell (2-6) suffered the loss. OLE MISS 2, AUBURN 1 OXFORD, MISSISSIPPI - Pete Montrenes pitched eight shutout innings and T.J. Beam retired the last two batters with the potential tying run on second as Mississippi defeated Auburn 2-1 on Saturday. Montrenes (8-2) allowed six hits and one walk, but departed after Scott Shade's one-out, RBI double cut the Rebels' lead to 2-1 in the ninth. Beam relieved and retired Doug Vines on a fly ball to left and Trent Pratt on a fly ball to right for his third save. Clint Farrar gave Ole Miss (28-8, 9-5 Southeastern Conference) a 1-0 lead with an RBI single in the third. Josh Christian made it 2-0 in the seventh with a sacrifice fly that scored Chad Sterbens, who led off with a double. Auburn starter Levale Speigner (6-4) allowed four hits and two runs in 6 1-3 innings. The Tigers (25-12, 7-7) snapped the Rebels' 12-game winning streak with a 10-3 victory on Friday. ARKANSAS 7, MISSISSIPPI ST. 3 STARKVILLE, MISSISSIPPI - Andrew Wishy and Michael Connor hit home runs and each drove in two runs as Arkansas defeated Mississippi State 7-3 on Saturday. Wishy's two-run home run put the Razorbacks (19-12, 5-6 Southeastern Conference) up 3-0 in the fourth inning. Arkansas scored twice more in the inning on an RBI single by Jeff Fletcher and a throwing error by pitcher Tanner Brock. Connor led off the sixth with his eighth homer and had an RBI double in the seventh that gave Arkansas a 7-1 lead. Jarrett Gardner (1-0), who was moved into Arkansas' starting rotation last week, allowed five hits and two runs in 6 1-3 innings. It was the longest outing of the former closer's career. Josh Merryman worked the final 2 2-3 innings, allowing three hits. Chad Henry hit his second home run of the season for Mississippi State (20-12-1, 7-6) and Michael Brown was 2-for-4 with an RBI. Brock (4-3) worked 5 1-3 innings and allowed seven hits and six runs.

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