The No. 8 seed Vols beat the No. 9 seed Alabama 15-10 in Hoover, Alabama, on May 21 with a huge offensive performance. Tennessee scored 10 straight runs after falling behind 6-5 in the top of the fifth. Every player in the Tennessee starting lineup had at least one hit while eight had at least two hits and three had three hits.

The Alabama Crimson Tide baseball program took Wednesday's contest on the chin, losing in second round of the SEC Tournament to Tennessee 15-10. Alabama gave Aeden Finateri his fifth start of the season but its pitching plan didn't quite work out as he was only able to go 1.

Tennessee baseball is battling for a regional host spot as it faces Vanderbilt in the SEC Tournament semifinals on May 23 at Hoover Met.