Lipcius, Russell power Tennessee past Alabama 11-0 in SEC

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<p>HOOVER, Ala. &mdash; Luc Lipcius and Evan Russell both hit two-run homers and Tennessee rolled to an 11-0 victory over Alabama Friday in an elimination game of the Southeastern Conference Tournament.</p>
<p>The second-seeded Volunteers (44-15) advance to face No. 6 Florida in Saturday’s semifinals. The Crimson Tide (31-24) had beaten Tennessee Wednesday 3-2 in 11 innings, the Volunteers’ seventh straight loss in the tournament. </p>
<p>Since then, Tennessee has won multiple games in the tournament for the first time since 2005. This one was called after seven innings under the 10-run mercy rule.</p>
<p>Liam Spence and Max Ferguson pushed the lead into double digits with solo homers in the sixth. Lipcius also had an RBI single.</p>
<p>Blade Tidwell (8-3) allowed just two hits in six shutout innings, striking out five.</p>
<p>Alabama starter Landon Green (3-2) gave up six runs before leaving in the third. Sam Praytor had both of the Tide’s hits.</p>

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