Grines Breaks OVC Single-Season Record For Stolen Bases In Series Opener Against Little Rock

Friday, May 8

Martin, Tenn.

5 p.m.

UT Martin

24-25, 9-13

Little Rock

29-21, 15-7

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Little Rock	1	0	6	0	0	4	1	3	15	17	0
UT Martin	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	12	0

Grines Breaks OVC Single-Season Record For Stolen Bases In Series Opener Against Little Rock

5/8/2026 10:56:00 PM | Baseball

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MARTIN, Tenn.- The University of Tennessee at Martin baseball team fell 15-3 to Little Rock in the series opener, however TJ Grines made history in the second inning by breaking the Ohio Valley Conference's single-season record for stolen bases with his 58^th of the year.

Grines added two hits and an RBI to his stat line while TJ Dunsford (triple, 2 RBIs), Andrew Davis (double) and JT Popick (double) collected multi-hit games. Andrew Lawrence also tacked on a double.

Jacob Sitton (5-5) pitched 5.2 innings with two strikeouts while Silas Jones (1.1 innings), JP Nunn and Mason Little (no runs allowed) threw out of the bullpen.

UT Martin (24-25, 9-13 OVC) responded to a Little Rock (29-21, 15-7 OVC) run in the bottom of the first with the first triple of the season by Dunsford that scored Colten Payton from first. Sitton tossed a scoreless second frame and the Skyhawk bats pulled the home team in front off a Grines RBI single.

Little Rock would take the lead in the top of the third but were sat down in order in the fourth. After Sitton pitched a spotless fifth, an RBI single by Dunsford in the home half cut the UT Martin deficit down to four.

The Trojans would add on to their lead in the next three innings and despite Tommy Koch's RBI single in the eighth, the Skyhawks would fall short in Game 1 of the weekend series.

Senior Day for UT Martin is set for tomorrow at 3 p.m. with a pregame ceremony beginning at approximately 2:35 p.m.