Tennessee starting pitcher Ty'Relle Harris walked the bases loaded before recording an out in the first inning of the Vols' series opener against seventh-ranked Arkansas on Friday night at Lindsey Nelson Stadium and the tone was set for the rest of the evening.

Harris (4-3) took the loss in the Razorbacks 9-3 defeat of the Vols after pitching only one inning, giving up four earned runs on three hits and three walks.

"(Harris) just didn't come out and throw strikes. Anytime you walk three guys with 15 pitches you're going to get hurt, especially when you're facing the middle of the order," said Brad LeCroy, who filled in as manager for Tennessee coach Todd Raleigh, who was dealt a one-game suspension by the SEC on Thursday.

Raleigh' suspension came as a result of violating the Southeastern Conference Baseball Ejection Policy.

The violation occurred when Raleigh was ejected from Thursday's 9-8 loss to ETSU, his second of the season, resulting in the one-game suspension. Raleigh's first ejection of the year came on March 15 in an 8-5 loss to Auburn.

"On the mound, we gave them way too many free passes--and they end up hurting you," said LeCroy.

The Razorbacks (28-11, 12-6 SEC) wasted no time using the free passes issued by Tennessee pitchers. Arkansas' right-fielder Jacob House doubled down the first base line to clear the bases, but was thrown out at third trying to stretch the three-run double into a triple.

Zach Cox led off the second inning with a solo home run for the Razorbacks, ending Ty'Relle Harris' night after facing just nine batters.

The Vols (19-24, 5-14 SEC), trailing 5-0 in the fourth inning, got on the board with a pair of back-to-back doubles from catcher Blake Forsythe and first baseman Cody Hawn.

The RBI-double for Hawn lifted his season RBI total to 60. Hawn and Forsythe have accounted for 96 of Tennessee's 263 RBI on the season.

The Hogs built the lead to 8-1 with a three-run fifth inning.

On the night four Tennessee pitchers combined to issue ten walks while striking out nine. Stephen McCray worked three and two-thirds innings from the bullpen, allowing only one run on four hits.

"(McCray's performance) was really big to save our bullpen," LeCroy said. "We put Steven out there and he was a little rusty but he settled in and did a good job of keeping our bullpen intact so we didn't have to use some other guys. It was big for us."

"It's disappointing about tonight, but the good thing about baseball is that you get less than 24 hours to play again."