Former Tennessee baseball player Christian Moore made his MLB debut for the Angels on Friday. He started at second base and hit in Los Angeles ' ninth spot in the batting order.
Moore went 0-for-3, including one strikeout, in a, 2-0, loss against Baltimore at Oriole Park at Camden Yards in Baltimore, Maryland.
He is the tenth former Vol to play in Major League Baseball from the Tony Vitello era.
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Vitello's first season as Tennessee's head coach was in 2018. Moore joins the following nine other former Vols under the eighth-year head coach who reached MLB: Garrett Crochet , Chase Silseth , Ben Joyce , Andre Lipcius , Trey Lipscomb , Jordan Beck , Seth Halvorsen , Chase Dollander and Blade Tidwell .
The Angels (33-35) will face Baltimore (28-40) for game No. 2 of the series on Saturday. First pitch between the Angels and Orioles is slated for 4:05 p.m. EDT.
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