Steven Gruver threw seven shutout innings, striking out 10 to lead Tennessee to a 4-0 win over the Canisius College baseball team on Friday afternoon, at Lindsay Nelson Stadium in Knoxville, Tenn. The Golden Griffins fall to 3-2 on the season.

The Volunteers got on the board in the second inning when Matt Duffy led off with a double. A fly out to right moved Duffy to third and an RBI groundout from Tyler Horne gave Tennessee the 1-0 lead.

Canisius came right back in the top of the third inning as sophomore Chris Gruarin was hit by a pitch. A one-out single by freshman Ryan Coppinger put Canisius runners at the corners, but Gruver picked off Coppinger for the second out of the inning and got senior Will Chomicki to pop out to end the threat.

Tennessee (3-1) looked to add to its lead in the fifth as a double from Zach Osborne put runners at second and third with one out. Andrew Toles flew out to Chomicki in left, and Chomicki would throw out Chris Pierce at the plate to keep it a 1-0 game.

Tennessee added two insurance runs in the seventh off Canisius starter Shane Davis and another run in the eighth off Canisius reliever Billy Martin. Davis (0-1) went seven innings, allowing three runs on seven hits, walked one and struck out one.

Gruver allowed two hits and struck out 10 in seven innings to pick up the win. Levi Dean threw two scoreless innings to pick up the save.

Canisius and Tennessee play the middle game of the series on Saturday, with first pitch scheduled for 2 p.m.

Game Notes: Canisius and Tennessee met for the first time this season... Gruver also threw six scoreless innings in his first start of the season... Davis has now allowed two or fewer walks for the 14^th time in his last 15 starts... Canisius and Tennessee met for the first time... Senior Brian Burton has a hit in the last three games... Junior Drew Pettit has a hit in four of the first five games this season... Canisius was shut out for the first time since March 31, 2009, in a 5-0 loss to Le Moyne, ending a streak of 96 games.