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COMMODORES AT-A-GLANCE #22 Ole Miss Rebels (34-19) at Vanderbilt Commodores (26-25) Game #52 Home #32 Thursday, May 17 H 6:30 p.m. (TV-ESPNU) Streak...... W2 Friday, May 18 H 6:30 p.m. Home...... 19-12 Road...... 7-13 Saturday, May 19 H 2 p.m. Neutral...... 0-0 Day...... 18-17 VANDERBILT RE-VU Night...... 8-8 Vanderbilt clinched its second straight road series with a 5-4 win in 10 innings at #4 LSU. ’s vs. RH starters...... 14-19 solo in the ninth helped the Dores get to extra innings and Tony Kemp’s single in the 10th scored the vs. LH starters...... 12-6 winning run. The Commodores evened the series with the Tigers, winning Saturday’s game 6-3. Anthony Gomez Extra-Innings...... 2-1 had four hits and Sam Selman won his team-best eighth game. Vanderbilt dropped a ’s duel 2-1 at LSU on Doubleheaders...... 2-0 Friday. T.J. Pecoraro was the tough-luck loser in his first career complete game, allowing two runs. The Commo- dores topped #23 Louisville 3-2 Tuesday night to reach .500 for the first time this season. Conrad Gregor scored ...... 4-1 the winning run from third on a wild pitch in the eighth inning. One-Run Games...... 6-6 Three+ Run Games...... 17-13 Series W-L-T...... 7-7-0 ON THE BUMP Series Sweeps...... 2-3 Thursday, May 17 On Artificial Turf...... 0-1 RHP T.J. Pecoraro (0-4, 4.12) vs. RHP Bobby Wahl (6-1, 2.18) On Natural Grass...... 26-24 Friday, May 18 Scoring First...... 19-7 LHP Sam Selman (8-3, 4.03) vs. RHP Mike Mayers (4-2, 4.04) Opp. Scores First...... 7-18 Scoring 3+ runs...... 24-12 Saturday, May 19 Opp. Scores 3+ runs...... 12-22 LHP Kevin Ziomek (3-6, 5.02) vs. TBA Hitting at least 1 HR...... 13-6 Hitting no HR...... 13-19 TURNING IT AROUND Making at least 1 error.....15-20 Vanderbilt has turned the season around in the second half of the schedule winning Making no errors...... 11-5 four of the team’s last five series, including three straight. Since beating Belmont on April 11 the Commodores Leading after 6 inn...... 20-0 are 13-6 with series victories over two Top 5 teams (Kentucky and LSU). During the stretch the Dores are Trailing after 6 inn...... 2-23 outscoring opponents 105-75 (5.5 to 4.0) and have hit 13 of the team’s 25 home runs for the season. Anthony Tied after 6 inn...... 4-2 Gomez has hit .375 with a team-best 17 RBI. Sam Selman has helped lead the way on the mound going 6-0 in six Leading after 7 inn...... 20-1 games, four starts, with a 1.80 ERA. Trailing after 7 inn...... 3-23 Tied after 7 inn...... 2-1 GOMEZ HITTING HIS WAY INTO TOP 10 Leading after 8 inn...... 22-1 Junior Anthony Gomez enters Thursday night’s game just two hits shy of joining Vanderbilt’s All-Time Top 10 hits list. Gomez has 251 hits in his career and will climb into the Top 10 with two more hits tying him with Nick Mor- Trailing after 8 inn...... 2-23 row (1991-94) and former teammate Jason Esposito (2009-11). Tied after 8 inn...... 1-1 vs. Top 5 Teams...... 4-8 COMEBACK COMMODORES vs. Top 10 Teams...... 1-2 Over Vanderbilt’s last 12 games the Commodores have scored the winning run in the eighth inning or later five vs. Top 25 Teams...... 3-1 times to help the team go 9-3 during the stretch. Vandy pushed a run across in the top of the 10th to win at LSU In the State of Tenn...... 22-14 May 13, scored one run in the bottom of the eighth to beat Louisville May 8, put a five-spot on the board in the vs. Out-of-State Opp...... 19-23 bottom of the eighth against Kentucky April 29 after scoring the winning run in the eighth against the Wildcats On Weekdays...... 9-3 the day before and scored two runs in the top of the ninth at Alabama April 22 to avoid the sweep. On Weekends...... 17-22 COMMODORES BROADCAST BATTLING THE REBELS Joe Fisher calls the action on The Commodores welcome Ole Miss to Nashville for the first time since 2009 when the Rebels took two-of- WNSR 560-AM three at Hawkins Field. The teams have not played since 2009 with Ole Miss winning six of the last eight games beginning 15-minutes prior to between the two teams dating back to a series sweep in Oxford in 2008. Vanderbilt is 46-50-2 against Ole Miss first pitch. all-time in a series dating back to the Dores’ 6-5 win in 1900. vucommodores.com 1 COMMODORE NOTES TIM CORBIN FREE RIDES COSTING COMMODORES The Commodores’ pitching staff has issued 213 walks and hit 65 batters in the team’s 51 games of BY THE NUMBERS 2012. Add in the team’s 69 errors and that is 347 free base runners for opponents. Of those 347 free base runners 99 have crossed home plate. Vanderbilt has allowed 250 runs this season with 40% 376 wins at Vanderbilt makes of those runs reaching base via walk, hit by pitch or error. The Dores’ offense has scored 87 (30% of him the second-winningest total) runs that reached base via walk, hit by pitch or error. coach in school history. 2000 WIN MILESTONE 232 wins over the last five years The Vanderbilt baseball program reached 2000 wins in the program’s 114th season of baseball with a 5-4 come-from-behind win over Georgia on March 24. The Commodores entered the 2012 season with ranks second among SEC teams an all-time record of 1992-1601-3 and now just need one win to reach the milestone. VU becomes during that span. the seventh current SEC team to reach the 2000-win mark as a program joining Alabama, Florida, Georgia, LSU, State and South Carolina. 129 of Corbin’s players and recruits have been drafted by CORBIN ECLIPSES 400 WINS AT VU Head Coach Tim Corbin entered the 2012 season with 376 wins as the Commodores’ skipper. His now MLB in his career, including 96 402 wins at Vanderbilt are the third-most of any active SEC coach at one school trailing only Ole Miss’ while at VU. Mike Bianco, who has led the Rebels for the past 11 seasons and has 434 wins at Ole Miss, and South Carolina’s , who has 689 wins in 15 seasons with the Gamecocks. The Vandy coach 120 SEC All-Academic has 508 wins in his head coaching career. selections during Corbin’s TOP-RANKED RECRUITING CLASS tenure. The Commodores 13-man class was ranked No. 1 by last fall. The class features 12 18 Vandy players have been freshmen and one junior college transfer. Right-hander headlines the class as the only first round pick in last summer’s MLB draft to not sign a professional contract turning down Toronto. selected as All-Americans. Catcher Chris Harvey is also a key component of the class’s top ranking, graduating from high school after his junior year to join the Commodores in the fall. The class consists of six position players and 15 Dores have earned seven . The top-ranked class is the second for Vanderbilt with the first coming in 2005, a class Freshman All-American honors. that included eventual first round picks Pedro Alvarez and Ryan Flaherty. EIGHT Commodores have KEMP NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN been drafted in the first round, After a stellar freshman campaign last spring that netted him the Southeastern Conference Freshman of the Year award Tony Kemp opens his sophomore season as a preseason All-American by Collegiate including FIVE in the Top 10 Baseball. Kemp was also a first team All-SEC performer last season after hitting .329 with a team- picks. best seven triples, the most by a Commodore since Ryan Klosterman set the school record with eight in 2004. SEVEN trips to the NCAA Tournament under Corbin. DORES REPLACING A LOT Anytime a team sets a draft record (VU set the SEC record with 12 players selected in 2011) there Vanderbilt had made the will be lots of experience and stats to replace the next season. Here are just a few things the Dores tournament just three times must replace this season: hitting stats - 36 home runs (71% of team’s 2011 total), 220 RBI (53%), 70 doubles (54%), 173 runs (38%) pitching stats - 55 starts (83%), 42 wins (78%), 14 saves (78%), 450 prior to his arrival. (77%), 425 (75%). THREE Summer League Players of the Year in the past six years. National Award Watch Lists Commodore Weekly Winners Player (Pos.) Award Player (Pos.) Honor Date THREE Super Regionals in the A. Gomez SEC Player of the Week 5/14 Corbin-Era are the only three in VU history. ONE MLB first round pick has pitched in the weekend rotation in every year since Corbin’s arrival.

2 vucommodores.com COMMODORE NOTES SEC COACHES PICK VU FOURTH IN EAST Commodores In The Pros The Southeastern Conference coaches have picked Vanderbilt to finish fourth in the SEC East Division this season. The Commodores are slated behind Florida, South Carolina and Georgia in the division MLB and ahead of Kentucky and . The Gators were voted to win the league while Arkansas was Player (Years at VU) Team selected to win the West Division. The Razorbacks were picked ahead of LSU, Alabama, Ole Miss, Mississippi State and Auburn. Pedro Alvarez (06-08) Pittsburgh Mike Baxter (04-05) New York (NL) ALL-AMERICAN FRESHMEN NOW SOPHOMORES Four freshmen Commodores garnered All-American honors last season with pitchers Kevin Ziomek Ryan Flaherty (06-08) Baltimore and T.J. Pecoraro, outfielder Tony Kemp and designated hitter Conrad Gregor earning the distinction. Mike Minor (07-09) Atlanta The quartet, now sophomores, joins senior Riley Reynolds and junior Anthony Gomez as former Fresh- man All-Americans on the Dores’ roster. (05-07) Tampa Bay AAA LOTS OF UNDERCLASSMEN The Commodores enter the season with 33 players on the roster, including 22 underclassmen. The Nick Christiani (06-09) Louisville (CIN) roster consists of 12 freshmen, 11 sophomores, eight juniors and two seniors. Riley Reynolds and Matt Kata (97-99) Round Rock (TEX) Drew Fann are the only two seniors on the squad with Fann being in his fifth year at Vanderbilt. Two juniors, Will Clinard and Andrew Harris, are in their fourth season at VU after redshirting their first Jensen Lewis (03-05) Reno (ARI) season on campus. AA FANN EARNS POST-GRADUATE SCHOLARSHIP Matt Buschmann (03-06) Montgomery (TB) Senior catcher Drew Fann earned the nod as the Vanderbilt male representative for the Southeastern Conference Brad Davis Community Service post-graduate scholarship. Fann is a two-time member of Sonny Gray (09-11) Midland (OAK) the SEC All-Community Service team and received his undergraduate degree in Human and Organiza- Drew Hayes (08-10) Pensacola (CIN) tional Development last spring. Brett Jacobson New Britain (MIN)

BIG LEAGUERS BACK AT THE HAWK Mark Lamm (08-11) Mississippi (ATL) Vanderbilt has produced more professional players over the last eight seasons than any other school in the Southeastern Conference; including a nation-best eight first round picks. The Commodores (04-05) Bowie (BAL) set a new SEC mark with 12 players selected in June’s MLB draft last summer. During the offseason Casey Weathers (06-07) Tennessee (CHC) several players visit Hawkins Field to work out. Big leaguers David Price, Mike Minor, Mike Baxter and Pedro Alvarez all worked out at The Hawk this past offseason alongside numerous former Dores A playing in the minor leagues. Russell Brewer (08-10) Asheville (COL)

DORES ON TV (08-11) West Mich. (DET) Vanderbilt is scheduled to play at least seven games on television this season as part of the SEC’s 66-game TV schedule. The Commodores’ first TV game will come at Florida on Saturday, March 17 Caleb Cotham (08-09) Charleston (NYY) on CSS. Two-time defending national champion South Carolina visits Hawkins Field at the end of Jason Esposito (09-11) Delmarva (BAL) March with CSS airing Saturday’s (March 31) game. The Dores host Auburn on Friday, April 13 on CSS. Saturday’s (May 5) tilt at Tennessee will also be broadcast on CSS. The following weekend the Grayson Garvin (09-11) Port Charlotte (TB) Commodores travel to LSU to take on the Tigers with two games televised by Fox Sports Network. Taylor Hill (08-11) Hagerstown (WAS) Vanderbilt’s final regular season series is at home against Ole Miss with Thursday night’s game tele- vised by ESPNU as part of the network’s national weekly SEC baseball package. Bryan Johns (10-11) Greeneville (BOS) Steven Liddle (07-09) Ft. Myers (MIN)

Drafted Commodores Navery Moore (09-11) Rome (ATL) Rd Yr. Team Chase Reid (08-10) Palm Beach (STL) Tyler Beede 1st 2011 Toronto Will Clinard 37th/30th 2008/2011 Los Angeles (NL)/Minnesota Aaron Westlake (08-11) West Mich. (DET) Conrad Gregor 40th 2010 Chicago (AL) Joel McKeithan 39th 2010 Colorado Corey Williams (10-11) Beloit (MIN) John Norwood 12th 2011 Toronto T.J. Pecoraro 48th 2010 Houston Extended Spring Training Philip Pfeifer 44th 2011 Texas Adam Ravenelle 44th 2011 New York (AL) Jack Armstrong (09-11) (HOU) Sam Selman 14th 2009 Los Angeles (AL) Andrew Giobbi (07-10) (SEA) Nevin Wilson 44th 2011 Philadelphia Mike Yastrzemski 36th 2009 Boston Joe Loftus (09-11) (ARI) Kevin Ziomek 13th 2010 Arizona vucommodores.com 3 HEAD COACH TIM CORBIN Head Coach Tim Corbin begins his 10th season Federation) World University Championship in Havana, Cuba. The .919 winning percentage at the helm of the Vanderbilt baseball program. set a new national team high and it garnered special recognition by the United States During his tenure Corbin has turned the Commo- Olympic Committee. dores into a national power and taken the program Corbin, along with his coaching staff, are a tireless group that saw their recruiting to unprecedented success leading Vanderbilt to the efforts pay in 2005 and 2011 as their recruiting class was labeled the nation’s best by College World Series for the first time in 2011 and Baseball America. has also taken notice of the program as 58 VU winning a share of the Southeastern Conference players have been drafted since 2004, the most of any SEC team during that span. title along the way. In 2004, Corbin not only directed the Commodores to their first NCAA Tournament The Commodores’ magical run to Omaha saw appearance in 24 years, he guided them to their first-ever Super Regional as they swept several school records equaled or passed. VU won through the Charlottesville Regional with victories over George Mason, Princeton and host 54 games to match the school record set in 2007 Virginia. In the Super Regional they fell to the eventual national runner-up, Texas, but still and set the SEC record with 12 players selected carved out a piece of history as the first team in NCAA baseball history to make it that far in the draft. Hawkins Field one year after having finished with a sub-.500 record. Along the way Vanderbilt racked hosted the NCAA Regional round for just the up 45 wins, was the only team to rank among the SEC’s top five in average second time in history and Super Regionals for the first time with the Dores sweeping (first), batting average (fourth) and fielding percentage (first), and finished with a .703 through both rounds en route to the College World Series. Individual awards supplemented winning percentage, which was third-best in the highly competitive conference, which the team’s success with Grayson Garvin earning SEC Pitcher of the Year and Tony Kemp sent nine schools to the NCAA Tournament. The Commodores’ school-record .978 fielding picking up SEC Freshman of the Year honors. Garvin became the second VU pitcher to earn percentage was second in the nation, and their 30 error-free games were 11 more than the the prestigious league award joining David Price while Kemp is the second Commodore previous season. to be named the league’s freshman of the year along with Pedro Alvarez. All four awards Before Corbin was hired as the 21st coach in program history, Vanderbilt had not have come under Corbin’s watch. Sonny Gray, Jason Esposito, Aaron Westlake and Garvin earned a spot in the conference tournament in a decade but made the post-season tourna- all garnered All-American honors with Kevin Ziomek, T.J. Pecoraro, Conrad Gregor and ment in 204. During the 2004 regular season, Vanderbilt swept a series against Mississippi Kemp being named Freshmen All-American. State for the first time. It was one of three conference whitewashes and one of five series Corbin’s overall record of 376-189 (.665) is second all-time in terms of wins at Vander- wins in all. His efforts earned him the 2004 Vanderbilt Coach of the Year award and a bilt, and first in terms of winning percentage for coaches with 100 games or more. nomination for the Nashville Sports Council’s Sports Person of the Year. Plus, a school- The 2010 Commodores racked up the second-most wins in school history finishing the record five players were named to the SEC All-Tournament team, five players were drafted year with a 46-20 mark, eventually falling at Florida State in the third game of the Super on the first day and seven VU players in all were chosen in the Major League Baseball Regional. In order to get to Florida State the team advanced out of the Louisville regional, Draft, topped by No. 6 overall pick pitcher Jeremy Sowers. a place that saw the Dores’ 2009 season end. During the regular season, Corbin led the His first Vanderbilt team in 2003 finished 27-28 overall and 14-16 in the SEC, good Commodores to a 16-12 mark, good enough for third in the Southeastern Conference East enough for second in the Eastern Division. It earned a conference tournament berth with division behind Florida and eventual national champion South Carolina. a season-ending sweep of Tennessee capped by a dramatic ninth-inning rally in the finale. In 2009, Corbin took a young squad with seven new offensive starters and molded The overall and conference victory totals were the most by a first-year Vanderbilt coach them into a team that finished with a 37-27 record and runner-up finishes in the SEC tour- and were made more impressive by the fact that the Commodores were 12-5 in one-run nament and the NCAA Louisville Regional. The 2009 draft saw six Commodores selected, games. That squad set then school records for fielding percentage (.972), fewest errors in a highlighted by junior pitcher Mike Minor’s selection with the seventh overall pick by the season (60), most saves in a season (15) and fewest walks allowed in a season (168) -- all Atlanta Braves. His selection marked the fifth time in the last three seasons a Vanderbilt of which were bettered in 2004. The team notched series victories over nationally-ranked player has been picked in the first round. conference foes LSU, Auburn and Florida, each of which was ranked among the top 15 In 2008, Corbin guided the Commodores to their second straight 40-win season (41-22) at the time. Plus, on May 6, 2003, Vanderbilt recorded the first perfect game in school and third consecutive appearance in the NCAA tournament. The Commodores battled history, which was a collective effort. Four different pitchers contributed to the 4-0 victory through the first half of the season without the services of Preseason Player of the Year over Western Kentucky University. Pedro Alvarez and managed to record road sweeps over Mississippi State and Tennes- see for the first time in school history. The 2008 draft saw eight Commodores selected, highlighted by Pedro Alvarez who was taken with the second overall pick by the Pittsburgh Pirates. Vanderbilt became the first school in draft history to have the first overall pick The Tim Corbin File (David Price in 2007) and second overall pick in consecutive drafts, an indication of the talent Corbin has brought into the program over the last six years. Personal: In 2007, Corbin guided the Commodores to their best season ever, finishing with a Full Name: ...... Timothy Carter Corbin school record 54 wins. The team also achieved a No. 1 national ranking for the first time Born: ...... August 5, 1961 in Wolfeboro, N.H. in school history and held that honor for 13 of 15 weeks during the regular season. The Hometown: ...... Wolfeboro, N.H. Family: ...... Wife: Maggie Daughters: Molly (27) and Hannah (24) Vanderbilt baseball team also swept through the Southeastern Conference, winning both the regular season and tournament crown for the first time ever, and it marked the first Education: time an SEC team had done it since 1996. The team lost only one conference series the College: ...... Ohio Wesleyan entire season against SEC West Division winner Arkansas in Fayetteville and avenged the Degrees: ...... Master of Arts in Athletic Administration, 1986 series loss by defeating the Razorbacks in the SEC tournament title game. The conference ...... Bachelor of Arts in Physical Education, 1984 recognized Corbin for the work he had done, naming him SEC Coach of the Year. Corbin also picked up Co-National Coach of the Year by College Baseball Insider and regional Coaching Experience: coach of the year honors by the American Baseball Coaches Association. The Commodores 2003-Present ...... Vanderbilt Head Coach hosted their first ever NCAA regional as the No. 1 National Seed and arrived as a power 2001-02 ...... Clemson Associate Head Coach in college baseball. Corbin’s success and methods of running the Vanderbilt program has 1998-2001 ...... Clemson Assistant Head Coach 1994-98 ...... Clemson Assistant Coach earned him respect among the college and international baseball communities. 1988-93 ...... Presbyterian College Head Coach In the summer of 2006 he managed the USA Baseball National Team to a 28-2-1 1987 ...... Wofford Assistant Coach record that culminated with a gold medal finish at the FISU (International University Sports 1985-86 ...... Ohio State Graduate Assistant Coach

4 vucommodores.com NATIONAL RANKINGS Baseball America USA Today/ESPN Collegiate Baseball NCBWA Perfect Game (Week 13) (Week 13) (Week 13) (Week 13) (Week 13)

1. Florida State 40-10 1. Florida State 40-10 1. Oregon 37-14 1. South Carolina 38-13 1. Florida State 40-10 2. South Carolina 38-13 2. South Carolina 38-13 2. Kentucky 41-11 2. Florida 38-14 2. South Carolina 38-13 3. Florida 38-14 3. Florida 38-14 3. South Carolina 38-13 3. Florida State 40-10 3. Florida 38-14 4. Kentucky 41-11 4. Baylor 39-11 4. LSU 39-13 4. Rice 36-14 4. Oregon 37-14 5. Rice 36-14 5. Kentucky 41-11 5. Florida 38-14 5. Baylor 39-11 5. Rice 36-14 6. Oregon 37-14 6. North Carolina 38-13 6. Florida St. 40-10 6. Texas A&M 37-14 6. Baylor 39-11 7. Baylor 39-11 7. Rice 36-14 7. Baylor 39-11 7. North Carolina 38-13 7. Louisiana State 39-13 8. Cal St. Fullerton 32-15 8. Texas A&M 37-14 8. Arizona 33-15 8. Kentucky 41-11 8. Cal State Fullerton 32-15 9. LSU 39-13 9. LSU 39-13 9. Rice 36-14 9. LSU 39-13 9. Texas A&M 37-14 10. Texas A&M 37-14 10. Oregon 37-14 10. North Carolina 38-13 10. Oregon 37-14 10. Kentucky 41-11 11. UCLA 35-13 11. UCLA 35-13 11. UCLA 35-13 11. Stanford 32-14 11. UCLA 35-13 12. North Carolina 38-13 12. Stanford 32-14 12. Ca. St. Fullerton 32-15 12. UCLA 35-13 12. Purdue 39-10 13. N.C. State 36-13 13. Purdue 39-10 13. Texas A&M 37-14 13. UCF 40-12 13. North Carolina 38-13 14. Arizona 33-15 14. Cal St. Fullerton 32-15 14. N.C. State 36-13 14. Purdue 39-10 14. N.C. State 36-13 15. Purdue 39-10 15. N.C. State 36-13 15. Stanford 32-14 15. Cal St. Fullerton 32-15 15. Arizona 33-15 16. Central Florida 40-12 16. Central Florida 40-12 16. Arizona St. 32-17 16. NC State 36-13 16. Stanford 32-14 17. Stanford 32-14 17. Arizona 33-15 17. Arkansas 35-17 17. Arizona 33-15 17. Central Florida 40-12 18. Arizona State 32-17 18. Arkansas 35-17 18. Purdue 39-10 18. Arkansas 35-17 18. Arizona State 32-17 19. Virginia 34-15 19. Virginia 34-15-1 19. Central Florida 40-12 19. Virginia 34-15-1 19. Virginia 34-15 20. TCU 32-16 20. Oregon State 32-17 20. San Diego 38-13 20. Oregon State 32-17 20. Texas Christian 32-16 21. San Diego 38-13 21. Miami (Fla.) 32-18 21. Texas 29-18 21. Miami (Fla.) 32-18 21. San Diego 38-13 22. Louisville 35-17 22. Mississippi 34-18 22. Oklahoma St. 32-19 22. Arizona State 32-17 22. Mississippi 34-18 23. Oregon State 32-17 23. San Diego 38-13 23. Virginia 34-15-1 23. Ole Miss 34-18 23. Oregon State 32-17 24. Appalachian St. 36-13 24. Louisville 35-17 24. Oklahoma 33-19 24. Louisville 35-17 24. Louisville 35-17 25. Mississippi 34-18 25. TCU 32-16 25. Louisville 35-17 25. TCU 32-16 25. Miami 32-18 26. St. John’s 32-19 26. San Diego 38-13 26. Arkansas 35-17 27. Utah Valley 39-11 27. Texas 29-18 27. Mississippi State 31-20 28. Oregon St. 32-17 28. Oklahoma 33-19 28. Appalachian St. 36-12 29. TCU 32-16 29. Sam Houston St. 34-16 29. Clemson 30-20 30. Mississippi 34-18 30. Utah Valley 39-11 30. Coastal Carolina 34-16

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COMMODORES LINEUP MOST RBI Starts by position Batting Order VU: *4, Connor Harrell, 4/29 vs. UK C: Navin 44, Fann 6, Harvey 1 1st: Kemp 39, Navin 5, Norwood 3, Gomez 1 OPP: 7, , 2/19 @STAN 2nd: Gomez 23, Yastrzemski 11, Kemp 9, Navin 3, Reynolds 1, 1B: Gregor 47, Harris 3, Yastrzemski 1 Lupo 1 MOST HOME RUNS 2B: Reynolds 26, Kemp 12, Gomez 11, Harris 1, Castel- 3rd: Gomez 21, Yastrzemski 18, Gregor 9 VU: 2, Connor Harrell, 2/18 @STAN lano 1 4th: Gregor 34, Yastrzemski 4, Harvey 3, Navin 3, Gomez 3, OPP: 2, Christian Walker, 3/30 vs. SC Harrell 1 3B: Conde 45, McKeithan 3, Reynolds 2, Harris 1 5th: Navin 21, Yastrzemski 13, Harrell 6, Gregor 5, Harvey 2, MOST WALKS SS: Gomez 40, McKeithan 11 Fann 1 VU: *3, Tony Kemp, 4/20 @ALA LF: Kemp 39, Lupo 10, Yastrzemski 2 6th: Harrell 12, Conde 10, Harvey 7, Castellano 7, Navin 4, OPP: *3, Arby Fields, 5/13 @LSU Reynolds 2, Fann 2, Yastrzemski 2, Lupo 2 CF: Harrell 40, Lupo 10, Norwood 1 7th: Harrell 11, Reynolds 10, Conde 9, Lupo 8, Castellano 3, MOST STRIKEOUTS RF: Yastrzemski 48, Norwood 2, Lupo 1 Harvey 3, Fann 2, Norwood 2 VU: 4, Connor Harrell, 2/22 vs. OAK DH: Harvey 15, Castellano 12, Norwood 6, Lupo 5, 8th: Conde 19, Reynolds 11, Lupo 5, Navin 4, Harrell 4, Norwood OPP: 5, Shaun Chase, 2/26 vs. ORE 3, Harris 1, McKeithan 1 Gregor 4, Fann 3, Harris 3, Navin 1, Harrell 1, Cooper 1 9th: McKeithan 12, Lupo 8, Harris 7, Conde 4, Harrell 4, Fann 4, * occured multiple times, last listed Reynolds 3, Navin 2, Castellano 2, Norwood 1, Cooper 1 6 vucommodores.com COMMODORES PITCHERS NOTES PROBABLE STARTERS PITCHERS HI/LO

RHP 40 T.J. Pecoraro STARTERS LOG G-GS: 9-5 W-L: 0-4 ERA: 4.60 IP: 31.1 BB: 15 K: 20 TEAM W-L QS RS Last Start: 5/11 @LSU, L, 8.0IP, 5H, 2R/2ER, 1BB, 4K Ziomek 7-6 3 5.5 Was the tough-luck loser in his first career complete game, tossing eight innings at LSU. Freshman All-American Beede 6-4 4 5.0 season ended at SEC Tournament with injury that led to ligament replacement surgery in June of 2011. Went Selman 7-3 2 7.9 7-0 with a 1.59 ERA as a freshman. VerHagen 2-4 1 6.5 B. Miller 0-1 0 3.0 J. Miller 1-1 0 8.0 RHP 11 Tyler Beede Kolinsky 1-1 1 7.5 G-GS: 13-10 W-L: 1-4 ERA: 4.33 IP: 62.1 BB: 25 K: 57 Clinard 1-1 0 4.5 Last Start: 5/13 @LSU, ND, 3.2IP, 5H, 3R/3ER, 5BB, 3K Pecoraro 1-4 1 2.8 Took his fourth straight no decision walking a career-high five batters at LSU. As a reliever he has 10 strikeouts in 10.1 innings. Freshman was the only first round pick in last summer’s MLB draft not to sign turning down INDIVIDUAL PITCHERS GAME BESTS Toronto to attend Vanderbilt. MOST INNINGS PITCHED, STARTER VU: *8.0, T.J. Pecoraro, 5/11 @LSU OPP: 9.0, , 5/11 @LSU LHP 39 Sam Selman G-GS: 13-10 W-L: 8-3 ERA: 4.03 IP: 58.0 BB: 32 K: 65 MOST INNINGS PITCHED, RELIEVER Last Start: 5/12 @LSU, W, 5.0+IP, 4H, 1R/1ER, 4BB, 5K VU: *4.2, Sam Selman, 5/6 @UT Earned his eighth straight win with five-plus innings at LSU. Southpaw pitched in 11 games in his first two OPP: 6.1, John Hochstatter, 2/19 @STAN years at VU but was a 14th round selection by the of Anaheim out of high school. MOST WALKS VU: 5, Tyler Beede, 5/13 @LSU OPP: *5, Drew Steckenrider, 5/6 @UT

PITCHING BREAKDOWN MOST STRIKEOUTS W-L-S ERA IP H R ER BB-I SO VU: *9, Sam Selman, 4/17 vs. MTSU Starters 14-19 4.56 239.0 232 146 121 106-3 209 OPP: 11, Kevin Gausman, 5/11 @LSU Relievers 12-6-8 3.80 213.1 195 104 90 107-7 177 MOST HBP RELIEVER NOTES VU: *3, Brian Miller, 3/27 vs. TTU -----Season Totals----- OPP: 4, Nick Narodowy, 3/4 vs. URI Pitcher Last Relief App. IP H R ER BB SO HR RI/S RI/S SV Ret./1BF (BB) Tyler Beede 3/11 vs. USD 3.0 4 1 1 2 2 0 2/2 3/3 0 1/3 (0) FEWEST HITS, CG Will Clinard W, 5/13 @LSU 2.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1/1 25/6 3 13/21 (0) VU: 5, T.J. Pecoraro, 5/11 @LSU Keenan Kolinsky 4/8 @MSU 1.0 1 1 1 0 0 0 2/0 9/1 0 3/6 (1) OPP: 5, Kevin Gausman, 5/11 @LSU Brian Miller 5/8 @LSU 0.1 2 1 1 0 1 0 1/0 33/9 4 14/26 (2) Jared Miller W, 5/8 vs. LOU 2.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1/0 15/4 0 11/16 (3) FEWEST WALKS, CG T.J. Pecoraro 4/7 @MSU 2.2 2 1 1 2 2 0 2/2 6/4 0 1/4 (1) VU: 1, T.J. Pecoraro, 5/11 @LSU Philip Pfeifer 5/4 @UT 2.2 2 1 1 1 1 0 3/1 11/6 0 5/9 (4) OPP: 1, Kevin Gausman, 5/11 @LSU Adam Ravenelle 4/3 vs. UTM 1.0 1 1 1 2 2 0 0/0 3/0 0 2/6 (2) Steven Rice W, 5/5 @UT 1.1 1 0 0 2 1 0 2/0 22/10 0 6/16 (1) * occured multiple times, last listed Sam Selman W, 5/6 @UT 4.2 4 1 1 2 3 0 1/0 6/2 0 1/3 (1) Drew VerHagen 5/12 @LSU 2.0+ 2 1 1 2 2 0 2/1 18/6 1 7/14 (1) Nevin Wilson 4/3 vs. UTM 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0/0 0/0 0 0/2 (1) Kevin Ziomek 5/13 @LSU 3.2 1 1 0 3 4 0 2/0 2/0 0 0/2 (2) TEAM TOTALS 153/51 (33%) 8 64/124 (18) CATCHERS LOG TEAM W-L CS/SBA PB ERA Fann 6-0 2/8 (25%) 0 3.43 (24ER/65.0IC) Harvey 0-1 1/2 (50%) 0 2.70 (3ER/10.0IC) Navin 20-24 19/53 (36%) 10 4.34 (182ER/377.1IC) TEAM 26-25 26/67 (39%) 10 4.20 (211ER/452.1IC) vucommodores.com 7 MISCELLANEOUS STATS Commodores TEAM Opponents 14, twice, last 5/6 @UT...... Most Runners LOB ...... 14, 3/24 vs. UGA 4, 5/12 @LSU...... Double Plays Turned...... 4, 4/17 vs. MTSU 5, three times, last 3/20 vs. EVA...... Most Errors Committed...... 5, 4/1 vs. SC 14, 4/3 vs. UTM...... Largest Margin of Victory...... 13, 2/19 @STAN 16, 4/3 vs. UTM...... Most Runs, Game...... 18, 2/19 @STAN 8 (1st), 4/3 vs. UTM...... Most Runs, Inning...... 8 (2nd), 2/19 @STAN 3, 4/25 @MTSU...... Most Home Runs, Game...... 3, twice, last 3/18 @FLA 2 (3rd), 4/25 @MTSU...... Most Home Runs, Inning...... 1 (2nd), twenty-five times, last 5/4 @UT 16, twice, last 3/31 vs. SC...... Most Hits, Game...... 17, 3/24 vs. UGA 7 (1st), twice, last 4/3 vs. UTM...... Most Hits, Inning...... 5 (3rd), three times, last 3/11 vs. USD 5, three times, last 5/11 @LSU...... Fewest Hits, Game...... 2, twice, last 4/3 vs. UTM 10, twice, last 3/13 vs. SIE...... Most Walks Drawn, Game...... 10, 4/7 @MSU 0, twice, last 3/16 @FLA...... Fewest Walks Drawn, Game...... 1, five times, last 5/11 @LSU 12, 5/12 @LSU...... Most Strikeouts (Hitters), Game...... 13, four times, last 4/29 vs. UK 1, 5/5 @UT...... Fewest Strikeouts (Hitters), Game...... 2, twice, last 4/21 @ALA

Longest Game, Innings...... 13, 4/1 vs. SC Longest Game, Time (9 inn.): 3:35, 5/12 @LSU...... Seven-Inning Game: ...... Extra-inning Game: 3:51, 4/7 @MSU Shortest Game, Time (9 inn.): 2:07, 3/3 vs. URI 2...... Seven-Inning Game: ...... Extra-inning Game: 3:21, 5/13 @LSU Largest Home Crowd...... 3,385 - 4/15 vs. AU Largest Road Crowd...... 11,130 - 5/12 @LSU Longest Winning Streak...... 3, three times, last 5/5-8 Longest Losing Streak...... 5, 3/16-23 Consecutive Errorless Games...... 3, 4/7-11

Runs by Inning Comeback Wins Road Home Neutral Date/Opp. Score Final VU INN. OPP VU INN. OPP VU INN. OPP 2/22 vs. OAK 1-0 11-4 8 1 10 32 1 17 0 1 0 3/5 vs. URI 8-7 12-8 3/13 vs. SIE 2-0 12-2 5 2 14 15 2 14 0 2 0 3/14 vs. SIE 1-0 11-4 (6) 16 26 16 12 0 0 3 3 3 3/24 vs. UGA 4-2 5-4 5 4 14 30 4 9 0 4 0 3/25 vs. UGA 2-1 5-3 7 5 21 20 5 14 0 5 0 4/22 @ALA 7-2 9-7 19 6 18 23 6 10 0 6 0 5/6 @UT 6-3 12-6 8 7 10 22 7 15 0 7 0 5/8 vs. LOU 2-1 3-2 14 8 13 28 8 15 0 8 0 5/13 @LSU 4-3 5-4 (10) 14 9 8 4 9 8 0 9 0 2 X 0 0 X 2 0 X 0 98 Total 131 190 Total 116 0 Total 0 Blown Leads Commodores Record when they score: Date/Opp. Score Final Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 2/19 @STAN 4-0 18-5 W-L 0-1 0-3 0-7 1-4 2-3 5-3 3-2 3-2 2-0 2-0 8-0 2/24 vs. ORE 2-0 4-2 Commodores Record when opponent scores: 2/25 vs. ORE 1-0 7-2 Runs 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10+ 2/26 vs. ORE 5-3 7-6 W-L 4-0 2-1 4-2 4-0 9-1 0-4 1-3 1-3 1-6 0-3 0-2 3/6 @BEL 3-2 6-5 3/16 @FLA 2-0 10-2 4/8 @MSU 4-0 8-7 Record by Months Record by Days 4/21 @ALA 6-4 8-6 Home Road Total Mon. Tues. Wed. Thurs. Fri. Sat. Sun. 5/4 @UT 2-1 8-2 February 1-4 0-3 1-7 0-0 5-2 4-1 0-0 2-9 8-6 7-6 March 10-5 0-4 10-9 April 7-3 3-4 10-7 May 1-0 4-2 5-2 June

8 vucommodores.com LAST TIME IT HAPPENED... A Vanderbilt Team... Won 10 or more consecutive games ...... 3/26-4/12/11 (11) Lost five or more consecutive games ...... 3/16-23 (5) Scored 20 or more runs in a game ...... 21 vs. Niagara, 2/21/10 Scored 10+ Runs in an Inning ...... 11 vs. Tennessee (6th Inning), 5/1/11 Did Not ...... vs. Tennessee-Martin, 2/23/05 Hit consecutive home runs ...... Conrad Gregor, Spencer Navin at MTSU, 4/25 Shut out consecutive opponents ...... vs. Purdue (9-0), 3/15/11 ...... vs. Mississippi State (10-0), 3/18/11 ...... vs. Mississippi State (4-0), 3/19 /11 Shut out the opponent ...... vs. Belmont (7-0), 4/11 Was shut out by the opponent at home ...... vs. Georgia (1-0), 3/23 Was shut out by the opponent on the road ...... at Kentucky (2-0), 5/6/11 Was shut out in two consecutive games ...... vs. Kentucky (14-0), (4-0), 4/23/76 Swept a conference ...... vs. Kentucky, 3/27/10 Was swept in a conference doubleheader ...... vs. Tennessee, 4/25/10 Swept a conference series at home ...... vs. LSU, 4/22-24/11 Was swept in a conference series at home ...... vs. Tennessee, 5/14-16/09 Swept a conference series (Three-games) on the road ...... at Auburn, 4/1-3/11 Was swept in a conference series on the road ...... at Florida, 3/16-18 Lost a conference series at home ...... vs. South Carolina, 3/30-4/1 Lost a conference series on the road ...... at Alabama, 4/20-22 A Vanderbilt Player... Hit two home runs in a game ...... Connor Harrell at Stanford, 2/18 Hit three home runs in a game ...... Aaron Westlake vs. Oregon State, 6/11/11 Hit a ...... Connor Harrell vs. Kentucky, 4/29 Walk-Off Home Run ...... Jason Esposito vs. Louisville, 5/11/10 Hit for the cycle ...... Clinton Johnston vs. Kentucky, 4/28/96 Had seven or more RBI in a game ...... Dominic de la Osa (7) vs. Georgia, 4/16/06 ...... Karl Nonemaker (7) vs. Kentucky, 5/12/02 Had five or more hits in a game ...... Tony Kemp (5) at South Carolina, 4/26/11 Two hits in an Inning ...... Anthony Gomez (2B, 1B - 1st) vs. UT-Martin, 4/3 Had 10 or more total bases in a game ...... Aaron Westlake (12) vs. Oregon State, 6/11/11 Stole three or more bases in a game ...... 3, several times, last Jack Lupo at LSU, 5/13 Stole Home ...... Jason Esposito vs. Georgia, 5/25/11 Had a 10-game hit streak ...... Anthony Gomez (13), 4/3-25 Had a 15-game hit streak ...... Tony Kemp (15), 4/24-5/26/11 Had a 20-game hit streak ...... Jason Esposito (27), 3/19-5/8/11 Had a 25-game hit streak ...... Jason Esposito (27), 3/19-5/8/11 Had 10 or more strikeouts in a game ...... Taylor Hill (15) vs. Belmont, 6/5/11 Had 15 or more strikeouts in a game ...... Sonny Gray (15) vs. Brown, 3/4/11 Pitched a complete game ...... T.J. Pecoraro at LSU, 5/11 Pitched a nine-inning, complete game ...... Richie Goodenow vs. Louisville, 6/6/10 Pitched a seven-inning, complete game shutout ...... Nick Christiani vs. Belmont, 5/5/09 Pitched a combined shutout ...... Kevin Ziomek (8.0), Brian Miller (1.0) vs. San Diego, 3/9 Pitched a no-hitter ...... Jensen Lewis, Nick Pilkington, John Scott, Matt Buschmann at Western Ky., 5/6/03 Pitched a perfect game ...... Jensen Lewis, Nick Pilkington, John Scott, Matt Buschmann at Western Ky., 5/6/03

vucommodores.com 9 2012 COMMODORES ROSTER No. Name Pos. B/T HT WT CL/EXP. Hometown (High School/Previous School) 1 Connor Castellano IF L/R 6-0 190 Fr./HS Shreveport, La. (Evangel Christian Academy) 2 Will Cooper OF/IF R/R 6-0 190 Fr./HS Chattanooga, Tenn. (Baylor School) 3 Vince Conde IF R/R 6-0 190 Fr./HS Oviedo, Fla. (Orangewood HS) 5 Spencer Navin C R/R 6-1 205 So./1L Des Moines, Iowa (Dowling HS) 6 Tony Kemp OF L/R 5-6 160 So./1L Franklin, Tenn. (Centennial HS) 7 Josh Lee OF R/R 6-0 200 So./1L Franklin, Tenn. (Independence HS) 8 Riley Reynolds IF L/R 6-1 190 Sr./3L Lee’s Summit, Mo. (Blue Springs South HS) 10 John Norwood OF R/R 6-2 190 Fr./HS Peapack, N.J. (Seton Hall Prep) 11 Tyler Beede RHP R/R 6-4 200 Fr./HS Auburn, Mass. (Lawrence Academy) 12 Adam Ravenelle RHP R/R 6-2 185 Fr./HS Sudbury, Mass. (Lincoln-Sudbury HS) 13 Anthony Gomez IF R/R 6-0 185 Jr./2L Nutley, N.J. (Don Bosco Prep) 15 Will Johnson OF L/R 6-0 185 So./1L Austin, Texas (Westwood HS) 17 Andrew Harris IF L/R 6-0 195 Jr./2L Nashville, Tenn. (Montgomery Bell Academy) 18 Mike Yastrzemski OF L/L 6-0 180 Jr./2L Andover, Mass. (St. John’s Prep) 19 Steven Rice LHP L/L 5-8 180 So./1L Crawfordsville, Ind. (Crawfordsville HS) 20 Connor Harrell OF R/R 6-3 215 Jr./2L Houston, Texas (Kinkaid HS) 22 Philip Pfeifer LHP L/L 6-0 195 Fr./HS Knoxville, Tenn. (Farragut HS) 24 Nevin Wilson LHP L/L 6-2 180 Fr./HS Scottsdale, Ariz. (Chaparral HS) 25 D.J. Luna IF R/R 6-2 190 So./RS Franklin, Tenn. (Brentwood Acadamy/Samford) 27 Keenan Kolinsky LHP L/L 6-0 200 So./1L Knoxville, Tenn. (Christian Academy) 28 Jared Miller LHP L/L 6-6 230 Fr./HS Avon, Ind. (Avon HS) 33 Brian Miller RHP R/R 6-4 190 Fr./HS Franklin, Tenn. (Independence HS) 34 Drew VerHagen RHP R/R 6-6 225 Jr./TR Rockwall, Texas (Rockwall Heath HS/Navarro College) 35 Kevin Ziomek LHP R/L 6-3 200 So./1L Amherst, Mass. (Amherst HS) 39 Sam Selman LHP L/L 6-3 190 Jr./2L Austin, Texas (St. Andrews HS) 40 T.J. Pecoraro RHP R/R 6-0 165 So./1L Dix Hills, N.Y. (Half Hollow Hills HS) 42 Joel McKeithan IF R/R 6-3 200 So./1L Arden, N.C. (T.C. Roberson HS) 43 Zander Wiel IF R/R 6-3 235 Fr./HS Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Blackman HS) 44 Chris Harvey C R/R 6-5 215 Fr./HS Norristown, Pa. (Germantown Academy) 45 Drew Fann C R/R 6-4 205 Sr./3L Murfreesboro, Tenn. (Oakland HS) 46 Will Clinard RHP R/R 6-4 230 Jr./2L Cross Plains, Tenn. (East Robertson HS) 51 Jack Lupo OF R/R 6-2 185 Jr./1L Indianapolis, Ind. (Cathedral HS/Air Force) 55 Conrad Gregor IF L/R 6-3 220 So./1L Carmel, Ind. (Carmel HS)

Head Coach: 4 Tim Corbin (Ohio Wesleyan, 1984) - 10th Season at Vanderbilt Assistant Coaches: 16 Derek Johnson (Eastern Illinois, 1993); 32 Josh Holliday (Oklahoma State, 2004) Volunteer Coach: 30 Larry Day (Connecticut, 2007) Athletic Trainer: Chris Ham (Illinois, 2005) Strength Coach: Gabe Teeple (Tennessee Tech, 1999) Baseball Operations: Keri Richardson Student Managers: Brad McDonough, Michael Portu and Luke Gude Director of Video Operations: Will Hinson

Pronunciation Chart Alphabetical Roster Tyler Beede ...... bee-DEE Tyler Beede 11 Andrew Harris 17 Brian Miller 33 Sam Selman 39 Connor Castellano ...... cast-a-LAH-no Connor Castellano 1 Chris Harvey 44 Jared Miller 28 Drew VerHagen 34 Will Clinard ...... CLY-nerd Vince Conde ...... con-DEE Will Clinard 46 Will Johnson 15 Spencer Navin 5 Zander Wiel 43 Keenan Kolinsky ...... KO-lin-skee Vince Conde 3 Tony Kemp 6 John Norwood 10 Nevin Wilson 24 Jack Lupo ...... loo-PO T.J. Pecoraro ...... PEC-ah-raro Will Cooper 2 Keenan Kolinsky 27 T.J. Pecoraro 40 Mike Yastrzemski 18 Philip Pfeifer ...... FIFE-er Adam Ravenelle ...... rav-EN-ell Drew Fann 45 Josh Lee 7 Philip Pfeifer 22 Kevin Ziomek 35 Drew VerHagen ...... ver-HAY-gen Anthony Gomez 13 D.J. Luna 25 Adam Ravenelle 12 Zander Wiel ...... wheel Mike Yastrzemski ...... Ya-STREM-ski Conrad Gregor 55 Jack Lupo 51 Riley Reynolds 8 Kevin Ziomek ...... ZO-mek Connor Harrell 20 Joel McKeithan 42 Steven Rice 19

10 vucommodores.com 2012 VANDERBILT RESULTS DATE OPPONENT W/L WP LP SV TIME ATT. FEBRUARY 17 Stanford L 8-3 Appel (1-0) Ziomek (0-1) 2:35 1,948 18 Stanford L 9-5 Mooneyham (1-0) Beede (0-1) 2:31 2,167 19 Stanford L 18-5 Hochstatter (1-0) Selman (0-1) 2:32 3,030 22 Oakland W 11-4 VerHagen (1-0) Luxton (0-1) 2:52 2,031 24 Oregon L 4-2 Keudell (1-1) B. Miller (0-1) Sherfy (1) 2:48 2,058 25 Oregon L 7-2 Reed (1-0) Selman (0-2) 2:54 2,161 26 Oregon L 7-6 Tessar (2-0) Clinard (0-1) Sherfy (2) 3:18 2,168 29 Louisiana Tech L 9-3 Maton (2-0) B. Miller (0-2) 2:21 2,028 MARCH 2 Rhode Island Postponed Due to Rain - Rescheduled as part of DH 3/3 3 Rhode Island W 9-4 Ziomek (1-1) Pickering (1-2) 2:28 DH Rhode Island W 8-0 VerHagen (2-0) Lee (1-2) 2:07 2,022 4 Rhode Island W 12-8 Clinard (1-0) Bradstreet (0-1) 3:17 2,007 6 Belmont L 6-5 Frensley (1-0) Beede (0-2) Fanchier (3) 2:14 236 9 San Diego W 7-0 Ziomek (2-1) Drummond (3-1) 2:29 2,111 10 San Diego L 2-1 Sewald (2-0) VerHagen (2-1) Wagner (8) 2:38 2,161 11 San Diego L 9-7 Pazos (4-1) Selman (0-3) Wagner (9) 2:56 2,014 13 Siena W 12-2 Kolinsky (1-0) Morales (0-2) 2:18 2,146 14 Siena W 11-4 (6) J. Miller (1-0) Meindl (0-3) 2:04 2,101 16 Florida* L 10-2 Randall (3-0) Ziomek (2-2) 2:26 4,141 17 Florida*^ L 5-1 Johnson (3-0) VerHagen (2-2) 2:40 4,364 18 Florida* L 8-2 Crawford (2-1) Beede (0-3) 2:27 4,088 20 Evansville L 5-3 Billo (3-0) Kolinsky (1-1) Biggs (4) 2:36 2,131 23 Georgia* L 1-0 Benzor (3-0) Ziomek (2-3) Dieterich (4) 2:45 2,236 24 Georgia* W 5-4 Clinard (2-1) Dieterich (3-1) 3:15 2,174 25 Georgia* W 5-3 VerHagen (3-2) Benzor (3-1) 2:45 2,514 27 Tennessee Tech W 6-0 Selman (1-3) Baugh (1-2) B. Miller (1) 2:33 2,221 30 South Carolina* L 8-3 Roth (3-0) Ziomek (2-4) Price (1) 2:43 2,525 31 South Carolina*^ W 12-4 Beede (1-3) Beal (1-3) B. Miller (2) 2:31 3,113 APRIL 1 South Carolina* L 6-4 (13) Montgomery (2-0) Pfeifer (0-1) 3:48 2,851 3 UT-Martin W 16-2 Selman (2-3) Lozupone (0-3) 2:41 2,150 6 Mississippi State* L 7-4 Stratton (7-0) Ziomek (2-5) Reed (7) 2:40 2,770 7 Mississippi State* W 4-3 (12) Clinard (3-1) Lindgren (1-1) 3:51 2,647 8 Mississippi State* L 8-7 Pollorena (1-0) Ziomek (2-6) 3:15 1,447 11 Belmont W 7-0 Selman (3-3) Ludwig (1-4) 2:39 2,219 13 Auburn*^ W 5-4 Clinard (4-1) Varnadore (1-5) B. Miller (3) 2:47 3,148 14 Auburn* L 5-2 Jacobs (5-0) Beede (1-4) D. Ortman (1) 2:38 2,936 15 Auburn* W 11-2 Ziomek (3-6) Koger (2-3) 2:35 3,385 17 Middle Tennessee State W 5-1 Selman (4-3) Tollison (0-2) B. Miller (4) 2:46 2,123 20 Alabama* L 6-4 Turnbull (2-3) Pecoraro (0-1) Hubbard (3) 2:44 3,484 21 Alabama* L 8-6 Pilkington (2-3) Clinard (4-2) 2:47 3,365 22 Alabama* W 9-7 VerHagen (4-2) Hubbard (2-2) 2:56 3,805 25 Middle Tennessee State W 8-4 Selman (5-3) Foriest (1-2) 3:15 1,908 27 Kentucky* L 5-2 Rogers (5-2) Pecoraro (0-2) Phillips (5) 2:36 2,584 28 Kentucky* W 4-3 Clinard (5-2) Mahar (3-3) VerHagen (1) 2:37 2,837 29 Kentucky* W 6-1 Selman (6-3) Phillips (5-2) 2:47 2,885 MAY 4 Tennessee* L 8-2 Williams (3-4) Pecoraro (0-3) 2:30 2,223 5 Tennessee*^ W 7-4 Rice (1-0) Kidd (2-3) Clinard (1) 3:08 1,758 6 Tennessee* W 12-6 Selman (7-3) Steckenrider (4-5) Clinard (2) 3:10 2,345 8 Louisville W 3-2 J. Miller (2-0) Sturgeon (0-1) 2:37 2,345 11 LSU* L 2-1 GAUSMAN (8-1) PECORARO (0-4) 2:08 10,653 12 LSU*# W 6-3 Selman (8-3) Nola (6-3) Clinard (3) 3:35 11,130 13 LSU*# W 5-4 (10) Clinard (6-2) Goody (1-1) 3:21 10,794 17 Ole Miss*$ 18 Ole Miss* 19 Ole Miss* 22-27 SEC Tournament JUNE 1-4 NCAA Regionals 8-11 NCAA Super Regionals 15-26 College World Series

* Southeastern Conference Game ^ Televised on CSS # Televised on FSN $ Televised on ESPNU

vucommodores.com 11 THE SOUTHEASTERN CONFERENCE SEC Standings - As of 5/16 Overall ----- SEC ----- East Team W-L W-L GB Home Away Neutral Streak Kentucky 41-12 18-9 -- 29-5 11-7 1-0 L1 South Carolina 38-13 17-9 0.5 26-5 11-8 1-0 L1 Florida 38-15 16-11 2.0 26-8 11-7 1-0 L1 Georgia 30-22 13-13 4.5 24-12 5-9 1-1 W2 Vanderbilt 26-25 13-14 5.0 19-12 7-13 0-0 W2 Tennessee 24-28 8-19 10.0 20-11 3-15 1-2 L4

West Team W-L W-L GB Home Away Neutral Streak LSU 40-13 17-10 -- 31-7 8-6 1-0 W1 Ole Miss 34-19 14-13 3.0 25-8 7-11 2-0 L1 Arkansas 36-17 13-14 4.0 28-8 5-8 3-1 W1 Miss. State 31-21 13-14 4.0 25-8 5-12 1-1 L2 Auburn 29-24 12-15 5.0 21-11 7-13 1-0 L1 Alabama 19-33 7-20 10.0 16-12 3-19 0-2 W1

Vanderbilt Offense in the SEC Vanderbilt Pitching in the SEC Batting Average ERA Team: .268, 9th Team: 4.20, 10th Ind: .357, Anthony Gomez, 4th Ind: None On-Base Percentage Opposing Batting Average Team: .367, 5th Team: .254, 8th Ind: None Ind: .240, Sam Selman, 11th - .241, Drew VerHagen, 12th Runs Innings Pitched Team: 288, T-7th Team: 452.1, 11th Ind: 43, Tony Kemp, T-4th Ind: None Hits Strikeouts Team: 456, 9th Team: 386, 8th Ind: 74, Anthony Gomez, T-4th Ind: 68, Kevin Ziomek, T-9th RBI Wins Team: 265, 7th Team: 26, 10th Ind: 45, Athony Gomez, T-5th Ind: 8, Sam Selman, T-2nd - 6, Will Clinard, T-5th Doubles Losses Team: 87, 7th Team: 25, 3rd Ind: 15, Conrad Gregor, T-9th Ind: 6, Ziomek - T-2nd - 4, Tyler Beede, T-11th Triples Saves Team: 17, 2nd Team: 8, 11th Ind: 8, Tony Kemp, 1st Ind: 4, Brian Miller, T-12th Home Runs Hits Team: 25, T-8th Team: 427, 5th Ind: None Ind: 47, Drew VerHagen, 5th - 52, Sam Selman, 8th Walks Runs Team: 206, 5th Team: 250, 10th Ind: 33, Tony Kemp, T-8th - 30, Conrad Gregor, T-10th Ind: 25, Drew VerHagen, T-7th Strikeouts Earned Runs Team: 354, 3rd Team: 211, 10th Ind: 46, Connor Harrell, T-5th Ind: 22, Drew VerHagen, T-8th Stolen Bases Walks Team: 57, 3rd Team: 213, 10th Ind: 11, Tony Kemp, T-12th Ind: None Caught Stealing Home Runs Team: 20, 7th Team: 27, T-5th Ind: 5, Spencer Navin, T-7th - 4, Tony Kemp, T-12th Ind: 2, Drew VerHagen, Sam Selman, T-5th

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