VANDERBILT COMMODORES GAME NOTES Vanderbilt Athletic Communications H 2601 Jess Neely Dr. Nashville, TN 37212 Phone: 615.343.4121 H Fax: 615.343.7064 Baseball Contact: Kyle Parkinson H Phone: 615.343.0020 H Email: [email protected] vucommodores.com H twitter: @vandybaseball COMMODORES AT-A-GLANCE Vanderbilt Commodores (7-10) at #1 Florida Gators (16-1) Game #18 Road #5 Friday, March 16 H 6 p.m. CT Saturday, March 17 H 12 p.m. CT Streak .................................. W2 H Home ....................................7-6 Sunday, March 18 12 p.m. CT Road .....................................0-4 Tuesday, March 20 H Evansville H 4 p.m. Neutral .................................0-0 Day .....................................7-10 VANDERBILT RE-VU Night.....................................0-0 The Commodores finished off a two-game sweep of Siena with an 11-4 weather-shortened win Wedenesday vs. RH starters ......................4-9 night. Riley Reynolds scored three runs and hit his first career home run and Vince Conde belted his second vs. LH starters ......................3-1 round tripper of the season in the victory. Vanderbilt cruised by Siena with a 12-2 win Tuesday night. Keenan Extra-Innings ........................0-0 Kolinsky turned in 6.1 solid innings for his first collegiate victory and Tony Kemp and Anthony Gomez combined Doubleheaders .....................2-0 for eight hits and eight RBI. A six-run third inning was too much to overcome for the Commodores in Sunday’s 9-7 loss to San Diego. Vince Conde hit his first collegiate home run and Conrad Gregor drove in two runs in the Shutouts ...............................2-0 loss. San Diego edged Vanderbilt 2-1 in a pitchers’ duel Saturday. The Dores mounted a ninth inning, two-out One-Run Games ...................0-3 rally that ended with the bases loaded. The Commodores blanked San Diego 7-0 in the series opener behind Three+ Run Games ...............7-5 Kevin Ziomek’s strong eight-inning outing. The lefty fanned eight to earn his second win of the season. Series W-L-T .................... 2-3-0 Series Sweeps .....................2-2 On Artificial Turf...................0-1 ON THE BUMP Friday, March 16 On Natural Grass .................7-9 LHP Kevin Ziomek (2-1, 3.09) vs. RHP Hudson Randall (2-0, 3.65) Scoring First .........................3-4 Opp. Scores First ..................4-6 Saturday, March 17 Scoring 3+ runs ....................5-6 RHP Drew VerHagen (2-1, 3.93) vs. LHP Brian Johnson (2-0, 4.12) Opp. Scores 3+ runs .............3-9 Hitting at least 1 HR ............4-3 Sunday, March 18 Hitting no HR ........................3-7 RHP Tyler Beede (0-2, 7.24) vs. RHP Jonathon Crawford (1-1, 5.71) Making at least 1 error ........5-9 Making no errors ..................2-1 JUNIOR HIT MEN Leading after 6 inn ...............7-0 Juniors Mike Yastrzemski and Anthony Gomez have led the Vanderbilt offense early in the season. The two have Trailing after 6 inn .............0-10 combined for 15 of the team’s 36 multi-hit games and boast the top two batting averages on the squad (Yastr- Tied after 6 inn ....................0-0 zemski .379, Gomez .394). Yastrzemski has multi-hit games in three of the last five (9-for-17) and Gomez has four Leading after 7 inn ...............6-0 in his last six games (12-for-26). Gomez tied for the team lead a year ago matching Jason Esposito and Aaron Trailing after 7 inn .............0-10 Westlake with 30 multi-hit games. Yastrzemski has almost half as many multi-hit games already this season as Tied after 7 inn ....................0-0 he did as a sophomore last season (15). The duo has provided a big portion of the offense this season combining Leading after 8 inn ...............6-0 to hit .387 (48-for-124) with 32 RBI and 26 runs scored. Subtract their production and the team batting average Trailing after 8 inn .............0-10 slips from .273 to .239 and the club’s runs per game falls from 6.4 to 4.9. Tied after 8 inn ....................0-0 vs. Top 5 Teams ...................0-3 SHARING THE LOAD vs. Top 10 Teams .................0-0 Vanderbilt’s pitching staff has split the pitching load almost evenly early in the season. The squad’s starters have vs. Top 25 Teams .................0-0 pitched 75.1 innings allowed 73 hits, issued 32 walks and struck out 63 batters while the team’s relievers have In the State of Tenn .............7-7 pitched 70.2 innings allowed 71 hits, walked 32 and fanned 63. vs. Out-of-State Opp ............7-9 COMING AROUND On Weekdays ...................... 3-2 Vandy’s offense has come around since the Dores’ opening weekend trip to Stanford. Throw out the first three On Weekends .......................4-8 games of the season and VU is hitting .286 as a team and averaging 6.9 runs per game while going 7-7. COMMODORES BROADCAST Eric Jones calls the action on GATOR RASSLIN’ vucommodores.com The Commodores and Gators renew their rivalry this weekend in a series that dates back to 1927. Vanderbilt beginning 15-minutes prior to is 63-122-1 against Florida all-time, including last season when the Gators beat the Dores in five of six games. first pitch. Florida topped Vandy in the SEC Championship Game and twice in Omaha at the College World Series. vucommodores.com 1 COMMODORE NOTES TIM CORBIN FREE RIDES COSTING COMMODORES The Commodores’ pitching staff has issued 64 walks and hit 26 batters in the team’s first 17 games of BY THE NUMBERS 2012. Add in the team’s 30 errors and that is 120 free base runners for opponents. Of those 120 free base runners 45 have crossed home plate. Vanderbilt has allowed 101 runs this season with 45% of 376 wins at Vanderbilt makes those runs reaching base via walk, hit by pitch or error. The Dores’ offense has scored 31 runs that him the second-winningest reached base via walk, hit by pitch or error. coach in school history. TOP-RANKED RECRUITING CLASS 232 wins over the last five years The Commodores 13-man class was ranked No. 1 by Baseball America last fall. The class features 12 freshmen and one junior college transfer. Right-hander Tyler Beede headlines the class as the only ranks second among SEC teams first round pick in last summer’s MLB draft to not sign a professional contract turning down Toronto. during that span. 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 129 of Corbin’s players and seven pitchers. The top-ranked class is the second for Vanderbilt with the first coming in 2005, a class recruits have been drafted by that included eventual first round picks Pedro Alvarez and Ryan Flaherty. MLB in his career, including 96 KEMP NAMED PRESEASON ALL-AMERICAN while at VU. 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 120 SEC All-Academic Baseball. Kemp was also a first team All-SEC performer last season after hitting .329 with a team- selections during Corbin’s best seven triples, the most by a Commodore since Ryan Klosterman set the school record with eight in 2004. tenure. 18 Vandy players have been DORES REPLACING A LOT Anytime a team sets a draft record (VU set the SEC record with 12 players selected in 2011) there selected as All-Americans. will be lots of experience and stats to replace the next season. Here are just a few things the Dores must replace this season: hitting stats - 36 home runs (71% of team’s 2011 total), 220 RBI (53%), 70 15 Dores have earned doubles (54%), 173 runs (38%) pitching stats - 55 starts (83%), 42 wins (78%), 14 saves (78%), 450 Freshman All-American honors. innings pitched (77%), 425 strikeouts (75%). EIGHT Commodores have NEARING 2K been drafted in the first round, The Vanderbilt baseball program is nearing 2000 wins in the program’s 114th season of baseball. The Commodores enter the 2012 season with an all-time record of 1992-1601-3. VU will become the sev- including FIVE in the Top 10 enth current SEC team to reach the 2000-win mark as a program joining Alabama, Florida, Georgia, picks. LSU, Mississippi State and South Carolina. SEVEN trips to the NCAA CORBIN CLOSING IN ON 400 WINS AT VU Tournament under Corbin. Head Coach Tim Corbin entered the 2012 season with 376 wins as the Commodores’ skipper. His now 382 wins at Vanderbilt are the third-most of any active SEC coach at one school trailing only Ole Miss’ Vanderbilt had made the Mike Bianco, who has led the Rebels for the past 11 seasons and has 434 wins at Ole Miss, and tournament just three times South Carolina’s Ray Tanner, who has 689 wins in 15 seasons with the Gamecocks. The Vandy coach now needs only 12 wins to reach 500 for his career. prior to his arrival. 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 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.