2 0 0 7 V A N D E R B I L T B A S E B A L L ARKANSAS GAME NOTES Vanderbilt Athletic Media Relations Phone (615) 343-0020 ★ Fax (615) 343-7064 www.vucommodores.com ★ [email protected] 2007 Schedule No. 1 Vanderbilt (22-1, 2-1 SEC) FEBRUARY 9 vs. Rice! W 7-3 vs. No. 9 Arkansas (17-6, 2-1 SEC) 10 vs. Arizona State! W7-6 (10) 11 vs. Baylor! W 7-4 16 OHIO W 10-1 Friday, March 23 ★ 6:35 p.m. 18 OHIO (GM 1) W11-1 (8) 18 OHIO (GM2) W 5-1 Saturday, March 24 ★ 2:05 p.m. 21 LIPSCOMB W 16-7 Sunday, March 25 ★ 1:05 p.m. 23 PITTSBURGH@ W 4-3 24 BALL STATE@ W 15-3 Baum Stadium (10,737) 25 BOSTON COLLEGE@ W 7-6 27 AUSTIN PEAY W 8-0 Setting The Scene MARCH 2 XAVIER W 3-2 Series History 3 XAVIER W 10-3 vs. Arkansas: Arkansas leads 23-9 and took the series last year in Nashville. 4 XAVIER W 9-0 Last Two Series 6 at Western Kentucky W 6-4 April 9, 2006 Arkansas 4, Vanderbilt 3 Nashville 9 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO W 2-1 April 8, 2006 Arkansas 5, Vanderbilt 3 Nashville 10 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO W 1-0 April 7, 2006 Vanderbilt 7, Arkansas 1 Nashville 11 ILLINOIS-CHICAGO W 14-5 April 10, 2005 Arkansas 3, Vanderbilt 0 Fayetteville 14 at Belmont W 15-7 April 9, 2005 Arkansas 5, Vanderbilt 4 (10) Fayetteville 16 MISSISSIPPI★ W3-2 (10) April 8, 2005 Arkansas 6, Vanderbilt 5 Fayetteville 17 MISSISSIPPI★ L 1-6 18 MISSISSIPPI★ W 7-6 20 WESTERN KENTUCKY W 15-2 Polls 23 at Arkansas★ 6:35 p.m. Vanderbilt is ranked No. 1 by B a s e b a l l A m e r i c a, the Sports We e k l y / E S P N Coaches Poll, the National Collegiate 24 at Arkansas★ 2:05 p.m. Baseball Writers Poll and Rivals.com. The Commodores are ranked No. 2 in Collegiate Baseball. 25 at Arkansas★ 1:05 p.m. Arkansas is ranked No. 9 by Baseball America and Rivals.com, No. 10 by Collegiate Baseball and the NCBWA and No. 28 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 6 p.m. 11 by Sports We e k l y / E S P N . 30 at South Carolina★ 6 p.m. All of the National Polls can be found on page 6 of the release. 31 at South Carolina★ (FSN TV) 3 p.m. APRIL The Coaches 1 at South Carolina★ 12:30 p.m. 4 Austin Peay 6 p.m. VU’s Tim Corbin is 166-96 in his fifth season as head coach. He is 3-9 against Arkansas. 6 ALABAMA★ 7 p.m. Arkansas’ Dave Van Horn is 175-95 in his fifth year in Fayetteville and 760-335 in 19 years overall. He is 9-3 against 7 ALABAMA★ 3 p.m. Vanderbilt. 8 ALABAMA★ 1 p.m. 11 BELMONT 6 p.m. Radio/TV/Internet 13 at Kentucky★ 5:30 p.m. All of the games can be heard free via the internet through Yahoo and can be accessed using the following web 14 at Kentucky★ 5:30 p.m. page: http://vucommodores.collegesports.com/sports/m-basebl/radio-tv-internet.html. Eric Jones will call 15 at Kentucky★ 12:30 p.m. all of the action for the Commodores this weekend. In addition, the series will be broadcast locally in Nashville as 17 at Lipscomb 4 p.m. well on WNSR 560 AM. Live stats via Gametracker be accessed through vucommodores.com. 18 at Middle Tennessee 6 p.m. 20 TENNESSEE★ 7 p.m. 21 TENNESSEE★ (CSS TV) 6 p.m. Probable Starter Notes 22 TENNESSEE★ 1 p.m. Position Players 25 TENNESSEE TECH 6 p.m. No. Pos. Player GP-GS Avg. HR RBI Notes 27 FLORIDA★ 7 p.m. 28 FLORIDA★ (SUN TV) 3 p.m. 17 C/DH Shea Robin 20-20 .311 1 11 7-for-16 (.438), 6 R last four games. 29 FLORIDA★ (CSS TV) 1 p.m. 28 1B Brad French 21-21 .275 1 13 Team is 30-6 since becoming full-time starter. MAY 8 2B Alex Feinberg 22-20 .359 1 14 15-for-33 (.455), 5 2B last nine games. 4 at Georgia★ 5 p.m. 22 SS Ryan Flaherty 23-23 .356 2 20 10 of 20 RBI have come with two outs. 5 at Georgia★ 1 p.m. 24 3B Pedro Alvarez 23-23 .380 8 22 Hit 30th career homer vs. Western Ky. on Tue. 6 at Georgia★ 1 p.m. 9 LF Matt Meingasner 18-11 .360 3 18 10-for-24 (.417), 2 HR, 12 RBI last eight gms. 8 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 6 p.m. 1 CF David Macias 23-23 .279 0 9 Hit by pitch team high 10 times. 11 at Auburn★ 6 p.m. 3 RF Dominic de la Osa 23-22 .338 6 16 12-for-34 (.353), 4 HR last 10 games. 12 at Auburn★ 2 p.m. 5 D H / C Andrew Giobbi 15-12 .372 1 14 9-for-28 (.321), 6 RBI last nine games. 13 at Auburn★ 1:30 p.m. ★ 17 LSU 7 p.m. Starting Pitcher 18 LSU★ (JUMBO/CSS TV) 7 p.m. 19 LSU★ (JUMBO/CSS TV) Noon No. R/L Player W-L ERA Last Appearance W-L IP H R ER BB SO ! Houston Astros Classic (Houston) 14 L David Price 5-0 2.36 vs. Ole Miss (3/16) W 10.0 4 2 2 2 14 @ Music City Classic 11 R Nick Christiani 4-1 3.18 vs. Ole Miss (3/17) L 3.1 7 5 5 1 1 *SEC Contest 21 R Brett Jacobson 4-0 2.48 vs. Ole Miss (3/18) ND 5.2 9 4 2 0 7 All Times Central And Subject To Change G A M E N O T E S 1 2 0 0 7 V A N D E R B I L T B A S E B A L L SEC Baseball Standings What’s On Tap No. 1 Vanderbilt hits the road this weekend for a key Southeastern Conference match up SEC East Overall against No. 9 Arkansas. The series starts Friday night at 6:35 p.m. and will continue on W L W L Saturday at 2:05 p.m. and Sunday at 1:05 p.m. Georgia 3 0 9 11 Vanderbilt 2 1 22 1 Scouting Arkansas South Carolina 2 1 19 3 Arkansas is 17-6 on the year and 2-1 in SEC play after taking two of three from Kentucky in Florida 1 2 11 13 Lexington over the weekend. The Razorbacks rallied from a late eight run deficit to top Kentucky 1 2 21 2 Centenary, 16-13, Wednesday afternoon in Shreveport, La. Tennessee 1 2 14 9 Third baseman Logan Forsythe leads the team with a .358 batting average with three homers SEC West Overall and 16 RBI. Outfielder Casey Coon is the top power source with five homers, nine doubles and W L W L 36 RBI through 23 games. The Razorbacks are hitting .296 as a team with 29 homers and 210 Alabama 2 1 16 8 runs scored (9.1 runs per game). Arkansas 2 1 17 6 Mississippi State 2 1 13 4 Junior southpaw Nick Schmidt (5-0, 1.47 ERA) will get the start on Friday night for Arkansas. Ole Miss 1 2 16 7 Junior right-hander Duke Welker (4-0, 3.77 ERA) will take the hill on Saturday, while Sunday’s LSU 1 2 14 9 starter is yet to be determined. Jess Todd (1-2, 4.95 ERA) has served as the team closer and Auburn 0 3 18 6 could possibly start on Sunday. He has two saves with 33 strikeouts and six walks in 20.0 innings. As a team, Arkansas sports a 3.85 ERA with 191 strikeouts and 92 walks in 194.0 Weekend Schedule innings. Of Note: Staff ace Nick Schmidt was a member of the US National Team over the sum- mer coached by Tim Corbin ... The Commodores last win in Fayetteville was a 6-4 win on April Friday, March 23 *Alabama at Ole Miss 6:30 p.m. CT 11, 2003. *Vanderbilt at Arkansas 6:30 p .m. CT *Florida at Auburn [SUN/CSS] 6 p.m. CT Probable Starting Rotation *Georgia at Tennessee 7 p.m. ET No. R/L Player W-L ERA Last Start W-L IP H R ER BB SO *Kentucky at LSU 7 p.m. CT 33 L Nick Schmidt 5-0 1.47 at Kentucky (3/16) W 5.0 4 2 2 4 6 *South Carolina at Miss. State [SS] 6:30 p.m. CT 42 R Duke Welker 4-0 3.77 at Kentucky (3/18) W 6.0 4 2 1 3 9 Saturday, March 24 TBA *Alabama at Ole Miss 4 p.m. CT *Vanderbilt at Arkansas 2 p.m. CT *Florida at Auburn [SUN/CSS] 2 p.m. CT Commodores Remain No. 1 For Fourth Straight Week, Off To Best Start Ever *Georgia at Tennessee 6 p.m. ET Vanderbilt picked up two No. 1 rankings this week and is ranked in the top spot in four of the *Kentucky at LSU 4 p.m. CT five polls.