VANDERBILT COMMODORES GAME NOTES Vanderbilt Athletic Communications H 2601 Jess Neely Dr. Nashville, TN 37212 Baseball Contact: Kyle Parkinson H Phone: 615.343.0020 H Email: [email protected] vucommodores.com H twitter: @vandybaseball COMMODORES AT-A-GLANCE #25 Vanderbilt Commodores (33-12, 11-10) at Missouri Tigers (20-24, 6-15) Game #46 Road #15 Friday, May 2 H 6 p.m. Saturday, May 3 H 2 p.m. Streak .................................. W4 Home ..................................24-6 Sunday, May 4 H 1 p.m. Road .....................................8-6 Tuesday, May 6 H #13 Louisville H 6:30 p.m. Neutral .................................1-0 Day .....................................21-5 VANDERBILT RE-VU Night...................................12-7 The Commodores finished off the team’s first SEC sweep on Sunday with a 6-1 win. Zander Wiel drove in three vs. RH starters ..................23-10 runs, including a solo homer, to lead the offense. Vanderbilt clinched the series with an 11-0 win on Saturday be- vs. LH starters ....................10-2 hind Carson Fulmer, who tossed seven scoreless innings. Xavier Turner belted his second home run of the season Extra-Innings ........................0-0 with a three-run blast. The Commodores held off a late Georgia rally to win the opener 12-9 in the resumption of Friday night’s game. Bryan Reynolds drove in four runs and Tyler Beede picked up the win with five scoreless Doubleheaders .....................2-0 innings. Shutouts ...............................6-1 One-Run Games ...................4-2 ON THE BUMP Three+ Run Games .............24-7 Friday, May 2 Series W-L-T .................... 7-4-0 RHP Tyler Beede (6-5, 3.46) vs. RHP Brett Graves (3-3, 2.89) Series Sweeps .....................5-0 On Artificial Turf.................25-6 Saturday, May 3 On Natural Grass .................8-6 RHP Carson Fulmer (2-1, 1.35) vs. RHP John Miles (2-5, 5.22) Scoring First .......................25-4 Opp. Scores First ..................8-8 Sunday, May 4 Scoring 3+ runs ..................29-3 RHP Tyler Ferguson (6-3, 2.90) vs. TBA Opp. Scores 3+ runs ...........8-12 COMMODORES HEAD TO THE NEW COLUMBIA FOR FIRST TIME Hitting at least 1 HR ..........10-2 Vanderbilt heads to Missouri for the first time in school history this weekend. The Commodores and Tigers met Hitting no HR ....................23-10 for the first time on the diamond last year in Nashville with Vandy sweeping the three-game set. The Dores Making at least 1 error ......20-7 outscored Mizzou 39-10 for the weekend to cap off a week that saw VU score 49 runs in four games. Tyler Beede Making no errors ................13-5 improved to 9-0 in Saturday’s 12-1 win over the Tigers and Brett Graves. Beede was outstanding in the win, al- Leading after 6 inn .............29-2 lowing one run on three hits over seven innings and set a then career-best with 10 strikeouts. Trailing after 6 inn .............1-10 Tied after 6 inn ....................2-0 ROTATING BACK TO FORM Leading after 7 inn .............29-2 The Vanderbilt starting rotation returned to form last weekend against Georgia with starters Tyler Beede, Carson Trailing after 7 inn .............1-10 Fulmer and Tyler Ferguson combining to allow only one unearned run. The trio turned in 17 innings, including Tied after 7 inn ....................2-0 Beede’s start that was cut short by Friday night’s power outage. Add in Walker Buehler’s complete game against Leading after 8 inn .............32-1 Memphis on Tuesday and Vandy’s starting pitching posted a 0.35 ERA (1ER/26.0IP) last week in the Commo- Trailing after 8 inn .............0-11 dores’ first 4-0 week since early March. Tied after 8 inn ....................0-0 EXTENDED RAV vs. Top 5 Teams ...................0-0 Vandy reliever Adam Ravenelle has been extended over his last two outings for the Dores, pitching seven score- vs. Top 10 Teams .................2-1 less. Ravenelle had pitched three innings just once in his career but set a new career-best with four innings at vs. Top 25 Teams .................3-3 Arkansas and turned in three more scoreless innings with a career-high five strikeouts in last Sunday’s win over In the State of Tenn ...........28-8 Georgia. vs. Out-of-State Opp ........24-10 On Weekdays .....................10-2 POWER PUSH On Weekends ...................23-10 Vanderbilt enters the weekend with 14 home runs for the season with four of those round trippers coming in the team’s last six games. All four home runs have come from four different Commodores with Zander Wiel, Xavier COMMODORES BROADCAST Turner, Bryan Reynolds and John Norwood touching them all. Reynolds leads the team with three home runs. Joe Fisher calls the action on WNSR 560 AM / 95.9 FM DEUCES WILD beginning 15-minutes prior to Commodores’ second baseman Dansby Swanson has four two-hit games in his last five going 8-for-21 (.381) first pitch. with two doubles and four RBI. The sophomore is second on the team with 17 doubles. vucommodores.com 1 COMMODORE NOTES Corbin by the BEEDE, B. MILLER PRESEASON ALL-AMERICANS Juniors Tyler Beede and Brian Miller have both been named preseason All-Americans. Beede was Numbers tagged as a first team All-American by both the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association and 465 wins at Vanderbilt, give Baseball America. Miller earned a second team nod from the NCBWA. Both right-handers are coming off record-setting sophomore seasons for the Dores. Beede set the school record with 14 wins going him the second-most in school 14-1, including winning his first 11 starts. Miller saved a Vandy record 16 games and took over the top history. spot all-time at VU with 21 saves in just his second season in the Black & Gold. wins are the 438 LOTS COMING BACK BUT LOTS TO REPLACE second-most in the SEC The Vanderbilt roster welcomes back 18 lettermen from last year’s SEC championship squad. Half of those 18 lettermen reside on the Commodores’ pitching staff led by All-American Tyler Beede. The VU in the last 10 years. pitching staff returns 39 (72%) of the team’s 54 wins from last year, 413.1 (69%) of the team’s 596 in- 226 wins over the last five nings and 358 (69%) of the club’s 520 strikeouts in 2013. The Dores’ offense, however, does not return years ranks third in the SEC as much experience with six starters from last year’s lineup gone. Those six players (Tony Kemp, Mike Yastrzemski, Connor Harrell, Conrad Gregor, Spencer Navin and Jack Lupo) combined for 435 (62%) of during that span. the team’s 700 hits, 286 (62%) of the club’s 459 runs, 22 (54%) of the squad’s 41 home runs and 106 163 Commodores (76%) of the team’s 139 stolen bases. have been named SEC B. MILLER NAMED TO STOPPER OF THE YEAR WATCH LIST All-Academic. Commodore closer Brian Miller was named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year watch list prior to the season. Miller is coming off the greatest season ever by a Vandy closer, saving a school record 16 145 MLB picks have been games as a sophomore. The Franklin, Tenn. native already holds the school’s all-time record with 21 spent on Corbin’s players and saves in his first two seasons. recruits, including 112 while COMMODORES ON TV THIS SEASON at VU. Vanderbilt will appear on television at least 11 times during the 2014 season. The Commodores face 23 Commodores have a tall task on the road with a trip to Mississippi State. Vandy and the Bulldogs play two games of the series on TV - Friday night’s game is broadcast on CSS at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday’s game on ESPNU earned All-American honors. at 7:30 p.m. Vanderbilt returns home to take on Kentucky the last weekend of March with Sunday’s 17 Dores have earned tilt against the Wildcats set for 1 p.m. on ESPNU. The Dores head east to take on Tennessee the next weekend with Saturday’s game set for 6 p.m. on CSS. Arkansas hosts the Commodores April 18-20 Freshman All-American with Sunday’s game set for noon on ESPN. Saturday’s game will air on Cox Sports Television at 6 honors. p.m. The Dores wrap up April with a series at home against Georgia. Saturday’s game is scheduled to air on CSS at 3 p.m. Head Coach Tim Corbin and the Commodores wrap up a tough week and the 9 trips to the NCAA road portion of the SEC schedule with a trip to Florida in early May. The Dores and Gators battle on Tournament under Corbin. Thursday night as part of ESPNU’s Thursday night SEC package at 7:30 p.m. The series finale will be Vanderbilt had made the broadcast on TV at 11 a.m. on FSN. Vanderbilt’s season finale against South Carolina on May 17 will air on CBS Sports Network at 2 p.m. tournament just three times prior to his arrival. COMMODORE NATION The Vandy roster features players from 14 different states ranging from Oregon (Tyler Campbell) and 8 Vanderbilt players have California (Tyler Ferguson) on the west coast to New York (T.J. Pecoraro and Tyler Green) to Florida been picked in the first round (Vince Conde, Carson Fulmer, Karl Ellison and John Kilichowski). Tennessee leads all states on the of the MLB Draft, including 5 roster with nine players. in the top ten picks. National Award Watch Lists Commodore Weekly Winners 4 Super Regionals in the Player (Pos.) Award Player (Pos.) Honor Date Brian Miller (P) NCBWA Stopper of the Year J.