16 NCAA TOURNAMENTS 2014 NATIONAL CHAMPIONS H 2015 NATIONAL RUNNER-UP 2018 BASEBALL GAME NOTES Vanderbilt Athletic Communications H 2601 Jess Neely Dr. Nashville, TN 37212 Baseball Contact: Andrew Pate H Cell: 713.387.9119 H Email: [email protected] vucommodores.com H twitter: @vandybaseball 2018 SCHEDULE/RESULTS #23 VANDERBILT COMMODORES (25-18, 11-10 SEC) vs. LOUISVILLE CARDINALS (29-14, 10-11 ACC) OVERALL: 25-18 | SEC: 11-10 | H: 18-7 | A: 5-7 | N: 2-4 May 1, 2018 H 6:00 p.m. CT H Nashville, Tenn. H Hawkins Field (3,626) H SEC Network FEBRUARY (9-1) #23 VANDERBILT LOUISVILLE 16 #25 DUKE W, 9-1 SEC Network+ 2018 Record: 25-18 Overall, 11-10 SEC 2018 Record: 29-14 Overall, 10-11 ACC 17 #25 DUKE L, 5-4 Home / Away / Neutral: 18-7 / 5-7 / 2-4 Home / Away / Neutral: 20-9 / 7-5 / 2-0 18 #25 DUKE W, 9-1 SEC Network+ Rankings: D1: 23 | NCBWA: 24 | Coaches: 21 Rankings: D1: NR | NCBWA: RV | Coaches: RV 20 PRESBYTERIAN W, 7-1 SEC Network+ BA: 17 | CB: 15 | PG: 18 BA: NR | CB: 29 | PG: NR 21 PRESBYTERIAN W, 15-2 SEC Network+ Head Coach: Tim Corbin Head Coach: Dan McDonnell 23 UMASS-LOWELL W, 15-0 SEC Network+ GAME 44 Career Record: 777-471-1 (21st) Career Record: 538-217 (12th) 24 UMASS-LOWELL W, 15-2 Record at Vanderbilt: 671-333-1 (16th) Record at UL: Same 25 UMASS-LOWELL W, 9-2 27 AUSTIN PEAY W, 19-6 NEED TO KNOW 28 INDIANA STATE W, 8-5 SEC Network+ H Vanderbilt heads into Tuesday looking to bounce back after dropping its first home three-game series of the season. MARCH (8-9) The Commodores scored a combined 24 runs against South Carolina -- a season-high for a three-game set -- but were 2 vs. Sam Houston St.% L, 7-6 (10 inn) saddled with a pair of one-run, come-from-behind defeats at Hawkins Field. 3 vs. Louisiana% L, 3-0 H Vandy and Louisville meet for the seventh installment of the Battle of the Barrel on Tuesday at Hawkins Field. The 4 vs. #24 Houston% W, 9-4 7 at Long Beach St. L, 4-3 Cardinals have won the last two meetings for the trophy, which pays homage to Kentucky’s history as a bourbon-making 9 at #11 UCLA W, 6-3 state and Tennessee’s history as a whiskey-making state. VU and UL have split the six prior matchups for the trophy. 10 at USC CANCELED H The Cardinals will be the 26th different opponent and second from the ACC that Vandy has faced this season. The Dores 11 vs. #8 TCU^ W, 7-4 have faced foes from 14 different leagues -- the most of any team in the nation -- this season. 14 EASTERN KENTUCKY L, 6-5 SEC Network+ 16 at #19 Mississippi St.* W, 5-0 SEC Network H Commodore freshman batters have made a combined 145 starts. That mark leads the nation and is 24 more than 17 at #19 Mississippi St.* W, 10-1 SEC Network+ UNCW who is second with 121. Three players have made 30-plus starts, which trails only Utah’s four. 18 at #19 Mississippi St.* W, 4-3 SEC Network+ H The Dores have hit 28 of their 36 home runs this season at Hawkins Field. Vanderbilt struck 14 homers in April after 21 Belmont& L, 8-5 finishing with just seven in March. Twelve different VU players have hit at least one home run this season. 23 #19 LSU* W, 4-2 ESPNU H 24 #19 LSU* L, 6-2 ESPNU Vandy has stolen 83 bases this season, eighth nationally -- one spot behind Louisville -- and first in the SEC. The 25 #19 LSU* W, 1-0 (7 inn.) ESPN2 total is already 29 more than the squad finished with a season ago (54). Four Commodores have registered 27 vs. Lipscomb& L, 5-1 double-digit stolen bases and 14 different players have swiped at least one bag this season. 30 at #2 Florida* L, 8-4 SEC Network+ H Vanderbilt played error-free baseball for the 25th time this season on Saturday vs. South Carolina, improving to 16-9 31 at #2 Florida* L, 10-2 ESPNU in those games. The Commodores are third nationally and first in the SEC with a .982 fielding percentage. APRIL (8-8) H Vanderbilt has been tough to beat at Hawkins Field since Tim Corbin took the helm in 2003. During that span, the 1 at #2 Florida* L, 8-2 SEC Network Commodores own a 416-135-1 record at the facility for an impressive .754 winning percentage. 3 at Middle Tennessee L, 4-3 (7 inn.) H Vandy turns the page to the month of May after an up-and-down April. The Commodores finished the month at 8-8 after 5 #16 GEORGIA* L, 3-2 ESPNU dropping four of their final six games. Prior to that losing stretch, the Dores had won six of seven. The Black and Gold 6 #16 GEORGIA* W, 5-3 SEC Network+ 7 #16 GEORGIA* W, 8-3 SEC Network+ have produced a winning record during the month of May in each of the last eight seasons. 10 WESTERN KENTUCKY W, 3-2 SEC Network+ 13 #5 OLE MISS* L, 11-3 SEC Network+ 15 #5 OLE MISS* W, 8-7 (8 inn.) ESPNU GAME COVERAGE 15 #5 OLE MISS* W, 8-7 (7 inn.) ESPNU Date TV/Stream Play-by-Play Analyst Radio Play-by-Play 17 EVANSVILLE W, 6-1 SEC Network+ May 1 SEC Network Karl Ravech Chris Burke WNSR 560 AM/95.9 FM Joe Fisher 19 at Missouri* L, 2-1 ESPNU 20 at Missouri* L, 3-1 SEC Network+ Live Stats - vanderbilt.statbroadcast.com Twitter - @VandyBaseball / #VandyBoys 21 at Missouri* W, 6-2 SEC Network+ 27 SOUTH CAROLINA* L, 8-7 SEC Network+ VANDERBILT STARTING PITCHER BY THE NUMBERS SINCE 2006... 28 SOUTH CAROLINA* W, 8-1 SEC Network+ TUESDAY 29 SOUTH CAROLINA* L, 10-9 SEC Network+ H College World Series appearances 3 (2011, 2014, 2015) MAY (0-0) H NCAA Super Regional appearances 1 LOUISVILLE 6:00 PM SEC Network (2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017) 4 at Auburn 6:00 PM SEC Network+ 6 5 at Auburn 2:00 PM SEC Network+ H straight NCAA Tournament appearances 6 at Auburn 1:00 PM SEC Network+ 12 (longest active streak in the SEC) 8 TENNESSEE TECH 6:30 PM SEC Network+ H players selected in the first round of the 11 at Tennessee 5:30 PM JAKE EDER 12 at Tennessee 5:00 PM LHP H 6-4 H 210 H Fr./HS 14 Major League Baseball Draft (nation’s most) 13 at Tennessee 11:00 AM SEC Network Ocean Ridge, Fla. H Calvary Christian Academy H NCAA Tournament victories 15 MIDDLE TENNESSEE 6:30 PM SEC Network+ (most in the SEC) 17 KENTUCKY 6:30 PM SEC Network+ W-L 1-3 48 18 KENTUCKY 2:00 PM SEC Network+ ERA 3.82 TODAY IN VANDERBILT BASEBALL HISTORY 19 KENTUCKY 1:00 PM SEC Network+ IP 30.2 MAY 1, 2011 (7 YEARS AGO): Vanderbilt finished off a series sweep % Minute Maid Park (Houston, Texas) K/BB 35/14 of Tennessee with a record-setting 19-3 win at Hawkins Field. Vandy ^ Dodger Stadium (Los Angeles, Calif.) outscored the Volunteers 39-5 over the three-game series and Sunday’s *Southeastern Conference Game LOUISVILLE STARTING PITCHER margin of victory was the largest in the series since 1899 when VU won & First Tennessee Park (Nashville, Tenn.) Tuesday G-GS W-L ERA K/BB 20-0. The three-game sweep of UT was the first for Vandy since 2008. LHP Reid Detmers 12/3 2-1 5.08 40/25 1 @VandyBaseball vucommodores.com 2018 VANDERBILT COMMODORES BASEBALL GAME NOTES SERIES HISTORY BATTING A THOUSAND H Last Thursday’s matchup at Missouri marked the 1,000th game coached for Tim Corbin at Vanderbilt. LOUISVILLE (24-9) H The 16th-year head man became the 25th active head coach to reach 1,000 games at his current institution. H Corbin also became the eighth skipper in SEC history to coach 1,000 games at a league institution and second LAST 10 MEETINGS (5-5) Date Location Result Vanderbilt coach, joining Roy Mewbourne (1,264 games). Ole Miss’ head coach Mike Bianco, who has coached 1,104 5/10/11 Louisville, Ky. W, 5-1 games, is the only other current SEC skipper with 1,000 or more games. 5/08/12 Nashville, Tenn. W, 3-2 VANDERBILT RE-VU 4/23/13 Louisville, Ky. W, 10-2 H 6/08/13 Louisville, Ky. L, 5-3 Vanderbilt saw multi-run leads slip away twice as South Carolina upended the Commodores, 10-9 to clinch the series on 6/09/13 Louisville, Ky. L, 2-1 Sunday afternoon in front of 3,158 fans at Hawkins Field. 5/06/14 Nashville, Tenn. L, 11-7 H The Gamecocks erased deficits of four and three runs before using a one-out sacrifice fly in the top of the ninth to put 6/14/14 Omaha, Neb. W, 5-3 Vanderbilt away and hand the Dores their first home series loss of the season. Vandy led 6-3 before USC took advantage 5/12/15 Louisville, Ky. W, 5-2 of a pair of one-out walks, evening the game at six-all with a sacrifice fly, RBI-single and RBI-double in the seventh.