Vanderbilt Commodores (22-16, 7-8 SEC) vs. Kentucky Wildcats (25-10, 7-8 SEC)
Friday @ 5:30 p.m. • SECN+ • 102.5 The Game
Saturday @ 1 p.m. • SECN+ • 102.5 The Game
Sunday @ 12 p.m. • SECN+ • 102.5 The Game
Weekend Preview: Vanderbilt travels to the Bluegrass State to face Kentucky for a three-game series beginning Friday.
- Vandy leads the all-time series 159-152-5 since 1905 and is 45-20 against the Wildcats in regular-season games under head coach Tim Corbin.
- The Commodores own a 20-12 record in Lexington under Corbin.
- Vanderbilt swept Kentucky at home last season but the Wildcats won two of three games in Lexington in 2024.
Power Surge: Vanderbilt has hit 81 home runs this season, surpassing last season’s total of 66.
- The Commodores rank second in DI and have homered in all but seven games.
- Vanderbilt’s .960 team OPS ranks 13th in DI.
- The program record for home runs in a season was set in 2019 with 100. This year’s total is the most since the team hit 92 in 2021.
- Vanderbilt has hit five grand slams, already surpassing last season’s total.
- Vandy’s seven homers in the win over North Dakota State on March 6 was the most in a game for the Dores since 2018.
Be Like Mike: Mike Mancini leads the team and is 12th in the SEC in OPS at 1.142.
- In SEC play, he is hitting .321 with a league-leading eight home runs. His 18 RBI is fourth in the SEC and he is fifth in walks with 13.
- On the season, the senior is 13th in the SEC in slugging and ninth in walks.
- Mancini is tied for the team lead in home runs with 12 and leads the team in stolen bases with 11 in 11 attempts.
Turning Two: Vanderbilt has turned 34 double plays this season, more than any SEC team and 11th in DI.
Brooks Wallace Award Watch List: Ryker Waite was named to the Brooks Wallace Award Watch List on March 4.
- Waite is one of 100 shortstops on the list. He is hitting .301 this season with 15 extra-base hits, 26 RBI and a team-leading 31 walks.
- Defensively, Waite has 8.26 defensive runs saved, good for eighth nationally among shortstops according to D1Baseball’s Synergy Leaderboard.
- Waite’s 33 walks are fourth in the SEC, 36th in DI.
- The award honors the nation’s top shortstop and will be presented by the College Baseball Foundation later this year.
Walk This Way: Vanderbilt’s 218 walks rank 14th among DI programs.
- Ryker Waite leads the team with 33 walks.
- Second on the team is Logan Johnstone and Mike Mancini with 29. Waite is fourth in the SEC while Johnstone and Mancini rank ninth.
- After drawing 10 walks last season, Brodie Johnston has already surpassed that total as a sophomore, currently sitting at 21.
Brodie Barrels: Brodie Johnston leads the SEC in hits and is third in doubles.
- The sophomore has 14 two-baggers this season. He leads the team in total bases (104), good for fourth in the SEC and 20th in DI.
- He has a team-leading 18 multi-hit games this season including one four-hit performance and seven three-hit games.
- Defensively, Johnston has 8.38 defensive runs saved, good for seventh nationally among third basemen according to D1Baseball’s Synergy Leaderboard.
- Johnston’s 15 long balls in 2025 were the most by a Vanderbilt freshman since Pedro Alvarez hit 22 in 2006.
- He was named MVP of the 2025 SEC Tournament as a freshman.
Korbin Cannon: Freshman catcher Korbin Reynolds has thrown out 11 runners on the basepaths this season.
- He is tied for the league lead in runners caught stealing. Six of them have come in SEC games, also tied for tops in the conference.
Barczi Bombs: Colin Barczi belted three home runs in the season-opener against No. 10 TCU to become the first Commodore since Connor Kaiser in 2018 with a three-homer game.
- Barczi’s homers traveled a combined 1,340 feet with each surpassing 430 feet.
- After missing time due to injury, Barczi again hit three home runs in a game at Texas A&M on April 2 to become the first Commodore in program history with multiple three-home run games.
- All six of his homers this season have come in two games, both in the state of Texas.
TGoodi on the Mic: In just 33 at-bats in SEC play, Tommy Goodin has hit five home runs.
- In SEC contests, Goodin ranks second in slugging and seventh in home runs.
- The sophomore has eight homers on the season in just 82 at-bats.
- With Vanderbilt trailing Tennessee by three runs in the ninth on March 29, Goodin launched a pinch-hit grand slam to lead the Dores past the Vols.
- A musician off the field, Goodin’s walk-up music is self-made.
