Feb. 15, 2007
TENTATIVE WEEKEND SCHEDULE:
Friday, Feb. 16 at 4 p.m. CT: Brett Jacobson (1-0, 1.35 ERA) vs. Matt Smith (NA)
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Saturday, Feb. 17 at 2 p.m. CT: Nick Christiani (0-0, 9.82 ERA) vs. Dan Weiss (NA) | Live Stats | Free Online Radio | 560 AM
Sunday, Feb. 18 at 1 p.m. CT: David Price (0-0, 4.76 ERA) vs. Zeke Isaacs (NA)
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| Tim Corbin and his No. 3 Commodore baseball squad are coming off an impressive 3-0 showing against ranked teams in the Houston Classic last weekend. They return home starting Friday to face the Ohio Bobcats. Tickets are only $1 in February! |
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. –Vanderbilt baseball takes its highest ranking ever into a three game series against Ohio starting Friday afternoon at 4 p.m. CT at Hawkins Field.
The Commodores (3-0) open a ten game home stand against the Bobcats who are making their season debut tomorrow.
VU, ranked No. 3 by Collegiate Baseball an Rivals.com, will start sophomore righty Brett Jacobson Friday, sophomore right-hander Nick Christiani on Saturday at 2 p.m. and junior ace David Price at 1p.m. on Sunday.
Ohio returns eight position starters from last year’s team that finished 22-25 overall and 14-13 in the Mid-American East division. Head coach Joe Carbonne is in his 19th year in Athens and sports a 533-435-2 record.
The Bobcats rotation for the weekend is junior college southpaw Matt Smith on Friday, senior lefthander Dan Weiss on Saturday and senior right-hander Zeke Isaacs on Sunday.
The teams have met six times on the baseball diamond; with Ohio winning the first ever match up 7-2 in 1975. The Commodores swept a two-game midweek match up in 2005, including a 3-0 shutout in the second game.
Price will have a special day on Friday as he will pitch in the afternoon, then will head to a banquet sponsored by the Tennessee Sports Hall of Fame in the evening.
All single game tickets still available through the month of February are only a $1 and can be purchased through the VU ticket office at (615) 322-GOLD.
All three games can be heard for free on Yahoo! Radio with Friday and Saturday’s contests also web cast for free on vucommodores.com. Click here for more information