May 23, 2011
Overall Record: 44-9; SEC: 22-8
Streak: Won 2
Last Week’s Results (2-1)
Thursday, May 19 at Georgia 6:30 p.m. CT (Foley Field) (TV – ESPNU)
Friday, May 20 at Georgia 5:30 p.m. CT (Foley Field)
Saturday, May 21 at Georgia 1 p.m. CT (Foley Field)
This Week (Times Central)
SEC Tournament – Hoover, Ala. (Regions Park)
Wednesday, May 25 vs. Georgia TBA
Thursday, May 26 vs. South Carolina/Auburn TBA
Player of the Week Nomination
Curt Casali, C, 6-3, 225, New Canaan, Conn.
– Weekly totals: 3G/3GS, 11AB, 4R, 5H, 5RBI, 1-2B, 1HR
– Doubled and belted his fifth home run of the year in Friday night’s win at Georgia.
– Two-run single on Saturday broke open the game and helped lead VU to victory.
– Stellar defensive play behind the plate kept the Commodores in all three games.
Pitcher of the Week Nomination
T.J. Pecoraro, RHP, 5-11, 160, Dix Hills, NY
– Weekly totals: 1G/0GS, 3.1IP, 2H, 0R/0ER, 1BB, 6K
– Earned his seventh win of the year working 3.1 scoreless innings in relief at Georgia.
– Set a career-high in SEC play with six strikeouts.
Freshman of the Week Nomination
Tony Kemp, OF, 5-6, 160, Franklin, Tenn.
– Weekly totals: 3G/3GS, 14AB, 4R, 6H, 2RBI, 1-2B, 1SB
– Extended his hitting streak to 13 games with six hits over three games at Georgia.
– Matched a career-best with two walks on Friday.
– Scored three runs and collected four hits on Saturday, his 11th multi-run game and 22nd multi-hit game.
Commodore Notes
The Commodores took two-of-three at Georgia to clinch a share of the Southeastern Conference regular season championship… Vanderbilt dropped the first game of the series on national television on ESPNU with the Bulldogs rallying for a 5-4 victory… Aaron Westlake paced the offense with three hits, including a home run, while Will Clinard was pinned with the loss… The Dores bounced back to even the series on Friday night with a 9-3 win… All nine Vanderbilt hitters in the lineup had at least one hit with five collecting two or more… Mike Yastrzemski led the way driving in two runs and going 3-for-4… Curt Casali and Connor Harrell each hit home runs… Freshmen T.J. Pecoraro and Kevin Ziomek combined for 6.1 scoreless innings to preserve the victory… Pecoraro earned his seventh win of the year fanning six over 3.1 inning and Ziomek notched his first save of his career working the final three frames… The Commodores clinched a share of the SEC crown with a wild 17-7 win on Saturday afternoon… After jumping out to an early 6-0 lead the Bulldogs rallied to take a 7-6 lead in the seventh inning on back-to-back home runs… The Dores responded with 11 runs over the final two innings to win the team’s 44th game of the year… For the second straight day the VU lineup saw all nine starters produce at least one hit with five multi-hit games… Tony Kemp had four hits with Harrell and Reynolds adding three apiece… Harrell scored three runs, drove in three runs and hit his sixth home run of the year… The Commodores’ 22 SEC wins ties the school record set in 2007 while the team’s 44 wins are the second-most in the regular season and the squad’s nine regular season losses are the fewest in Vanderbilt history.