April 2, 2012
Overall Record: 11-17; SEC: 3-6
Streak: Loss 1
Last Week’s Results (2-2)
Tuesday, March 27 vs. Tennessee Tech W 6-0
Friday, March 30 vs. #10 South Carolina L 8-3
Saturday, March 31 vs. #10 South Carolina W 12-4
Sunday, April 1 vs. #10 South Carolina L 6-4 (13)
This Week (Times Central)
Tuesday, April 3 vs. UT-Martin 6:30 p.m. (Hawkins Field)
Friday, April 3 at Mississippi State 6:30 p.m. (Dudy-Noble Field)
Saturday, April 3 at Mississippi State 2 p.m. (Dudy-Noble Field)
Sunday, April 3 at Mississippi State 1:30 p.m. (Dudy-Noble Field)
Player of the Week Nominee
Tony Kemp, OF, 5-6, 165, Franklin, Tenn.
– Weekly totals: 4G/4GS, 17AB, 1R, 5H, 4RBI, 2-2B, 3SB
– Doubled twice, drove in two runs and stole his third base of the weekend against #10 South Carolina on Sunday.
– Knocked in two runs with a pair of hits and matched a career-best with two stolen bases in Saturday’s win over #10 South Carolina.
– Did not strike out all week in 20 plate appearances.
Pitcher/Freshman of the Week Nominee
Tyler Beede, RHP, 6-4, 200, Auburn, Mass.
– Weekly totals: 1G/1GS, 6.0IP, 5H, 1R/1ER, 1BB, 7K
– Pitched a career-best six innings to earn his first collegiate win against #10 South Carolina.
– Right-hander fanned seven to bring his total to 21 in 16 SEC innings.
– Worked out of a bases loaded, no outs jam in the fifth inning before leaving in the sixth.
– Tossed five scoreless innings and struck out four of the first batters he faced.
Commodore Notes
Vanderbilt shut out Tennessee Tech in a midweek victory and dropped two-of-three against No. 10 South Carolina over the weekend… The Commodores posted the team’s third shutout victory of the season with a 6-0 blanking of Tennessee Tech Tuesday night… Sam Selman and Brian Miller combined on a four-hit shutout… Selman earned his first collegiate victory and Miller notched his first career save and the team’s first save of the season… Joel McKeithan led the offense with a career-high four hits… South Carolina jumped on Vanderbilt early and held off a late rally to win the opener 8-3 Friday night… Kevin Ziomek was tagged for six runs on seven hits over 5.1 innings in the loss… Conrad Gregor pushed his hitting streak to seven games with a single… The Commodores used a seven-run fourth and stellar pitching to beat the Gamecocks 12-4 Saturday… Tyler Beede earned his first collegiate win with six strong innings while Brian Miller notched his second save with three innings of work… Tony Kemp led 11 different Commodores that collected at least one hit in the win, Kemp posted two hits and two RBI… Freshman Connor Castellano blasted his first career home run with a solo shot… The Gamecocks outlasted the Dores on Sunday 6-4 in 13 innings… Freshman Philip Pfeifer was pinned with the loss after allowing a two-run homer in the 13th inning… Tony Kemp paced the VU offense with a pair of doubles and two RBI… Drew VerHagen pitched 4.2 scoreless innings of relief.