April 20, 2015
Overall Record: 29-12, 12-6 SEC
Streak: Loss 2
Last Week’s Results (1-3)
Tuesday, April 14 vs. Belmont – Loss 3-2
Thursday, April 16 at South Carolina – Win 12-0
Friday, April 17 at South Carolina – Loss 5-2
Saturday, April 18 at South Carolina – Loss 3-2
This Week (Times Central)
Tuesday, April 21 vs. MTSU – 6:30 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Friday, April 23 vs. #14 Missouri – 6:30 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Saturday, April 24 vs. #14 Missouri – 2 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Sunday, April 25 vs. #14 Missouri – 1 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Pitcher of the Week Nominee
Carson Fulmer, RHP, 6-0, 195, Lakeland, Fla.
Weekly totals: 1G/1GS, W, 7.0 IP, 3 H, 0R/0ER, 1 BB, 9 K
For the second straight week, Fulmer turned in a scoreless start tossing seven shutout innings allowing three hits with one walk and nine strikeouts in his team-best seventh win of the season at South Carolina.
The junior dominated the Gamecocks, not allowing a runner to reach third and only two to reach second base.
His two-out walk in the first inning was his only free pass but he responded by retiring the next 11 straight batters, including six via strikeout.
Just like his shutout in his previous start, Fulmer finished his night by striking out the side in the seventh inning.
Over his last two starts Fulmer has pitched 16 scoreless innings allowing only five hits with one walk and 23 strikeouts.
Six of the right-hander’s 10 starts this season have been scoreless outings (41.1 IP) with five of the Commodores’ national-best nine shutouts coming in his starts.
Commodore Notes
The Commodores struggled to a second straight 1-3 week losing Tuesday to crosstown rival Belmont before dropping a series at South Carolina over the weekend… A late home run for Belmont lifted the Bruins over Vanderbilt 3-2 on Tuesday night… The loss was the third straight for the Commodores snapping a three-year, 216-game streak that did not see the Dores lose three straight… Jordan Sheffield took the first loss of his career giving up the solo homer in the eighth inning… For the second straight start, Carson Fulmer dominated with a scoreless outing to beat South Carolina 12-0 on Thursday night… Fulmer scattered three hits over seven innings with one walk and nine strikeouts to pick up his team-best seventh win… The scoreless outing was his second straight and sixth scoreless start of the season; Fulmer now has 16 scoreless innings with 23 strikeouts over his last two starts… Ro Coleman registered a career-high four hits in the win, hitting a home run and ending a triple shy of the cycle… Bryan Reynolds drove in three runs and scored three runs with three hits… Vanderbilt battled back to score two runs in the seventh inning on Friday night to tie the game before the Gamecocks rallied for three runs over their final two at-bats in the Dores’ 5-2 loss… Walker Buehler took the loss allowing three runs over 6.1 innings… Ro Coleman extended his hitting streak to 13 games with two hits… Vandy dropped its second straight series on Saturday letting a late lead slip away in a 3-2 loss at South Carolina… Jeren Kendall scored both runs in the game with his second home run of the season and scoring after a leadoff double… John Kilichowski was pegged with the loss allowing three runs over five-plus innings… Vanderbilt returns to Hawkins Field for four games this week with Middle Tennessee State visiting on Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. on SEC Network+… Missouri visits Nashville for the weekend in a showdown of two of the three SEC East leaders… First pitch on Friday is set for 6:30 p.m. on SEC Network+ with Saturday set for 2 p.m. on SEC Network+ and Sunday’s finale at 1 p.m. on SEC Network+.