April 23, 2015
Vanderbilt Game Notes 
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VANDERBILT RE-VU
The Commodores recorded their 10th shutout of the season with a 4-0 win over MTSU on Tuesday night. Ryan Johnson dominated over eight scoreless innings to earn his fourth win of the year. Vanderbilt let a lead slip away in a 3-2 loss at South Carolina on Saturday. Jeren Kendall provided all the offense for the Dores with a solo homer and later scored after a leadoff double. The Commodores’ bullpen faltered late in a 5-2 loss on Friday night at South Carolina. Rhett Wiseman drove in the Dores’ only two runs. Vanderbilt used another scoreless outing from Carson Fulmer to record the Dores’ ninth shutout of the year in a 12-0 win at South Carolina.
ON THE BUMP
Friday, April 24 – 6:30 p.m.
RHP Carson Fulmer (7-1, 1.69) vs. RHP Reggie McClain (5-4, 2.95)
Saturday, April 25 – 12 p.m.
LHP Philip Pfeifer (2-2, 3.27) vs. RHP Tanner Houck (6-2, 2.88)
Sunday, April 26 – 1 p.m.
RHP Walker Buehler (3-1, 2.68) vs. RHP Peter Fairbanks (4-3, 2.48)
TAKING ON THE TIGERS
Vanderbilt welcomes Missouri to Hawkins Field for just the second time in history. The Commodores are 6-0 all time vs. the Tigers dating back two years to 2013. Vandy swept Missouri in the teams’ first meeting at Hawkins Field and followed up with a sweep at Missouri last season. Carson Fulmer worked six innings on Saturday to clinch the series with his third win of the season last May. The Dores finished off their second straight SEC sweep on Sunday with a 3-1 win.
VANDY BLANKINGS
The Commodores lead the nation with 10 shutout victories this season already passing last season’s total of eight shutouts. The Dores matched the school record set in 2004 on Tuesday night with a 4-0 shutout. Vanderbilt has used Carson Fulmer’s strong starts each of the last two weeks to post shutouts of Ole Miss and South Carolina. Five of the team’s shutouts this season have come during Fulmer’s starts. Four other starting pitchers make up the difference with Kyle Wright starting two shutouts and Jordan Sheffield (Arkansas), Tyler Ferguson (Quinnipiac) and Ryan Johnson (MTSU) all starting one shutout each. Since 2011, Vandy has posted 33 blankings.
SWANSON, FULMER ON NATIONAL AWARDS WATCH LISTS
Shortstop Dansby Swanson has been named to the initial Brooks Wallace Award watch list. The award is given annually to the top shortstop in the nation by the College Baseball Hall of Fame. Swanson is one of five players from the Southeastern Conference on the list joining LSU’s Alex Bregman, Alabama’s Mikey White, Florida’s Richie Martin and Georgia’s Nick King. Swanson leads Vanderbilt in hits (58), doubles (14), triples (5), home runs (7), runs (51) and stolen bases (12) so far this season. Carson Fulmer is one of five SEC pitchers on the National Pitcher of the Year Award watch list. Fulmer leads the SEC with 90 strikeouts this season and his seven wins pace the Commodores’ pitching staff. Joining Fulmer on the list are LSU’s Alex Lange and Jesse Stallings, Missouri’s Tanner Houck and Texas A&M’s Grayson Long.
CLOSE LOSSES
Vanderbilt’s recent struggles have seen the team drop four one-run games, accounting for four of the squad’s losses over the last two weeks. Prior to the last two weeks, the Commodores were 7-2 in one-run games. The Dores have lost leads in all four one-run losses over the last two weeks, something they had done just three times prior to the recent slump. Vandy went 9-5 in one-run games last season.
HITTING RO-BOT
Ro Coleman has transformed into a hitting robot over the last 15 games with hits in 14 of them. Coleman is 24-for-68 (.353) with 10 runs scored and seven RBI during the stretch. The Vandy leadoff hitter has five multi-hit games over his last seven games, including a career-best four-hit night at South Carolina last Thursday when he finished a triple shy of the cycle. Over his last five games Coleman is 11-for-25 (.440) with four RBI and four runs scored.