May 17, 2015
Overall Record: 39-17, 20-10 SEC
Streak: Loss 1
Last Week’s Results (3-1)
Tuesday, May 12 at #2 Louisville – Win 5-2
Thursday, May 14 at Alabama – Win 2-1
Friday, May 15 at Alabama – Win 7-5
Saturday, May 16 at Alabama – Loss 1-0
This Week (Times Central)
SEC Tournament – Hoover, Ala.
Wednesday, May 20 vs. Missouri/South Carolina [SEC Network] – TBA
Pitcher of the Week Nominee
Carson Fulmer, RHP, 6-0, 195, Lakeland, Fla.
Weekly totals: 1G/1GS, W, 9.0 IP, 2 H, 1R/1ER, 4 BB, 14 K
Fulmer wrapped up the SEC pitching triple crown on Thursday night with his second straight complete game in a victory at Alabama to become just the fourth pitcher in league history to lead the league in wins (11), ERA (1.51) and strikeouts (132).
The right-hander’s third complete game of the season was his second two-hitter as he matched his career-best with 14 strikeouts, giving him his second consecutive start with at least 11 strikeouts and sixth in 14 starts this season.
The Crimson Tide rallied for a run with two outs in the first inning vs. Fulmer but the junior responded by not allowing a hit the rest of the game and no Tide runner advanced past first base after the first inning.
Fulmer recorded strikeouts in eight of his nine innings, striking out the side in the first.
Fulmer moved into a tie with Sonny Gray for the third-most strikeouts in a single season by a Commodore with 132 punch outs this season.
He is the first pitcher to win the SEC triple crown since Tennessee’s Luke Hochevar in 2005. He finishes the regular season as the only pitcher in the league with an ERA under 2.00 and the only pitcher with over 100 strikeouts.
Commodore Notes
Vanderbilt posted a solid 3-1 week two wrap up the regular season with a win in the Battle of the Barrel at No. 2 Louisville and a series win at Alabama in Hoover, Ala…. The Commodores scored four runs in the third inning and used a pair of strong pitching outings on Tuesday in Louisville to beat the Cardinals 5-2… Ryan Johnson earned the win with 5.1 innings of work allowing two runs, one earned, on four hits to pick up the victory… John Kilichowski followed up with 3.2 perfect innings and five strikeouts to notch his second save of the year… Jeren Kendall drove in two runs and Bryan Reynolds belted his fourth homer of the season… Carson Fulmer dominated again in Thursday night’s win over Alabama in Hoover in a 2-1 victory… Fulmer gave up a run on two hits in the first but did not allow a hit the rest of the night in his third complete game of the year and second consecutive… The right-hander matched his career-best with 14 strikeouts in his second two-hitter of the season to wrap up the SEC pitching triple crown… Dansby Swanson’s two-run double in the sixth inning was the difference… The Commodores jumped on the Tide Friday night with six runs in the first two innings to hold onto a series-clinching 7-5 win… Five Commodores posted two-hit games, including Tyler Campbell who clubbed his first career homer in the eighth inning with a solo shot… Jordan Sheffield picked up the win in relief and Kyle Wright fanned three of the six batters he faced to record his first career save… Vandy was shut out for the first time this season on Saturday in a 1-0 loss to Alabama in the regular season and series finale… VU starter Walker Buehler gave up three singles in the sixth inning to allow the game’s only run… Buehler took the loss giving up one run on seven hits with six strikeouts over 6.2 innings… Ro Coleman had three of the team’s five hits in the loss… The Commodores enter the SEC Tournament as the No. 2 overall seed as the East division champs… Vandy is set to play the second game of the day on Wednesday against the winner of Missouri and South Carolina… Every game of the SEC Tournament will be broadcast on national television with the SEC Network carrying every game up to the championship game on Sunday that will be broadcast on ESPN2.