March 21, 2016
Overall Record: 17-3, 1-2 SEC
Streak: Win 1
Last Week’s Results (2-2)
Tuesday, March 15 vs. Northern Illinois – W 9-2
Friday, March 18 vs. No. 20 Mississippi State – L 2-1 [13]
Saturday, March 19 vs. No. 20 Mississippi State – L 5-4
Sunday, March 20 vs. No. 20 Mississippi State – W 12-6
This Week (Times Central)
Tuesday, March 22 at Middle Tennessee – 6 p.m.
Friday, March 25 at Missouri – 6 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Saturday, March 26 at Missouri – 5 p.m. [SEC Network]
Sunday, March 27 at Missouri – 12 p.m. [SEC Network]
Freshman of the Week Nominee
Alonzo Jones, DH, 6-2, 195, Columbus, Ga.
Weekly totals: 4G/4GS, 14 AB, 6 R, 5 H, 2-2B, 3B, 4 RBI, 3 SB
Pushed his hitting streak to eight games with hits in all four games during the week.
Scored a career-high three runs in Vanderbilt’s win on Sunday, matching a career-best with two stolen bases.
Led VU with two hits on Saturday, doubling twice and scoring a run.
Drove in the Commodores’ lone run on Friday night with a RBI-single.
Scored two runs and drove in two more in Tuesday’s victory vs. NIU, hitting his second triple of the season.
Commodore Notes
No. 2 Vanderbilt split the team’s four games during the week beating Northern Illinois on Tuesday before losing two-of-three to No. 15 Mississippi State during SEC Opening Weekend… The Commodores needed only four hits to score nine runs in a 9-2 win over Northern Illinois on Tuesday night… Freshman Ethan Paul drove in three runs, hitting his first career home run… Fellow freshman Patrick Raby earned the win with two scoreless innings… VU dropped the team’s SEC opener on Friday night to the Bulldogs 2-1 in 13 innings to snap an eight-game winning streak… Matt Ruppenthal was the tough-luck loser despite tossing a career-high seven innings and allowing only one run with seven strikeouts… Vanderbilt let a late lead slip away on Saturday night in a 5-4 loss to Mississippi State… Bryan Reynolds’ two-run homer gave Vandy a 4-3 lead in the seventh before the Bulldogs rallied for two runs in the eighth… Hayden Stone took the loss allowing one run on two hits in 1.2 innings… Reynolds drove in three in the loss… The Commodores salvaged the Sunday game with a 12-6 win… Jason Delay led the way, matching career-bests with three hits and four RBI… Eight different Commodores recorded at least one hit and/or one RBI in the win… Kyle Wright picked up his team-leading fourth win allowing five runs, one earned, over five innings… This week Vanderbilt plays all four games on the road beginning Tuesday at Middle Tennessee and travels to Missouri for a SEC weekend series.