April 25, 2016
Overall Record: 30-10, 10-8 SEC
Streak: Loss 2
Last Week’s Results (2-2)
Tuesday, April 19 vs. Central Arkansas – W 8-6
Friday, April 22 at Tennessee – W 6-0
Saturday, April 23 at Tennessee – L 2-1
Sunday, April 24 at Tennessee – L 5-3
This Week (Times Central)
Tuesday, April 26 vs. Austin Peay – 1 p.m.
Friday, April 29 vs. Georgia – 6:30 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Saturday, April 30 vs. Georgia – 2 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Sunday, May 1 vs. Georgia – 1 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Pitcher of the Week Nominee
Jordan Sheffield, RHP, 6-0, 185, Tullahoma, Tenn.
Weekly totals: 1G/1GS, W, 8.0 IP, 3 H, 0R/0ER, 1 BB, 4 K
Sheffield breezed through eight scoreless innings to win his second straight game and push his scoreless innings streak to 17 innings.
The right-hander scattered just three hits over his outing never allowing more than a single in any inning.
Sheffield did not allow a runner past second base the entire night, only then allowing a runner to reach second in the seventh inning.
Over his last two starts the Tullahoma, Tenn. native has allowed eight hits with three walks and 14 strikeouts.
Commodore Notes
No. 4 Vanderbilt split the team’s four games during the week going 2-2 with a win over Central Arkansas on Tuesday and a series loss at Tennessee… Tyler Campbell’s RBI-single helped push the Commodores past Central Arkansas with an 8-6 win on Tuesday… Jason Delay had two hits and two RBI in the win with Collin Snider earning the win out of the bullpen with 3.2 innings of work… Vanderbilt jumped on Tennessee early on Friday night, rolling to a 6-0 win… Bryan Reynolds’ three-run homer was all the Dores needed behind Jordan Sheffield, who earned the win with eight scoreless innings… Sheffield moved his scoreless streak to 17 straight innings… The Vandy offense struggled on Saturday in a 2-1 loss, managing just four hits… Kyle Wright took the loss allowing two runs on four hits over five innings… Vanderbilt let an early lead slip away in a 5-3 loss to Tennessee on Sunday… Ben Bowden took his first loss of the season giving up three runs in the sixth inning… Jeren Kendall hit his seventh home run of the season while Will Toffey and Walker Grisanti added two hits apiece… Vanderbilt returns home this week to host four games starting Tuesday against Austin Peay at a special time of 1 p.m. before hosting Georgia for the weekend starting Friday.