March 13, 2017
Overall Record: 11-6
Streak: Win 1
Last Week’s Results (4-1)
Tuesday, March 7 vs. Central Arkansas — Win 10-5
Wednesday, March 8 vs. Central Arkansas — Win 9-1
Friday, March 10 vs. Saint Mary’s — Win 9-8
Sunday, March 12 vs. Saint Mary’s — Loss 5-1
Sunday, March 12 vs. Saint Mary’s — Win 9-1
This Week (Times Central)
Tuesday, March 14 vs. Western Kentucky — 4:30 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Friday, March 17 at Ole Miss — 7 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Saturday, March 18 at Ole Miss — 1:30 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Sunday, March 19 at Ole Miss — 3 p.m. [SEC Network]
Freshman of the Week Nominee
Drake Fellows, RHP, 6-5, 205, Plainfeld, Ill.
Weekly totals: 1G/1GS, W, 8.0IP, 2H, 1R/0ER, 0BB, 8K
Earned his team-best third win of the year and was nearly perfect over a new career-best eight innings, allowing only an unearned run on two singles with eight strikeouts vs. Saint Mary’s.
Retired 18 straight batters from the second to eighth inning with only an error snapping the streak in the eighth, retired 19 of final 20 batters he faced.
Eight strikeouts moved total to 27 in 27 innings this season.
Commodore Notes
No. 25 Vanderbilt posted a 4-1 week with a pair of wins over Central Arkansas in the midweek and a series win over Saint Mary’s over the weekend… The Commodores opened the week with a 10-5 win over UCA on Tuesday… Jason Delay drove in four runs, including his first home run of the year with a three-run shot, and Reed Hayes came off the bench to add a career-best three hits with two RBI and struck out two in a clean ninth inning… Zach King picked up his first career win with three innings of relief, allowing two unearned runs and striking out three… The Dores used a five-run first inning on Wednesday to cruise to a 9-1 victory over the Bears… Chandler Day punched out a career-best eight over five innings in his first victory of the season… Ethan Paul and Jason Delay each drove in two runs in the win… The Commodores rallied from six runs down to win the series opener against Saint Mary’s on Friday 9-8… The Dores’ seven-run sixth inning put the team in front and JJ Bleday’s groundout put VU in front for good in the eighth… Bleday and Julian Infante each knocked in three runs as Collin Snider picked up his second win out of the bullpen… Saturday’s game was postponed due to snow on the field and rescheduled as part of a doubleheader on Sunday… The Commodores dropped the front end of the twin bill in a 5-1 loss… Patrick Raby was superb in a tough-luck loss giving up five runs, three earned, on six hits and matched his career-best with 11 strikeouts over a new career-high 8.2 innings… Vandy clinched the series with a 9-1 victory in the second game behind Drake Fellows… The freshman was outstanding over a career-high eight innings, allowing only an unearned run on two hits with eight strikeouts to earn his third win… Will Toffey equaled his career-high with four RBIs and Ro Coleman added three hits… The Commodores host Western Kentucky on Tuesday at Hawkins Field before heading to Ole Miss for the weekend to begin conference play.