Overall Record: 29-18
SEC: 12-11
Streak: Win 1
Last Week’s Results (3-1)
Tuesday, May 2 vs. Austin Peay Win 8-4
Friday, April 5 vs. Missouri Win 5-2
Saturday, April 6 vs. Missouri Loss 2-1 (12)
Sunday, April 7 vs. Missouri Win 14-5
This Week (Times Central)
Tuesday, May 9 at No. 2 Louisville 5 p.m. CT [ACC Network]
Friday, April 12 at No. 18 Arkansas 6 p.m. [SEC Network]
Saturday, April 13 at No. 18 Arkansas 6 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Sunday, April 14 at No. 18 Arkansas 1 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Player of the Week Nominee
Julian Infante, IF, 6-3, 215, Miami, Fla.
Weekly totals: 4G/4GS, 18 AB, 2 R, 5 H, 4-2B, 1-3B, 13 RBI, .611 SLG%
Drove in a career-high seven runs in Sunday’s series-clinching win against Missouri, the most RBIs for a Commodore since Dominic de la Osa in 2006.
All five hits during the week went for extra bases, including Sunday’s game with three doubles.
Knocked in three runs in win against Austin Peay on Tuesday and three more runs against Missouri on Friday night with his first triple of the season.
Pitcher of the Week Nominee
Kyle Wright, RHP, 6-4, 220, Huntsville, Ala.
Weekly totals: 1G/1GS, 9.0IP, 3H, 1R/1ER, 1BB, 13K
Matched a career-best with 13 strikeouts on Saturday afternoon against Missouri.
Struck out at least one batter in all nine innings.
Recorded his second nine-inning performance of the season.
Freshman of the Week Nominee
Zach King, LHP, 6-6, 210, Spring Hill, Tenn.
Weekly totals: 2G/0GS, W, 7.0IP, 1H, 0R/0ER, 0BB, 6K
Turned in a career-high 5.1 innings of no-hit relief to earn his second win of the season against Missouri on Sunday.
Entered the game with Vanderbilt trailing but allowed only one base runner the rest of the way as VU won game.
Hit the first batter he faced before retiring the next 16 batters in order to finish off the Commodores’ win.
Recorded two outs on Friday night against Missouri after a perfect inning on Tuesday against Austin Peay.
Commodore Notes
Vanderbilt won the week going 3-1 with a victory over Austin Peay and a series win against Missouri over the weekend The Commodores opened the week with an 8-4 win over Austin Peay on Tuesday night VU jumped out to an early lead and cruised to victory with Ro Coleman scoring three runs and Julian Infante driving in three Chandler Day picked up his seventh win of the season on a staff day with two scoreless innings Vandy rallied for four runs in the fifth inning to win the series opener against Missouri on Friday night 5-2 Julian Infante drove in three runs for the second straight game as Patrick Raby won his team-leading eighth game of the year allowing two runs on eight hits over 6.2 innings Vanderbilt rallied for a run in the bottom of the ninth to tie the game on Saturday before losing 2-1 in 12 innings to the Tigers Kyle Wright dueled with Missouri starter Tanner Houck, who threw eight scoreless, with Wright matching a career-best 13 strikeouts over nine innings of a no decision The Commodores clinched the series on Sunday with a 14-5 win behind Julian Infante’s career-best seven RBIs Infante became the first Commodore since Dominic de la Osa in 2006 to drive in seven runs in a game Zach King earned the win in relief with a career-high 5.1 no-hit innings Vanderbilt hits the road for four games this week with the Battle of the Barrel on Tuesday night at No. 2 Louisville before travelling to No. 18 Arkansas for a three-game series beginning on Friday night on the SEC Network.