NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Another conference series is on the horizon as the Vanderbilt baseball team hits the road this weekend. The Commodores will travel to Columbia, Missouri, to face the Missouri Tigers marking their second road trip of the season.
The two teams are set for a 6 p.m. first pitch Thursday which will air live on SEC Network. Game two of the series is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Friday evening while the series finale will be played at 5 p.m. Saturday The final two contests of the series can be seen on SEC Network+.
Probable Starting Pitching Matchups
Thursday: RHP Kumar Rocker (5-0, 0.58 ERA) vs. RHP Spencer Miles (1-3, 5.74 ERA)
Friday: RHP Jack Leiter (5-0, 0.31 ERA) vs. RHP Seth Halvorsen (2-0, 5.82 ERA)
Saturday: RHP Thomas Schultz (1-2, 6.19 ERA) vs. RHP Zach Hise (0-3, 6.75 ERA)
Commodore Notables
The Commodores look to keep things rolling into the weekend after bouncing back into the win column on Tuesday evening with a victory over cross-town foe Lipscomb. After facing an early three-run deficit, Vanderbilt scored 11 unanswered runs across the third, fifth and sixth innings to cruise to victory.
The Commodores are hitting the road for just the second time this season. Vanderbilt’s first road trip of the campaign came against then-No. 16 Oklahoma State earlier this month. The Commodores took two of three from the Cowboys to claim their first series victory on the road against a ranked opponent since March 16-18, 2018.
Vanderbilt is 5-for-5 in its weekend series this season including Monday’s doubleheader with Wright State on opening weekend. The Commodores have matched up with ranked opponents across the last two weekends including then-No. 16 Oklahoma State and then-No. 16 South Carolina. Vandy is 9-for-9 in its most recent SEC road games and have won their last three conference series on the road.
The Commodores checked in at the top spot in five of the six national polls released Monday. Vanderbilt earned the No. 1 ranking after entering the season as a consensus top-five team. Vandy has been ranked first at least once in each of the last three seasons.
Thursday’s series opener will mark the 24th time that Vanderbilt and Missouri have met in the all-time history between the two programs. The Commodores own the advantage in the all-time series with a 19-4 record.
Vanderbilt took 2 of 3 from the Tigers in their most recent matchup in 2019 at Hawkins Field. The Commodores won the bookend games of the three-game set.