SERIES PREVIEW: Vanderbilt and Kentucky will meet for three games at Hawkins Field beginning Friday.
- The first two games will be on SECN+ and Game 3 on Sunday will air on SEC Network with Derek Jones and Lance Cormier on the call.
- Vanderbilt sits in second in the SEC East, a half-game back of first-place South Carolina. Kentucky is tied for third, two games behind Vanderbilt.
- Vandy leads the all-time series vs. Kentucky with a 152-150-5 mark. The Dores are 10-2 against the Wildcats in the regular season since 2018.
LAST TIME OUT: Vanderbilt enters the weekend looking to snap a four-game losing streak.
- The Commodores fell to Indiana State last Tuesday night and dropped all three games at Tennessee over the weekend.
- Vanderbilt lost on a walk-off homer in the 12th inning Friday in Knoxville.
- Vanderbilt rallied late in Sunday’s finale but came up short, losing 10-5.
VANDY vs. SEC OPPONENTS: Vanderbilt is outscoring SEC opponents 156-94 this season.
- In SEC games, Vandy is first in the league in nearly every major offensive category. The Dores rank third in fielding, fifth in ERA and second in opposing batting average.
- RJ Schreck ranks third in batting average (.412) and RBIs (30). Enrique Bradfield Jr. has scored the second-most runs (26) and leads the league with 11 stolen bases in SEC play.
SUPERB SOUTHPAWS: Left-handed pitchers Carter Holton, Hunter Owen and Devin Futrell have anchored the weekend starting rotation this season.
- Combined, the trio owns a 2.99 ERA with 147 strikeouts over 141.1 innings.
- In SEC action, Futrell leads the conference with a 2.34 ERA and has allowed just four walks, also tops in the league.
- On the season, all three arms rank top-10 in the SEC in ERA. Futrell is second, Holton fifth and Owen ninth.
WATCH LISTS: Vanderbilt is well-represented on multiple award midseason watch lists.
- Enrique Bradfield Jr. and Carter Holton are two of 45 players named to the Golden Spikes Award Midseason Watch List.
- Jonathan Vastine is on the Brooks Wallace Award watch list, honoring the nation’s top shortstops.
- Devin Futrell is one of 61 pitchers on the College Baseball Foundation Pitcher of the Year watch list.
- Nick Maldonado is one of 56 pitchers named to the NCBWA Stopper of the Year Midseason Watch List.