EVANSTON, Ill. — Vanderbilt baseball continued its fall ball slate with two seven-inning exhibitions at Northwestern on Sunday at Miller Park.
The Commodores collected 18 hits in the two games, scoring 13 runs. Tommy Goodin hit two of Vandy's five homers on the day. James Tronstein tallied a team-high three hits and scored three times. Goodin and Aukai Kea drove in three runs each.
On the mound, 10 different pitchers saw action and registered 17 strikeouts. Tyler Baird turned in two scoreless and hitsless frames with four punchouts. Hudson Alpert also worked two frames and didn't allow a hit or an earned run.
Game 1 Highlights:
- Tommy Goodin - 2-3, 2 HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
- Matt Conte - 1-4, HR, RBI, R
- Gavin Lauridsen - 2.0 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 K, 0 BB
- Tyler Baird - 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 4 K
Game 2 Highlights:
- Aukai Kea - 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
- RJ Cope - 1-1, 2 RBI
- Noah Wilson - 1-4, HR, RBI, R
- James Tronstein - 2-3, 2B, BB, 3 R
- Aiden Stillman - 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 2 K, 0 BB
- Dom Monaco - 1.2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 3 K
- Hudson Alpert - 2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 K
Vanderbilt travels west to Las Vegas next weekend for the third of four fall exhibitions. The Commodores will face Arizona on Sunday.