Feb. 21, 2011
Vanderbilt Baseball Weekly Report
Overall Record: 4-0; SEC: 0-0Streak: Won 4
Last Week’s Results (4-0)
Friday, Feb. 18 at San Diego W4-3 (5) (Cunningham Stadium)
Saturday, Feb. 19 at San Diego State W7-3 (Tony Gwynn Stadium)
Sunday, Feb. 20 at San Diego W3-1 (Cunningham Stadium)
Sunday, Feb. 20 at San Diego W7-3 (Cunningham Stadium)
This Week (Times Central)
Wednesday, Feb. 23 vs. Belmont 4 p.m. (Hawkins Field)
Friday, Feb. 25 vs. Stanford 4 p.m. (Hawkins Field)
Saturday, Feb. 26 vs. Stanford 2 p.m. (Hawkins Field)
Sunday, Feb. 27 vs. Stanford 1 p.m. (Hawkins Field)
Freshman of the Week Nomination
Tony Kemp, OF, 5-6, 160, Franklin, Tenn.
– Started all four games in left field and hit leadoff for the Commodores.
– Stole four bases in four games.
– Made two spectacular diving catches Saturday in win at San Diego State.
– Drove in the go-ahead run in the win at SDSU.
– Had three multi-hit games, including his first collegiate hit a triple at SDSU.
Pitcher of the Week Nomination
Grayson Garvin, Junior, LHP, 6-5, 220, Suwanee, Ga.
– Carried a perfect game into the seventh inning at San Diego before an infield single broke up his perfect game bid.
– Pitched eight scoreless innings before allowing three runs, two earned, in the ninth inning.
– Set career-highs in innings (8.1) and strikeouts (10).
– Did not issue any walks.
Player of the Week Nomination
Aaron Westlake, 1B, 6-3, 235, Redding, Calif.
– Drove in a team-best three runs and scored three runs.
– Drew four walks while striking out just three times in 13 at-bats
– Knocked in two runs in VU’s win at San Diego State on Saturday.
– Had two multi-hit games.s
– Westlake started all four games for Commodores at first base.
Commodore NotesFor the second consecutive year Vanderbilt starts the off 4-0 after the first weekend of play, the Commodores beat Niagara three times and Austin Peay once to start the 2010 campaign… The Dores climbed one spot in the Baseball America poll to No. 3 and Collegiate Baseball poll to No. 4… VU won the season opener at San Diego (2/19) in a rain-shortened, five-inning game marking the first time in the Tim Corbin era that the team did not play a nine-inning game on Opening Day… Preseason All-American Sonny Gray had a rough first inning in his 2011 debut allowing three runs on four hits on Friday but the right-hander bounced back and did not allow another hit to earn the win in the rain-shortened game… Three true freshman earned playing time over the weekend with all three starting at least one game. Outfielder Tony Kemp, Conrad Gregor started one game as the designated hitter and lefty Kevin Ziomek started against SDSU on Saturday… Vanderbilt was originally scheduled to play two games on Saturday but the weather forced a switch with the Dores playing only the Aztecs on Saturday at Tony Gwynn Stadium and playing a doubleheader against San Diego on Sunday… The Dores rallied for four runs in the ninth inning to beat SDSu on Saturday with Kemp driving in the go-ahead run… Ziomek was impressive in his collegiate debut allowing two runs, one earned, on four hits with five strikeouts in 5.1 innings in a no decision against SDSU… Vanderbilt’s pitching dominated the Toreros in the doubleheader with senior Taylor Hill tossing 7.1 innings, allowing one run on five hits with no walks and eight strikeouts to earn the win in Game 1 and junior Grayson Garvin coming back in the second game pitching six perfect innings before an infield hit off his glove ended the bid. The lefty pitched eight scoreless innings before running into trouble in the ninth. Garvin finished the day with no walks and career-highs in strikeouts (10) and innings pitched (8.1)… Senior Mark Lamm pitched in three of the team’s four games after not pitching at all last year while recovering from Tommy John surgery… Sophomre Will Clinard and junior Navery Moore each notched saves in the club’s two close games… Sophomore Mike Yastrzemski stole four bases in four attempts while going 5-for-12 (.417) at the plate with a team-high four runs scored… Senior Bryan Johns led the team with two doubles over the weekend… Presason All-American Jason Esposito had four hits, three runs scored and two RBI.
