Overall Record: 21-12
SEC: 6-6
Streak: Loss 1
Last Week’s Results (3-1)
Tuesday, April 4 vs. UT Martin Win 11-0
Thursday, April 6 at No. 7 South Carolina Win 7-6
Friday, April 7 at No. 7 South Carolina Win 5-3 (13)
Saturday, April 8 at No. 7 South Carolina Loss 6-1
This Week (Times Central)
Tuesday, April 11 vs. Tennessee Tech 6:30 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Thursday, April 13 vs. No. 7 Florida 8 p.m. [ESPNU]
Friday, April 14 vs. No. 7 Florida 6:30 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Saturday, April 15 vs. Florida 2 p.m. [ESPN2]
Pitcher of the Week Nominee
Matt Ruppenthal, RHP, 6-4, 225, Bloomfield Hills, Mich.
Weekly totals: 1G/0GS, W, 7.0IP, 2H, 0R/0ER, 0BB, 3K
Matched his career-best with seven innings of relief to earn win at South Carolina on Friday night.
Scattered only two hits and retired the final 14 batters he faced to secure series victory and earn his first win of the season.
Did not allow a runner past first base and only allowed three base runners to reach safely.
Commodore Notes
Vanderbilt went 3-1 during the week with a win over UT Martin on Tuesday night and a series victory at No. 12 South Carolina The Commodores shut out UT Martin on Tuesday 11-0 behind another dominant outing from Chandler Day The sophomore punched out a career-best 10 over six scoreless innings, scattering just two hits, to earn his fifth win of the year Reed Hayes matched a season-high with three hits and drove in two runs in the win The Commodores held off South Carolina 7-6 in the series opener on Thursday night Jason Delay drove in three runs and ended the night a home run shy of the cycle Patrick Raby earned the win after allowing two runs on eight hits over seven innings The Dores clinched the series on Friday night, rallying late to win 5-3 in 13 innings Reed Hayes drove in the tying run in the ninth with two outs before Julian Infante hit a two-run homer in the 13th to give VU the lead for the first time Hayes then worked a scoreless inning to notch his team-best fifth save Matt Ruppenthal earned the win with seven scoreless innings of relief, including retiring the final 14 batters he faced VU dropped the series finale on Saturday afternoon 6-1 against the Gamecocks Drake Fellows took the loss after giving up four runs on five hits over 2.2 innings JJ Bleday paced the offense with two hits Vanderbilt returns home this week to host four games at Hawkins Field Tennessee Tech visits on Tuesday night at 6:30 p.m. on SEC Network+ before No. 7 Florida arrives on Thursday night at 8 p.m. on ESPNU.
