Vanderbilt Baseball Weekly Report - Week 9

Vanderbilt Baseball Weekly Report

Overall Record: 27-9, 9-6 SEC
Streak: Lost 1

Last Week’s Results (3-1)
Tuesday, April 9 at Middle Tennessee, Win 15-3
Friday, April 12 vs. No. 12 Arkansas – Win, 3-2
Saturday, April 13 vs. No. 12 Arkansas – Win, 12-2
Sunday, April 14 vs. No. 12 Arkansas – Loss, 14-12

This Week (Times Central)
Tuesday, April 16 vs. Indiana State – 6:30 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Friday, April 19 at Alabama – 6 p.m. [SEC Network+]
Saturday, April 20 at Alabama – 8 p.m. [SEC Network]
Sunday, April 21 at Alabama – 1 p.m. [SEC Network+]

Player of the Week Nominee
JJ Bleday – RF – 6-3 – 205 – Panama City Beach, Fla.
Weekly totals: 4 G/4 GS, 11 AB, 10 R, 7 H, 3 HR, 6 BB, 10 RBIs, 17 TB
– Moved his SEC-leading home run total to 15 with three on the week
– Became the first SEC player to reach 100 total bases, adding 17 on the week
– Matched a career-high with five RBIs and two homers Tuesday at Middle Tennessee
– Scored three runs in three different games and plated at least one in all four contests
– Reached base five times including three walks in Vandy’s finale against Arkansas
– Has swatted nine home runs in the last 13 games

Pitcher/Freshman of the Week Nominee
Kumar Rocker – RHP – 6-4 – 255 – Athens, Ga.
Weekly totals: 1 G/1 GS, 1-0, 7.0 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 7 K
– Held No. 12 Arkansas to a .167 average and did not allow a walk in the win
– Limited the Hogs to 0-for-5 with runners and did not allow a leadoff batter to reach (0-for-7)
– Has fanned six-plus batters in four straight starts

Commodore Notes
No. 7 Vanderbilt produced a 3-1 week, capturing its seventh-consecutive midweek victory before taking the first two against No. 12 Arkansas … The Commodores batted .319 and scored 42 runs while slugging 10 home runs … Vanderbilt scored 10-plus runs in three of its four games … Vandy clubbed a season-high four home runs including two from JJ Bleday and scored seven times in the third inning as part of a 15-3 win at Middle Tennessee … Commodore starter Drake Fellows continued his Friday dominance and No. 7 Vanderbilt generated just enough offensively in a series-opening 3-2 win against No. 12 Arkansas … Fellows scattered seven hits and allowed just one run while lowering his ERA to 2.97 … Vandy erupted for seven runs in the first inning highlighted by a grand slam from Stephen Scott, running away with a series-clinching 12-2 win against Arkansas … The win was the 20th at home for the Commodores who scored in the first inning for the 16th time this season, improving to 14-2 in those games … Down to its final two outs, Arkansas pushed five runs across in the ninth inning, erasing a two-run deficit while knocking off Vanderbilt, 14-12 in the four-plus hour series finale … Philip Clarke recorded a career-high six RBIs and Julian Infante contributed two homers to up his career total to 25 … The Commodores return to action, closing their four-game homestand Tuesday against Indiana State at 6:30 p.m. … Vandy hits the road for a three-game set beginning Friday at Alabama.