Vanderbilt Baseball Weekly Report – March 8, 2021
Overall Record: 9-1, 0-0 SEC
Streak: Won 6
Last Week’s Results (3-0)
Friday, March 5 vs. Illinois-Chicago – Win, 15-0
Saturday, March 6 vs. Illinois-Chicago – Win, 5-2
Sunday, March 7 vs. Illinois-Chicago – Win, 4-2
This Week (All times central)
Tuesday, March 9 vs. Memphis – 4:30 p.m.
Friday, March 12 at Oklahoma State – 6 p.m.
Saturday, March 13 at Oklahoma State – 6 p.m.
Sunday, March 14 at Oklahoma State – 1 p.m.
Player of the Week Nominee
Carter Young – INF – 6-0 – 180 – Selah, Wash.
Weekly totals: 3 G/3 GS, 6-for-12, 2B, 2 HR, 5 RBI, 6 R, BB, SB
- Recorded a hit in each of Vanderbilt’s games on the week, pushing his hitting streak to 12 games, dating to last season
- Posted multi-hit outings in two of the Commodores’ three contests
- Finished 2-for-4 in Friday’s series opener while registering a career-high four RBIs
- Homered in back-to-back games Friday and Saturday, notching his fourth home run of the season
- Has homered in four of Vanderbilt’s last six games
- Went 3-for-5 in Saturday’s win with two of his three hits going for extra bases
- Scored five of Vanderbilt’s nine runs across the final two games of the weekend, including a career-high three runs on Saturday
- Slugged 1.083 on the weekend while collecting a team-high 13 bases in the three-game set
Pitcher of the Week Nominee
Kumar Rocker – RHP – 6-5 – 245 – Athens, Ga.
Weekly totals: 1 GS, W, 6.0 IP, 1 R/1 ER, 2 H, 11 K, 1 BB
- Picked up his third win of the season with a quality start to help Vanderbilt secure a series win over Illinois-Chicago
- Allowed just four baserunners to reach on two hits, one walk and a strikeout wild pitch
- Fanned a season-high 11 batters and currently ranks fourth in the SEC in total strikeout
- Closed out his outing by retiring 11 UIC batters in a row
Commodore Notes
After taking the week off with no midweek contest, Vanderbilt returned to action Friday for a weekend series with Illinois-Chicago. The Commodores secured their first three-game sweep of the season by outscoring the Flames by a margin of 24-4 on the weekend.
Vanderbilt opened the series with a 15-0 victory in Friday’s matchup, notching its second shutout victory of the young campaign. The Commodores tallied a season-high 16 hits while eight of nine starters registered at least one hit.
Vanderbilt clinched the series with a 5-2 win over UIC on Saturday using timely hitting and stellar pitching. Rocker picked up his third win of the season with a season-high 11 strikeouts while surrendering one run on one hit.
The Commodores returned to the diamond Sunday to claim a 4-2 victory over the Flames as starter Jack Leiter tossed five innings and racked up 11 punchouts on the afternoon. Vanderbilt now owns a six-game winning streak for the first time since last season when the Commodores won eight in a row from Feb. 18-28, 2020.
