Vanderbilt Baseball Weekly Report – April 8, 2024
Overall Record: 25-7, 8-4 SEC
Streak: W2
Last Week’s Results (2-1)
Tuesday, April 2 vs. WKU – Canceled
Thursday, April 4 at #18 LSU – L, 6-10
Friday, April 5 at #18 LSU – W, 8-6
Saturday, April 6 at #18 LSU – W, 13-3 (8 inn.)
This Week (All times central)
Tuesday, April 8 vs. MTSU – 4 p.m.
Friday, April 12 at #3 Texas A&M – 6 p.m.
Saturday, April 13 at #3 Texas A&M – 7:30 p.m. (SEC Network)
Sunday, April 14 at #3 Texas A&M – 1 p.m.
Commodore Notes
Vanderbilt won the series at ranked LSU last weekend, winning the second two games after falling in the series opener on Thursday. Jayden Davis was named the SEC Co-Player of the Week after leading all SEC hitters with a .583 average. Davis went 7-for-12 in the series and drove in eight runs with a home run and three doubles.
LSU jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the opener on Thursday. The Commodores chipped away and cut LSU’s lead down to three before falling, 6-10.
On Friday, Vanderbilt scored three runs in the final two innings to even the series with an 8-6 win. In a game that featured six lead changes, Davis’ go-ahead, two-run home run in the top of the eighth put Vanderbilt in front for good. Ethan McElvain tossed 3.1 scoreless innings with four strikeouts and two hits allowed to earn his first collegiate win.
The Commodores poured it on in Game 3 to run-rule the Tigers 13-3 in eight innings. Vanderbilt scored the game’s first five runs and scored in all eight innings. The run support proved plenty as starting pitcher Carter Holton turned in his fourth consecutive quality start. The southpaw tossed 6.0 innings and allowed two earned runs while striking out 10. Holton has 10 or more strikeouts in three of his last five starts and has eight or more strikeouts in six of seven starts this season.
At the plate, Braden Holcomb homered twice and drove in five runs on a 3-for-5 day. Jayden Davis went 3-for-4 with two doubles, two RBI and two runs scored. Vandy totaled 14 hits and seven of the nine starters tallied an RBI.
With the series win, Vanderbilt sits in second place in the SEC East with an 8-4 record.
The Commodores are back at Hawkins Field on Tuesday to host Middle Tennessee at 4 p.m. on SEC Network+. The Commodores and Blue Raiders will be meeting for the 149th time with Vandy leading the series 101-47.
Vandy then travels to College Station, Texas, to take on No. 3 Texas A&M. Game 2 in the series will air on SEC Network.
Stats Spotlights
Team
- Doubles (74) – 2nd in SEC, 22nd in DI
- ERA (3.77) – 4th in SEC, 10th in DI
- Hits (323) – 5th in SEC, 36th in DI
- Hits Allowed per Nine Innings (7.23) – 3rd in SEC, 10th in DI
- Stolen Bases (64) – 2nd in SEC, 23rd in DI
- Strikeout-to-walk Ratio (2.94) – 4th in SEC, 11th in DI
- Strikeouts per Nine Innings (10.7) – 5th in SEC, 15th in DI
- WHIP (1.21) – 4th in SEC, 8th in DI
- Walks Allowed per Nine Innings (3.65) – 5th in SEC, 31st in DI
Individual
- Doubles
- Jonathan Vastine (11) – 5th in SEC
- Jayden Davis (10) – 10th in SEC
- ERA
- Carter Holton (3.27) – 8th in SEC
- Hits Allowed per Nine Innings
- Bryce Cunningham (6.21) – 10th in SEC
- Carter Holton (6.55) – 12th in SEC
- Sac Bunts
- Jonathan Vastine (7) – 2nd in SEC, 12th in DI
- Saves
- Ryan Ginther (4) – 4th in SEC
- Brennan Seiber (4) – 4th in SEC
- Stolen Bases
- RJ Austin (17) – 2nd in SEC, 25th in DI
- Calvin Hewett (17) – 2nd in SEC, 25th in DI
- Strikeout-to-Walk Ratio
- Carter Holton (5.15) – 9th in SEC
- Strikeouts
- Carter Holton (67) – 3rd in SEC, 11th in DI
- Bryce Cunningham (63) – 4th in SEC, 17th in DI
- Strikeouts per Nine Innings
- Carter Holton (13.7) – 6th in SEC, 23rd in DI
- Bryce Cunningham (13.5) – 7th in SEC, 24th in DI
- WHIP
- Carter Holton (1.02) – 7th in SEC
- Bryce Cunningham (1.10) – 12th in SEC
