Week 8 Report

Vanderbilt Baseball Weekly Report – April 7, 2025

SEASON STATS

Overall Record: 24-8, 7-5 SEC
Streak: W4

Last Week’s Results (4-0)
Tuesday, April 1 vs. Western Kentucky – W, 5-4 (10 inn.)
Friday, April 4 at Florida – W, 6-0
Saturday, April 5 vat Florida – W, 3-2
Sunday, April 6 at Florida – W, 11-3

This Week (All times central)
Tuesday, April 8 vs. Dayton – 6 p.m.
Friday, April 11 at #19 Oklahoma – 7 p.m. – SEC Network
Saturday, April 12 at #19 Oklahoma – 4 p.m.
Sunday, April 13 at #19 Oklahoma – 2 p.m.

Commodore Notes
Vanderbilt went 4-0 on the week with a home win in extra innings against WKU on Tuesday and the program’s first sweep at Florida over the weekend.

The Commodore pitching staff held opposing teams to eight earned runs over 37.0 innings this week, posting a 1.95 staff ERA over the four games. At the plate, Jonathan Vastine and RJ Austin paced the offense with seven hits apiece. Vastine homered and drove in three runs while Austin tallied three extra-base hits with a pair of doubles and a triple.

Austin hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 10th inning to help Vanderbilt defeat Western Kentucky 5-4 on Tuesday night. Austin Nye got the start for the Dores on the mound and turned in the longest outing of his freshman season, going 5.1 innings. Nye didn’t allow an earned run and totaled a career-high nine strikeouts.

JD Thompson, Miller Green and Sawyer Hawks combined for a 6-0, shutout win at Florida on Friday night. Thompson blanked the Gators over the first 4.2 innings before handing the ball to Green who recorded the final out in the fifth. Hawks took over in the sixth and shut Florida down over the final four frames, striking out six to earn his third save on the season.

In Game 2 on Saturday, Colin Barczi hit the go-ahead solo home run in the top of the ninth to put Vanderbilt in front and Connor Fennell slammed the door in the home half for the save.

The Commodores pulled away from Florida in the late innings on Sunday to finish off the series sweep. Vastine went 4-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored. Rustan Rigdon drove in four runs, including his first collegiate homer, a three-run shot in the ninth. Brodie Johnston reached base three times and scored all three times.

Vanderbilt moves up to No. 17 in the D1Baseball poll and will host Dayton at home Tuesday before traveling to Oklahoma to face the No. 19 Sooners for three games.