After winning just one of three games against No. 1 Tennessee last weekend, Vanderbilt Baseball looked to finish the regular season on a positive note against No. 2 Kentucky. With just 12 SEC wins before the weekend, the Commodores sat firmly on the NCAA Tournament bubble. They needed at least one win to give themselves.
The No. 7 Vanderbilt Commodores bounced back from a disappointing sweep at South Carolina by winning its midweek matchup against Valparaiso and all three games of its weekend series against the Missouri Tigers. The three weekend wins extended Vanderbilt’s home winning streak to 14 straight. With a season record of 23-6 and a 6-3 conference.
It wasn’t always pretty, but the Commodores earned a much-needed midweek victory against the Eastern Kentucky Colonels behind strong pitching and good base running.
Well, that was ugly. The VandyBoys played probably their worst series of the season (second perhaps only to the Tennessee sweep) this weekend, losing all three games against the No. 7 Florida Gators in Gainesville. After a seven-inning, 10-0 beatdown on Friday, the Commodores lost both on Saturday and Sunday 6-2. They subsequently dropped seven.