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Florida Gators Win Baseball Series from Vanderbilt 2-1

sportsguy — Thu, 19 May 2011 14:10:18 +0000

The #5 ranked Florida Gators came from behind to beat #2 Vandy at Hawkins Field 6-5 after a rain delayed Friday night college baseball game had to be finished on Saturday. With both teams bullpens depleted Vandy crushed Florida in the 2nd game 14-1. In the 3rd and deciding game the SEC leading Commodores took the lead once again in the early innings only to have the Gators tie the game up at three and force extra innings. Vandy had opportunities to win the game with runners in scoring position with zero or 1 out twice in extra innings but could not get the winning run home. Finally in the top of the 12 inning Florida’s Mike Zunino hit a 3-2 fast ball over the right field wall scoring 3 runs to win the game and holding Vandy scoreless in the bottom half of the inning. It was a hard fought series giving a glimpse into what is shaping up to be one of the best SEC Baseball Tournaments in recent years with South Carolina, Florida and Vandy all ranked in the top 5 of all College Baseball Polls.

Florida's Hudson Randall throws to 1st base on a pick off try

Tony Kemp Stealing 2nd Base leading off the 1st inning

Tony Kemp's speed beats throw to 2nd base by a whisker!

Tony Kemp safe at 3rd

Gator 3rd Baseman Jeff Moyer signals Fly Ball

Vandy Head Baseball Coach Tim Corbin giving instruction to Aaron Westlake

Sonny Gray winds up for the pitch to home plate

Vanderbilt's Sonny Gray keeps an eye on the runner at 1st Base

Vanderbilt's Hawkins Field, Nashville TN

The Hawkins Family enjoying the Vanderbilt Baseball Team at Hawkins Field

Florida 3rd Baseman dives for Fly Ball

Vandy Bench greets Mike Yastremski after scoring

It was a cold May Day at Hawkins Field

Vandy Sweeps UT Vols with 19-3 Win at Hawkins Field

sportsguy — Mon, 02 May 2011 15:30:56 +0000

First Game Handshake with Umpires

After winning back to back 10 to 1 decisions the Vanderbilt Baseball team swept the Tennessee Volunteers at Hawkins Field in Nashville, TN 19-3. Tim Corbin’s Commodore Baseball team outscored the Vols 39 to 5 during the weekend 3 game series. While Vandy is playing with a high level of confidence you would have to say Tennessee is not playing with confidence as the 11 run 6th inning by Vandy on Sunday demonstrated. As Vandy focuses on the remaining games before the SEC Baseball Tournament you have to wonder if the Vols can win enough remaining games to make the trip to Hoover. Tim Corban seems to have his baseball team on a mission, you can see it by how Vandy is playing. I absolutely love watching Coach Corbin coach during games. He’s truly one of the great head coaches of college baseball. You can tell he knows what each of his players is capable of and executes plays during the game for each player to make. When it fails he goes into analyzing what went wrong.

Great series win for the Commodores as they continue a three way tie for first in the SEC Baseball Standings with South Carolina and Florida.

#3 Vandy Baseball Sweeps LSU Tigers to Win Weekend Series

sportsguy — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 18:03:04 +0000

Vanderbilt Baseball took 3 games from the LSU Tigers here in Nashville, TN. We had nice weather with each game sold out. Vandy took game two 10 to 1 and game three 10 to 7. The Commodores rang up 45 hits during the weekend series. With Vanderbilt’s weekend sweep of LSU the Commodores are now in a 3 way tie with South Carolina and Florida for 1st place in the SEC College Baseball Standings.

Here are some pictures from game 2 on Saturday at Vanderbilt’s Hawkins Field.

Hawkins Field Entrance

Vandy 3rd Baseman Jason Esposito

LSU 3rd Baseman Tyler Hanover

Vandy PItcher Grayson Garvin

Vandy Runner Rounding 3rd Base

LSU Pitching Conference

Another Vandy Hit

LSU Frustration Mounts

Vandy Runner Slides into 3rd

Coach Tim Corbin watches to see what LSU does next

Vandy First Baseman Ready for Play

Keeping Track of Vandy K's

Great Day at Hawkins Field

Vandy Runner Ducks at 3rd Base

Future Vandy Baseball Player Catches Foul Balls Outside Hawkins Field