Vanderbilt coach Tim Corbin and recruiting coordinator Eric Bakich won round 1 of their battle with the MLB draft this spring when highly sought after Smyrna, TN RHP Sonny Gray officially announced that he has decided to forego the MLB Draft. Read the rest of this entry »
Posts Tagged “Vanderbilt”FROM CBB NEWS SOURCES Vanderbilt 7 Ole Miss 4
That set up a rematch later Saturday for a berth in the title game. Ole Miss had won its first two games in the double-elimination tournament. Read the rest of this entry » Tags: Alabama, LSU, Ole Miss, SEC, SEC Recap, SEC Tourney, VanderbiltFROM CBB NEWS SOURCES Vanderbilt 7 South Carolina 5
VU improved to 39-19 and eliminated the Gamecocks who fell to 38-21 on the year. The Commodores will face tourney nemesis Ole Miss tomorrow at 10 a.m. in the semifinal round and will have to beat the Rebels twice in order to advance to the conference championship game for the third straight year. It will mark the fourth time the two schools have met in the tourney since 2006. Read the rest of this entry » Tags: Alabama, Kentucky, SEC, SEC Recap, SEC Tourney, South Carolina, VanderbiltFROM CBB NEWS SOURCES South Carolina 11 Florida 3
LSU rallied for 4 runs in the ninth and Blake Dean hit a walk off shot in the 10th as LSU stunned USC with a major come from behind win in the SEC tournament opener. Game 2: Vandy 7, UF 3 Vanderbilt avenged a Florida sweep last weekend that knocked VU completely out of the NCAA hosting picture by sending Florida to the loser’s bracket behind 14 singles and steady, if imperfect relief pitching by Drew Hayes, Richie Goodenow and Russell Brewer. Game 3: Ole Miss 4, UGA 1 Is UGA mailing in the tournament? A presumptive national seed, Georgia fell to Ole Miss 4-1 in their first game in the SEC tourney. But the #1 seed had the unenviable task of facing pre-season all-American Lance Lynn, who struck out 12 of the 27 batters he faced. Fuller Smith and Jordan Henry had 3 hits apiece for the Rebs. Game 4: Kentucky 9 Alabama 3 Making his first career start senior Aaron Lovett tossed a complete-game and senior outfielder Sawyer Carroll set the school record for RBI in a season, as the No. 19 Kentucky Wildcats pounded No. 29 Alabama 9-3, in front of 11,967 fans during the first round of the 2008 Southeastern Conference Tournament at Regions Park. Full SEC recaps of the day’s action. Tags: Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Ole Miss, SEC Recap, SEC Tourney, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
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Gordon Beckham tied the Georgia single season homerun record with his 23rd longball of the season last night in the second game of a double header against Alabama. (BamaMag) Buster Posey scores only run, gets the save in Florida State win. (Tallahassee Democrat) Pedro Alvarez couldn’t come through in the clutch last night against Florida, as the Commodores drop their fourth straight game. (Tennessean) University of Arizona catcher Dwight Childs likes to play head games with opposing hitters. (Tucson Citizen) The Houston Astros are looking to go with an experienced college player with the 10th overall pick. (MLB) Seven college players are in the top ten of the draft board over at Minor League Ball. (Minor League Ball) In a battle of two of the Pac-10’s top two pitchers, Washington’s Jordan Merry has his first poor performance of the season while Mike Leake pitches 8 strong in the Sun Devils 13-3 victory. (Devils Digest) Aaron Crow’s stats “are pornography to baseball geeks.” (Columbia Tribune) The best pitcher at Stanford doesn’t even play on the team. (SF Gate) Tags: 2008 Top Players, ACC, Alabama, Arizona, Arizona State, Big 12, Big West, Cal State Fullerton, FSU, Missouri, Pac 10, SEC, Stanford, Vanderbilt
LSU swept struggling Mississippi State (20-32, 7-20) to run their winning streak to 12 games. Meanwhile, South Carolina (34-18, 13-14 SEC) dropped three to Arkansas (31-21, 13-13 SEC). The GameCocks collapse appears to have left Georgia as the only sure bet to host a regional. LSU seems to be in good standing with respect to earning a regional host. Vanderbilt and Florida (30-20, 14-13) may be playing this weekend for a chance to earn a third SEC host bid. Kentucky (38-14, 14-13) and Alabama (30-22, 14-13) also harbor hosting hopes, with Alabama unranked but traveling to Georgia for a road set that could significantly improve their profile. Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, SEC Recap, South Carolina, Vanderbilt
Vandy Takes Game One from UGA Despite a big 4 run inning from UGA in which they took a one run lead at 7-6, Georgia starter Trevor Holder and the UGA bullpen could not hold down Vanderbilt’s bats. Dominic de la Osa (pictured) and David Macias hit 2 run homeruns and every Vandy player rapped out a hit in a 13-7 shellacking. Holder, who entered the game with a 2.84 ERA, gave up 10 ER in 6 innings and saw his ERA baloon one run to 3.84. The strike zone was tight, often frustrating Vanderbilt’s Mikie Minor, who allowed 3 runs on a surprising 9 hits in just 5.1 innings. There was question as to whether any pitcher would be able to get consistent outs in the game. Vandy’s Russell Brewer (a swingman who shares closing duties with Brett Jacobsen) came in and answered that question, striking out 7 of the 10 batters he faced to pick up his 4th win. On the day, Rich Poythress and Lyle Allen of UGA had 4 hits apiece. Joey Lewis had three RBI, including 2 on a fifth inning homerun. For Vanderbilt, the top three in the order (Macias, de la Osa and Alvarez, combined for 7 runs and 10 RBI on 6 hits, 2 walks and 2 HBP). The teams square off again today at 3 p.m. Eastern. Vanderbilt is currently 2 games behind Georgia atop the SEC standings and can take over 1st place by percentage points with a clean sweep. Read the rest of this entry » Tags: Alabama, Arkansas, Auburn, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi State, Ole Miss, SEC Recap, South Carolina, Tennessee, Vanderbilt
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USA Baseball Announces Initial 2008 National Team Trials RosterPosted by: Brian Foley in 2009 Top Players, Big 12, Big West, Pac 10, SEC, West Coast ConferenceFROM CBB NEWS SOURCES
Vanderbilt sweeps Tennessee: Knoxville - Dominic de la Osa (pictured) became Vanderbilt’s all-time hits and doubles leader with a pair of doubles on Sunday. Vanderbilt swept the weekend despite a major home run surge by the Vols all weekend. VU had solid pitching outings by Mikie Minor and Caleb Cotham, while Kentrell Davis impressed for Tennessee with a triple and two homers on Sunday.
Georgia takes 2 of 3 from Ole Miss: Athens - Georgia gave up a late Saturday lead to drop game two to Ole Miss; however, they stormed back on Sunday with a convincing 11-4 win behind home runs from Gordon Beckham, Lyle Allen, Matt Cerione and Michael Demperio.
Tim Corbin extended his dominance over arch rival to the east to a 13-5 record. This was the first matchup between Corbin’s Dores against new Tennessee skipper Todd Raleigh. The new coaching staff in orange has many ties to the Dores, with Corbin and Raleigh both Jack Leggett disciples. Raleigh coached VU recruiting coordinator and first base coach Erik Bakich at East Carolina. And while Corbin was an assistant at Clemson, both UT assistant Brad LeCroy and VU Director of Baseball Operations Mike Calitri were players (credit to Brandon Barca at VU for the research). This has added a level of respect to a coaching staff rivalry where there was very quiet, but brutally clear animosity during the Rod Delmonico era. If there are two teams in the SEC who have truly hated each other more than VU and UT over the last three years, I’m surprised a riot didn’t break out. One can anticipate that the rivalry may turn more cordial in the future. Read the rest of this entry » Tags: SEC, SEC Recap, Tennessee, Vanderbilt |
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HOOVER, Ala. — Nick Christiani allowed just one run on five hits in 6.1 innings and Vanderbilt used two two-run homers to power past South Carolina 7-5 Friday afternoon at the SEC Tournament at Regions Park.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Georgia junior shortstop Gordon Beckham was selected 2008 SEC Baseball Player of the Year, fellow senior closer Joshua Fields was named SEC Pitcher of the Year and Auburn first basemen Hunter Morris was named SEC Freshman of the Year by a vote of the league’s 12 head baseball coaches. The coaches also tabbed Georgia skipper David Perno as SEC Coach of the Year. Beckham was also named SEC Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year. 
Cal State Fullerton shortstop Christian Colon on picking college over the minor leagues: “I know it’s tough to eat the right things in the minor leagues, and I didn’t think I was strong enough to avoid getting run down a little bit.” (
Josh Fields saved each of Georgia’s wins over the weekend to lead the Dawgs to 4-2 (10 innings) and 12-10 victories. Georgia (33-17-1, 19-7-1 SEC) now has a 4 game lead over both LSU (35-16-1, 15-11-1 SEC) and Vanderbilt (37-15. 15-11 SEC) heading into the last weekend of SEC play. 
Here are the SEC Weekend Pitching Matchups which is the courtesy of the SEC Media Relations Department. 
(DURHAM, N.C.) – USA Baseball announced today its initial list of 12 collegiate players who have accepted invitations for the 2008 National Team Trials held June 11-23 throughout the northeast and southeast United States. The list is comprised of eight sophomores and four freshmen. In all, 32 players will be invited to the National Team Trials with 22 of those players being selected for the National Team roster. 
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