2019 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

2019 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
2019 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
College World Series National Champions; Nashville Super Regional champions; Nashville Regional champions; SEC Tournament champions; SEC regular season champions; SEC Eastern Division champions
Conference	Southeastern Conference
	Eastern Division
Ranking
Coaches	No. 1
CB	No. 1
Record	59–12 (23–7 SEC)
Head coach	Tim Corbin (17th season);
Associate head coach	Scott Brown (7th season)
Assistant coach	Mike Baxter (2nd season)
Hitting coach	Mike Baxter (2nd season)
Pitching coach	Scott Brown (7th season)
Home stadium	Hawkins Field
	Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Vanderbilt ^x‍†‍‡‍^y	23	–	7	–	0	.767	58	–	12	–	0	.829
No. 18 Georgia ‍‍‍^y	21	–	9	–	0	.700	46	–	17	–	0	.730
Tennessee ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16	–	0	.467	40	–	21	–	0	.656
Missouri ‍‍‍	13	–	16	–	1	.450	34	–	22	–	1	.605
Florida ‍‍‍^y	13	–	17	–	0	.433	34	–	26	–	0	.567
South Carolina ‍‍‍	8	–	22	–	0	.267	28	–	28	–	0	.500
Kentucky ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0	.233	26	–	29	–	0	.473
Western
No. 5 Mississippi State ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	–	0	.667	52	–	15	–	0	.776
No. 6 Arkansas ^x‍‍‍^y	20	–	10	–	0	.667	46	–	20	–	0	.697
No. 14 LSU ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	–	0	.567	40	–	26	–	0	.606
No. 20 Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	16	–	13	–	1	.550	39	–	23	–	1	.627
No. 12 Ole Miss ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	41	–	27	–	0	.603
No. 9 Auburn ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16	–	0	.467	38	–	28	–	0	.576
Alabama ‍‍‍	7	–	23	–	0	.233	30	–	26	–	0	.536

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 25, 2019^[1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represents Vanderbilt University in the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Commodores play their home games at Hawkins Field. The team compiled a record of 59-12 and won the 2019 NCAA National Championship, as well as the SEC regular-season and tournament championships.

Preseason

Preseason All-American teams

1st Team

J.J. Bleday – Outfielder (Baseball America)^[2]

2nd Team

Drake Fellows – Starting Pitcher (Collegiate Baseball)^[3]

J.J. Bleday – Outfielder (D1Baseball)^[4]

Austin Martin – Second Baseman (NCBWA)^[5]

3rd Team

Drake Fellows – Starting Pitcher (Perfect Game)^[6]

Stephen Scott – Outfielder (Collegiate Baseball)

SEC media poll

The SEC media poll was released on February 7, 2019 with the Commodores predicted to win the Eastern Division and the SEC Championship.^[7]

Predicted finish	Team	Votes (1st place)
Media poll (East)
1	Vanderbilt	87 (9)
2	Florida	81 (4)
3	Georgia	68 (1)
4	South Carolina	53
5	Tennessee	40
6	Kentucky	30
7	Missouri	26

Preseason All-SEC teams

1st Team

Philip Clarke – Catcher

Austin Martin – Second Baseman

2nd Team

J.J. Bleday – Outfielder

Roster

2019 Vanderbilt Commodores roster

Pitchers

9 Makenzie Stills – Freshman
21 Tyler Brown – Sophomore
25 Michael Sandborn – Sophomore
27 Ethan Smith – Freshman
29 Patrick Raby – Senior
31 Justin Willis – Sophomore
32 Hugh Fisher – Sophomore
33 Erik Kaiser – Sophomore
34 Zach King – Junior
35 Jackson Gillis – Junior
39 Jake Eder – Sophomore
43 Austin Becker – Freshman
44 Mason Hickman – Sophomore
45 Chance Huff – Freshman
49 AJ Franklin – Junior
50 Luke Murphy – Freshman
55 Joe Gobillot – Freshman
66 Drake Fellows – Junior
80 Kumar Rocker – Freshman

Catchers

5 Philip Clarke – Sophomore
20 Ty Duvall – Junior

Infielders

2 Harrison Ray – Junior
6 Tate Kolwyck – Freshman
10 Ethan Paul – Senior
22 Julian Infante – Senior
28 Cam McMillan – Freshman
30 Sterling Hayes – Freshman
99 Jayson Gonzalez – Sophomore

Outfielders

3 Cooper Davis – Sophomore
8 Isaiah Thomas – Freshman
11 Matt Hogan – Freshman
13 Kiambu Fentress – Junior
17 Walker Grisanti – Senior
18 Pat DeMarco – Sophomore
51 J.J. Bleday – Junior

Utility

12 Dominic Keegan – Freshman
16 Austin Martin – Sophomore
19 Stephen Scott – Senior
36 John Malcom – Freshman
42 Justyn-Henry Malloy – Freshman

Schedule and results

Legend
	Vanderbilt win
	Vanderbilt loss
	Postponement
Bold	Vanderbilt team member

2019 Vanderbilt Commodores Baseball Game Log

Regular Season (45–10)

February (6–2)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
Feb. 15	vs. Virginia	No. 1	Salt River Fields at Talking Stick Scottsdale, Arizona	W 15–9	Huff (1–0)	McGarry (0–1)	King (1)	MLB Network	1,747	1–0
Feb. 16	vs. No. 25 Cal State Fullerton	No. 1	Salt River Fields at Talking Stick	W 14–9	Raby (1–0)	Josten (0–1)		MLB.tv		2–0
Feb. 17	vs. No. 19 TCU	No. 1	Salt River Fields at Talking Stick	L 2–10	Jake Eissler (1–0)	Rocker (0–1)		MLB.tv		2–1
Feb. 20	Evansville	No. 1	Hawkins Field Nashville, Tennessee	W 5–4	Fisher (1–0)	David Ellis (0–1)	Eder (1)	SECN+	2,665	3–1
Feb. 23	Pepperdine	No. 1	Hawkins Field	Postponed
Feb. 24 (9 a.m.)	Pepperdine	No. 1	Hawkins Field	W 6–3	Fellows (1–0)	Pendergast (1–1)	Hickman (1)	SECN+	2,837	4–1
Feb. 24 (12:30 p.m.)	Pepperdine	No. 1	Hawkins Field	W 6–2	Rockers (1–1)	Lucas (0–1)		SECN+		5–1
Feb. 26	Southeast Missouri State	No. 1	Hawkins Field	W 11–3	Smith (1–0)	Sachse (1–1)		SECN+	2,700	6–1
Feb. 27	Austin Peay	No. 1	Hawkins Field	L 6–7¹⁰	Newberg ((1–2)	Gillis (0–1)		SECN+	2,726	6–2

March (16–4)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
Mar. 1	Dayton	No. 1	Hawkins Field	W 11–3	Fellows (2–0)	Wolfe (1–2)	Hickman (2)	SECN+	2,745	7–2
Mar. 2	Dayton	No. 1	Hawkins Field	W 5–1	Raby (2–0)	Ernst (0–2)	Brown (1)	SECN+	2,819	8–2
Mar. 3	Dayton	No. 1	Hawkins Field	W 2–0	Smith (2–0)	Pletka (0–2)	Eder (2)	SECN+		9–2
Mar. 5	Davidson	No. 1	Hawkins Field	W 24–2	Huff (2–0)	Hely (0–1)	Becker (1)	SECN+	2,667	10–2
Mar. 6	East Tennessee State	No. 1	Hawkins Field	W 12–4	Gillis (1–1)	Kirby (0–1)		SECN+	2,665	11–2
Mar. 8	Illinois State	No. 1	Hawkins Field	W 10–4	Fellows (3–0)	Headrick (1–1)	Brown (2)	SECN+	2,694	12–2
Mar. 9	Illinois State	No. 1	Hawkins Field	W 9–1	Raby (3–0)	Lindgren (2–1)	Fisher (1)	SECN+	2,866	13–2
Mar. 10	Illinois State	No. 1	Hawkins Field	L 3–7	Colton (2–0)	King (0–1)	Gilmore (4)	SECN+		13–3
Mar. 12	Samford	No. 1	Hawkins Field	W 11–6	Hickman (1–0)	Hurst (1–1)		SECN+	2,823	14–2
Mar. 15	at No. 19 Texas A&M	No. 1	Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park College Station, Texas	W 7–4	Fellows (4–0)	Doaxkis (3–2)	Brown (3)	SECN+	5,774	15–2	1–0
Mar. 16	at No. 19 Texas A&M	No. 1	Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park	L 7–8	Kalich (1–0)	King (0–2)		SECN+	7,104	15–4	1–1
Mar. 17	at No. 19 Texas A&M	No. 1	Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park	L 0–7	Roa (2–1)	Rocker (1–2)		SECN+	5,385	15–5	1–2
Mar. 19	vs. Belmont	No. 8	First Tennessee Park Nashville, Tennessee	W 3–0	Hickman (2–0)	Hubbell (0–2)	Brown (4)		1,032	16–5
Mar. 21	No. 14 Florida	No. 8	Hawkins Field	W 5–0	Fellows (5–0)	Mace (4–2)		SECN	3,191	17–5	2–2
Mar. 22	No. 14 Florida	No. 8	Hawkins Field	W 15–2	Raby (4–0)	Leftwich (4–2)		SECN+	3,626	18–5	3–2
Mar. 23	No. 14 Florida	No. 8	Hawkins Field	W 14–4	Rocker (2–2)	Dyson (3–1)	Brown (5)	SECN+	3,626	19–5	4–2
Mar. 26	vs. Lipscomb	No. 6	First Tennessee Park	W 15–1	Hickman (3–0)	Elgin (1–1)			1,277	20–5
Mar. 29	Tennessee	No. 6	Hawkins Field	W 4–2	Fellows (6–0)	Stallings (5–2)	Brown (6)	SECN+	3,626	21–5	5–2
Mar. 30	Tennessee	No. 6	Hawkins Field	W 10–4	Raby (5–0)	Linginfelter (4–3)	Fisher (2)	SECN	3,512	22–5	6–2
Mar. 31	Tennessee	No. 6	Hawkins Field	L 6–7	Crochet (3–1)	Rocker (2–3)		SECN	3,563	22–6	6–3

April (13–3)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
April 2	Western Kentucky	No. 5	Hawkins Field	W 5–4¹⁰	Smith (3–0)	Richardson (0–1)		SECN+	2,877	23–6
April 5	at No. 4 Georgia	No. 5	Foley Field Athens, Georgia	W 3–2¹¹	Brown (1–0)	Schunk (1–1)		SECN+	3,188	24–6	7–3
April 6	at No. 4 Georgia	No. 5	Foley Field	L 3–8	Smith (3–1)	Raby (5–1)		SECN+	3,117	24–7	7–4
April 7	at No. 4 Georgia	No. 5	Foley Field	L 1–3	Locey (5–0)	Rocker (2–4)	Kristofak (2)	SECN	3,045	24–8	7–5
April 9	at Middle Tennessee	No. 7	Reese Smith Jr. Field Murfreesboro, TN	W 15–3	Hickman (4–0)	Zoz (1–2)			2,557	25–8
April 12	No. 12 Arkansas	No. 7	Hawkins Field	W 3–2	Fellows (7–0)	Campbell (6–1)	Brown (7)	SECN	3,465	26–8	8–5
April 13	No. 12 Arkansas	No. 7	Hawkins Field	W 12–2	Rocker (3–4)	Noland (0–2)		ESPNU	3,305	27–8	9–5
April 14	No. 12 Arkansas	No. 7	Hawkins Field	L	Vermillion (4–0)	Brown (1–1)	Denton (1)	SECN+	3,488	27–9	9–6
April 16	Indiana State	No. 6	Hawkins Field	W 7–1	Hickman (5–0)	Guerrero (1–2)		SECN+	2,810	28–9
April 19	at Alabama	No. 6	Sewell–Thomas Stadium Tuscaloosa, Alabama	W 7–4	Fellows (8–0)	Finnerty (5–5)	Brown (8)	SECN+	2,862	29–9	10–6
April 20	at Alabama	No. 6	Sewell–Thomas Stadium	W 13–5	Rocker (4–4)	Love (4–3)	King (2)	SECN	3,609	30–9	11–6
April 21	at Alabama	No. 6	Sewell–Thomas Stadium	W 2–0	Raby (6–1)	Randolph (1–1)	Brown (9)	SECN+	3,006	31–9	12–6
April 25	No. 25 Auburn	No. 5	Hawkins Park	W 12–6	Fellows (9–0)	Burns (4–3)	Hickman (3)	ESPNU	3,050	32–9	13–6
April 26	No. 25 Auburn	No. 5	Hawkins Field	W 5–2	Rocker (5–4)	Fitts (3–3)	Fisher (3)	SECN	3,534	33–9	14–6
April 27	No. 25 Auburn	No. 5	Hawkins Field	W 9–5	Raby (7–1)	Fuller (2–2)		SECN+		34–9	15–6
April 30	Tennessee Tech	No. 4	Hawkins Field	W 21–10	Hickman (6–0)	Adams (2–2)		SECN+	3,191	35–9

May (10–1)
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SEC Record
May 3	at South Carolina	No. 4	Founders Park Columbia, South Carolina	W 22–11	Smith (4–0)	Harley (2–3)		SECN+	6,570	36–9	16–6
May 4	at South Carolina	No. 4	Founders Park	W 9–3⁷	Rocker (6–4)	Morgan (3–5)	Brown (10)	ESPNU		27–9	17–6
May 5	at South Carolina	No. 4	Founders Park	W 6–2⁷	Raby (8–1)	Tringali (2–3)	Brown (11)	SECN+	7,027	38–9	18–6
May 7	at No. 6 Louisville	No. 3	Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, Kentucky	W 6–2	Franklin (1–0)	Kirian (2–1)		ESPNU	3,239	39–9
May 10	No. 21 Missouri	No. 3	Hawkins Field	W 5–2	Fellows (10–0)	Cantleberry (4–4)	Brown (12)	SECN+	3,626	40–9	19–6
May 11	No. 21 Missouri	No. 3	Hawkins Field	L 2–5	Sikkema (7–3)	Rocker (6–5)	Bedell (5)	SECN+	3,262	40–10	19–7
May 12	No. 21 Missouri	No. 3	Hawkins Field	W 7–2	Raby (9–1)	Dillard (1–2)	Fisher (4)	SECN+	3,154	41–10	20–7
May 14	Middle Tennessee	No 2	Hawkins Field	W 5–2	Eder (1–0)	Bair (1–1)	Brown (13)	SECN+	3,525	42–10
May 16	at Kentucky	No. 2	Kentucky Proud Park Lexington, Kentucky	W 16–10	Fisher (2–0)	Harper 3–3)	King (3)	SECN+	3,649	43–10	21–7
May 17	at Kentucky	No. 2	Kentucky Proud Park	W 12–4	Rocker (7–5)	Marsh (3–3)		SECN+	4,491	44–10	22–7
May 18	at Kentucky	No. 2	Kentucky Proud Park	W 7–4	Brown (2–1)	Coleman (2–5)		SECN+	4,249	45–10	23–7

Postseason (14–2)

SEC Tournament (4–0)
Date	Opponent	Seed/Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	SECT Record
May 22	vs. (8) Auburn	(1)	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium Hoover, Alabama	W 11–1	Hickman (7–0)	Gray (2–4)		SECN		46–10	1–0
May 23	vs. (4) Mississippi State	(1)	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 1–0	Fellows (11–0)	Small (8–2)	Brown (14)	SECN	8,620	47–10	2–0
May 25	vs. (5) LSU	(1)	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 13–4	Rocker (8–5)	Fontenot (5–1)		SECN	12,872	48–10	3–0
May 26	vs. (7) Ole Miss	(1)	Hoover Metropolitan Stadium	W 11–10	Brown (3–1)	Miller (5–3)		ESPN2	10,487	49–10	4–0

Nashville Regional (3–0)
Date	Opponent	Seed/Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	Regional Record
May 22	(4) Ohio State	No. 2 (1)	Hawkins Field	W 8–2	Fellows (12–0)	Burhenn (6–4)		ESPN2	3,626	50–10	1–0
May 22	(2) No. 23 Indiana State	No. 2 (1)	Hawkins Field	W 8–5	Rocker (9–5)	Liberatore (10–2)	Eder (3)	ESPN3	3,626	51–10	2–0
May 22	(2) No. 23 Indiana State	No. 2 (1)	Hawkins Field	W 12–1	Hickman (8–0)	Guerrero (1–3)		ESPN3	3,626	52–10	3–0

Nashville Super Regional (2–1)
Date	Opponent	Seed/Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	Regional Record
May 22	(3) Duke	No. 2 (1)	Hawkins Field	L 5–18	Gross (8–4)	Fellows (12–1)		ESPN2	3,626	52–11	0–1
May 22	(3) Duke	No. 2 (1)	Hawkins Field	W 3–0	Rocker (10–5)	Jarvis (5–2)		ESPNU	3,626	53–11	1–1
May 22	(3) Duke	No. 2 (1)	Hawkins Field	W 13–2	Raby (10–1)	Chillari (2–4)		ESPN2	3,626	54–11	2–1

College World Series (5–1)
Date	Opponent	Seed/Rank	Site/Stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	TV	Attendance	Overall Record	CWS Record
June 16	vs. No. 4 Louisville	No. 2	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE	W 3–1	Fellows (13–1)	Hoeing (3–4)	Brown (15)	ESPN	22,704	55–11	1–0
June 18	vs. No. 3 Mississippi State	No. 2	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE	W 6–3	Rocker (11–5)	Plumlee (7–5)	Brown (16)	ESPN	15,465	56–11	2–0
June 21	vs. No. 4 Louisville	No. 2	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE	W 3–2	Eder (2–0)	Smith (6–1)	Brown (17)	ESPN	24,673	57–11	3–0
June 24	vs. Michigan	No. 2	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE	L 4–7	Henry (12–5)	Fellows (13–2)		ESPN	24,707	57–12	3–1
June 25	vs. Michigan	No. 2	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE	W 4–1	Rocker (12–5)	Paige (4–1)		ESPN	25,017	58–12	4–1
June 26	vs. Michigan	No. 2	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE	W 8–2	Hickman (9-0)	Kauffmann (12-7)	Eder (4)	ESPN	20,007	59–12	5–1

Schedule Source:^[8]

*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Nashville Regional

Nashville Regional Teams
(1) Vanderbilt Commodores	(2) Indiana State Sycamores	(3) McNeese State Cowboys	(4) Ohio State Buckeyes


First Round			Semi-Finals			Finals



1	Vanderbilt	8

4	Ohio State	2
			1	Vanderbilt	8

			2	Indiana State	5
3	McNeese State	5

2	Indiana State	6
						1	Vanderbilt

						2	Indiana State
Lower round 1			Lower final



			4	Ohio State	5

4	Ohio State	9	2	Indiana State	10

3	McNeese State	8¹³

Nashville Regional Round 1
(4) Ohio State Buckeyes	vs.	(1) Vanderbilt Commodores

May 31, 2019, 6:00 pm (CDT) at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(4) Ohio State	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	0
(1) Vanderbilt	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	X	8	11	2
WP: Drake Fellows (12–0) LP: Garrett Burhenn (6–4) Home runs: OSU: Conner Pohl (6) VAN: Julian Infante (9) Attendance: 3,626

Nashville Regional Round 2
(1) Vanderbilt Commodores	vs.	(2) Indiana State Sycamores

June 1, 2019, 6:00 pm (CDT) at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(1) Vanderbilt	0	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	8	9	2
(2) Indiana State	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	12	0
WP: Kumar Rocker (9–5) LP: Collin Liberatore (10–2) Sv: Jake Eder (3) Home runs: VAN: None INST: CJ Huntley (2) Attendance: 3,626

Nashville Regional Championship
(2) Indiana State Sycamores	vs.	(1) Vanderbilt Commodores

June 2, 2019, 8:00 pm (CDT) at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(2) Indiana State	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	2
(1) Vanderbilt	0	0	0	1	1	5	3	2	X	12	12	1
WP: Mason Hickman (8–0) LP: Geremy Guerrero (1–3) Home runs: INST: Roby Enriquez (5) VAN: Philip Clarke (7); Ty Duvall (5); Julian Infante (10, 11) Attendance: 3,626

Nashville Super Regional

Nashville Super Regional Game 1
Duke Blue Devils	vs.	(2) Vanderbilt Commodores

June 7, 2019, 5:00 pm (CDT) at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Duke	0	2	4	1	0	0	1	10	0	18	15	0
(2) Vanderbilt	0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	5	8	1
WP: Ben Gross (8–4) LP: Drake Fellows (12–1) Home runs: DUKE: Kyle Gallagher VAN: Philip Clarke Attendance: 3,626

Nashville Super Regional Game 2
(2) Vanderbilt Commodores	vs.	Duke Blue Devils

June 8, 2019, 8:00 pm (CDT) at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(2) Vanderbilt	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	3	10	0
Duke	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
WP: Kumar Rocker (10–5) LP: Bryce Jarvis (5–2) Home runs: VAN: None DUKE: None Attendance: 3,626

Nashville Super Regional Championship
Duke Blue Devils	vs.	(2) Vanderbilt Commodores

June 9, 2019, 2:00 pm (CDT) at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Duke	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	0
(2) Vanderbilt	4	2	3	1	2	0	0	1	X	13	14	0
WP: Patrick Raby (10–1) LP: Bill Chillari (2–4) Home runs: DUKE: Michael Rothenberg (11); Rudy Maxwell (4) VAN: Austin Martin (7, 8); Pat DeMarco (6); Stephen Scott (12); Julian Infante (12) Attendance: 3,626

College World Series

2019 College World Series Teams
(5) Arkansas Razorbacks	Auburn Tigers	Florida State Seminoles	(7) Louisville Cardinals	Michigan Wolverines	(6) Mississippi State Bulldogs	(8) Texas Tech Red Raiders	(2) Vanderbilt Commodores

Template:CWSBracket

College World Series First Round
(7) Louisville Cardinals	vs.	(2) Vanderbilt Commodores

June 16, 2019, 1:00 pm (CDT) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(7) Louisville	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
(2) Vanderbilt	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	X	3	5	1
WP: Drake Fellows (13–1) LP: Bryan Hoeing (3–4) Sv: Tyler Brown (15) Home runs: LOU: None VAN: Austin Martin (9, 10) Attendance: 22,704

College World Series Second Round
(2) Vanderbilt Commodores	vs.	(6) Mississippi State Bulldogs

June 19, 2019, 2:00 pm (CDT) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(2) Vanderbilt	0	1	0	0	5	0	0	0	0	6	9	1
(6) Mississippi State	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	9	0
WP: Kumar Rocker (11–5) LP: Peyton Plumlee (7–5) Sv: Tyler Brown (16) Home runs: VAN: Stephen Scott (13, 14) MSST: Marshall Gilbert (6) Attendance: 15,465

College World Series Semifinals
(2) Vanderbilt Commodores	vs.	(7) Louisville Cardinals

June 21, 2019, 6:00 pm (CDT) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(2) Vanderbilt	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	6	1
(7) Louisville	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	1
WP: Jake Eder (2–0) LP: Luke Smith (6–1) Sv: Tyler Brown (17) Home runs: VAN: None LOU: None Attendance: 24,673

College World Series Finals Game One
Michigan Wolverines	vs.	(2) Vanderbilt Commodores

June 24, 2019, 6:00 pm (CDT) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Michigan	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	7	14	1
(2) Vanderbilt	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	7	1
WP: Tommy Henry (12–5) LP: Drake Fellows (13–2) Home runs: MICH: Jimmy Kerr (15); Joe Donovan (9) VAN: JJ Bleday (27) Attendance: 24,707

College World Series Finals Game Two
(2) Vanderbilt Commodores	vs.	Michigan Wolverines

June 25, 2019, 6:00 pm (CDT) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
(2) Vanderbilt	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	4	6	2
Michigan	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	2
WP: Kumar Rocker (12–5) LP: Isaiah Paige (4–1) Home runs: VAN: Philip Clarke (9) MICH: None Attendance: 25, 017

College World Series National Championship
Michigan Wolverines	vs.	(2) Vanderbilt Commodores

June 26, 2019, 6:00 pm (CDT) at TD Ameritrade Park in Omaha, Nebraska
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Michigan	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	6	0
(2) Vanderbilt	0	1	3	2	0	0	1	1	X	8	9	0
WP: Mason Hickman (9–0) LP: Karl Kauffmann (12–7) Sv: Jake Eder (4) Home runs: MICH: None VAN: Pat DeMarco (7) Attendance: 20,007

Rankings

Ranking movements
**Legend:** ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
( ) = First-place votes
	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Final
Coaches'^[9]	2 (10)	2 (10) *		1 (19)	2 (15)	6 (1)	5 (4)	4 (2)	8	5 (1)	4 (1)	2 (2)	2 (7)	2 (3)	2 (4)	2 (9)	2 (9)*	2 (9)*	1 (30)
Baseball America^[10]	1 (1)	1	1	1	1	5	4	3	6	6	5	3	2	2	2	2	2*	2*	1
Collegiate Baseball^^[11]	2	2	2	2	4	6	5	5	6	6	5	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1
NCBWA†^[12]	1 (1)	2	2	1	1	5	4	3	7	5	4	3	2	2	2	2	2*	2*	1
D1Baseball	1	1	1	1	1	8	6	5	7	6	5	4	3	3	2	2	2*	2*	1

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

^ "2019 SEC Baseball Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2019.
^ Cahill, Teddy; Collazo, Carlos (January 28, 2019). "2019 College Baseball Preseason All-Americans". Baseball America. Retrieved January 28, 2019.
^ "Collegiate Baseball 2019 All-Americans". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. December 17, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
^ "2019 D1Baseball Preseason All-Americans". D1Baseball. January 21, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
^ "NCBWA ANNOUNCES 2019 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM". NCBWA. February 5, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.
^ Rooney, Mike; Ebert, Patrick (January 8, 2019). "College Preseason All-Americans". Perfect Game. Retrieved January 8, 2019.
^ http://www.secsports.com/article/25945736/vanderbilt-picked-win-2019-sec-baseball-championship
^ "Commodores unveil 30-game SEC slate" (Press release). Vanderbilt Department of Athletics. October 10, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2019.
^ "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
^ "2019 Collegiate Baseball Polls – Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.
^ "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved 2018-12-22.

[1] "2019 SEC Baseball Standings". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved June 25, 2019.

[2] Cahill, Teddy; Collazo, Carlos (January 28, 2019). "2019 College Baseball Preseason All-Americans". Baseball America. Retrieved January 28, 2019.

[3] "Collegiate Baseball 2019 All-Americans". Collegiate Baseball Newspaper. December 17, 2018. Retrieved January 8, 2019.

[4] "2019 D1Baseball Preseason All-Americans". D1Baseball. January 21, 2019. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

[5] "NCBWA ANNOUNCES 2019 PRESEASON ALL-AMERICA TEAM". NCBWA. February 5, 2019. Retrieved February 5, 2019.

[6] Rooney, Mike; Ebert, Patrick (January 8, 2019). "College Preseason All-Americans". Perfect Game. Retrieved January 8, 2019.

[7] ttp://www.secsports.com/article/25945736/vanderbilt-picked-win-2019-sec-baseball-championship

[8] "Commodores unveil 30-game SEC slate" (Press release). Vanderbilt Department of Athletics. October 10, 2018. Retrieved January 23, 2019.

[9] "USA Today Coaches' Poll". Archived from the original on 2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-04-05.

[baseballamerica-10] "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

[baseballnews-11] "2019 Collegiate Baseball Polls – Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved January 21, 2019.

[sportswriters-12] "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved 2018-12-22.

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v t e Vanderbilt Commodores 2019 College World Series champions
12 Dominic Keegan 16 Austin Martin 39 Jake Eder 42 Justyn-Henry Malloy 50 Luke Murphy 51 JJ Bleday 66 Drake Fellows 80 Kumar Rocker (College World Series MOP)
Head Coach Tim Corbin Assistant Coach Mike Baxter
Regular season NCAA tournament College World Series

v t e Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
Venues	Curry Field (1892–1926) McGugin Field (1927–2001) Hawkins Field (2002–present)
Rivalries	Tennessee
People	Head coaches
Seasons	1886 1887 1888 1889 1890 1891 1892 1893 1894 1895 1896 1897 1898 1899 1900 1901 1902 1903 1904 1905 1906 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 1914 1915 1916 1917 1918 1919 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
National Championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics