NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Vanderbilt handed No. 4 Texas its first shutout of the season Saturday, profitable 6-0 to even the collection at Hawkins Field.
Freshman Aiden Stillman made his second collegiate begin and struck out six Longhorns over 3.2 innings. Junior Luke Guth took on the subsequent 2.1 innings and held the Longhorns to only one hit with 4 punchouts. Another true freshman, Tyler Baird, earned his fifth save with three scoreless frames to shut out the win.
The three arms mixed to strike out 14 Longhorns whereas holding the visiting aspect to 5 hits.
The Commodores wasted no time on offense, clubbing a house run, triple and two doubles in the prime of the first to take a 3-0 lead. Mike Mancini led off the inning with a two-bagger and scored on a triple by Brodie Johnston.
Braden Holcomb then launched his thirteenth house run of the season, a no-doubter to left-center to give the Dores a three-run lead.
Vandy added on in the third with two extra extra-base hits. Holcomb led off with a single and moved to third on a double by Colin Barczi. With one out, Holcomb got here house on a groundout. Ryker Waite made it 5-0 with an RBI triple to the hole in right-center.
The Commodores plated their sixth run of the evening on an error in the backside of the seventh as Mancini hustled house on a dropped throw to first base.
Holcomb completed the sport 2-for-3 with two RBI and two runs scored. Mancini additionally scored twice and went 2-for-4 at the plate. As a staff, the Commodores totaled 11 hits to Texas’ 5.
Vanderbilt (26-18, 10-10 SEC) and No. 4 Texas (31-9, 13-6 SEC) will meet Sunday for the rubber match at midday on ESPN2.
