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FINAL: Vanderbilt 3, Ole Miss 0
A carry-over from the Tennessee series in the sense that Ole Miss really didn't play that well offensively last weekend, even though it won three games.
Vanderbilt's T.J. Pecoraro was making his sixth SEC start. He'd given up at least two earned runs in the previous five. At times he has struggled with walks. He didn't last week at LSU when he walked just one batter in eight innings in a no-decision Vandy loss, and he didn't struggle with walks tonight, not a single one in nine innings.
Pecoraro's control kept the Rebels from putting together a big inning. They had five hits, couldn't string them together and couldn't follow a hit with a walk.
Bobby Wahl had a nice game, the third straight week he's pitched at least seven innings, but pitcher's don't score, and Wahl had no run support. Wahl went 7.1 innings, scattered three hits, walked two and struck out five. He allowed three runs, two earned.
The Rebels reached third base just once in the game, and that inning, the top of the sixth, ended with Tanner Mathis being thrown out at home while trying to advance on a fly ball from Matt Snyder to left field that really wasn't that deep.
Afterward, Mike Bianco called on his best players to be even better, saying Alex Yarbrough, Snyder and Wahl needed to do more in close games like tonight when opportunities are fewer.
There were no multiple hits for Ole Miss. The five basehits came from Mathis, a double, Snyder, Zach Kirksey, Blake Newalu and Sikes Orvis.
I'll have live updates on Twitter and will be back here after the game.
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LINEUPS
VANDERBILT
2B Tony Kemp .265
RF Mike Yastrzemski .284
SS Anthony Gomez .357
1B Conrad Gregor .309
C Spencer Navin .300
DH Connor Castellano .242
CF Connor Harrell .259
3B Vince Conde .210
LF Jack Lupo .282
RHP TJ Pecoraro 0-4, 4.60
OLE MISS
LF Tanner Mathis .338
CF Auston Bousfield .273
2B Alex Yarbrough .405
1B Matt Snyder .332
C Will Allen .337
DH Zach Kirksey .283
3B Andrew Mistone .239
RF Will Jamison
SS Blake Newalu .353
RHP Bobby Wahl 6-1, 2.18
Ole Miss has got to be its worse enemy. That loss coupled with the wins of Miss State, Ark, GA and now Vandy, could have devastating effect on their seed in the SEC tournament. one more lose and they probably wind up as #10 seed of which could mean that they do not have the pitching to overcome. ,and possible wind up watching the NCAA tournament from the side line this season. Let us hope in a miracle for the Rebels, I do remember in years past that they have had their back to the wall and did overcome.
JB
What was funny, was that during EspnU's broadcast they were talking about Chris Stratton and how great he was..never mentioned any old meth player. 104 days till kickoff.