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Commodores blank Golden Eagles
Selman gets first win, McKeithan collects four hits
Nashville, Tenn. –
Vanderbilt shut out Tennessee Tech 6-0 Tuesday night at Hawkins Field
behind a pair of solid pitching performances.
Sam
Selman (1-3) earned his first collegiate win matching a career-best
with five innings pitched. The lefty also matched a career-high with
seven strikeouts, fanning at least one batter in each of his five
frames. Tennessee Tech (9-15) put the lead off man aboard in the second
inning but Selman rebounded to strike out two batters and get a
groundout to end the inning. In the fifth the Golden Eagles again put
the leadoff man on base but Selman worked out of the jam to finish his
night. Brian Miller entered in the sixth inning and worked four
scoreless innings to finish off Vanderbilt’s (10-15) third shutout
victory of the season. The right-hander allowed two hits over his four
innings to notch his first career save and the Dores’ first of the
season.
The Commodores claimed an early lead in
the second inning with two runs. Joel McKeithan drove in the first run
of the game with his first single of the night and came around to score
on Anthony Gomez’s base hit. Vanderbilt blew the game open in the
seventh sending nine men to the plate and scoring four runs. McKeithan
led off with his third single of the night and crossed the plate when
Conrad Gregor delivered a two-run, bases loaded single to right field.
Chris Harvey’s grounder and Vince Conde’s bases loaded walk capped the
rally and stretched the lead to six runs.
McKeithan
led the way with a career-best four hits, going a perfect 4-for-4 with
two runs scored and one RBI. Gregor added two hits and two RBI in the
win. Zach Stephens led the Eagles with two of the squad’s four hits.
Tennessee Tech starter Garrett Baugh (1-2) took the loss allowing two
runs, one earned, on seven hits over four innings.
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