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Commodores capture Regional
Hill fans career-best 13 en route to win
Nashville, Tenn. – Vanderbilt captured the
team’s second straight regional with a 6-1 win over Belmont
Sunday night at Hawkins Field.
Senior Taylor Hill dominated the Bruins over eight innings setting a
career-high with 13 strikeouts. The right-hander allowed only a solo
home run to Tim Egerton in the second inning and scattered five hits
over his eight innings to earn his fifth win of the year. Hill struck
out at least one batter in seven of his eight frames and fanned
multiple batters in five separate innings while allowing only one base
runner to reach scoring position after the home run. Senior Mark Lamm
worked a scoreless ninth to finish off the Regional Championship.
The Commodores offense responded in the third inning after Belmont tied
the game on Egerton’s home run in the bottom of the second
inning. Jason Esposito’s RBI-double followed by Conrad
Gregor’s sacrifice fly put the Dores up 3-1. Anthony
Gomez’s RBI-double and Curt Casali’s sacrifice fly in the
sixth stretched the lead to 5-1 and Esposito’s solo homer in the
seventh capped the night’s scoring. Esposito finished the night a
triple shy of the cycle leading all hitters with three hits. Riley
Reynolds, Gomez and Gregor all had two hits in the win. Judah Akers had
two hits to pace the Bruins.
Following the game Vanderbilt had eight players honored on the
Nashville Regional All-Tournament team with Sonny Gray, Taylor Hill,
Aaron Westlake, Riley Reynolds, Jason Esposito, Anthony Gomez, Mike
Yastrzemski and Conrad Gregor earning honors. Esposito was named the
Tournament MVP after going 7-for-13 with four RBI. The Commodores
outscored their opponents 26-3 in the team’s three games of the
tournament.
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