Dores drop third straight at Stanford
Errors plague Vanderbilt again in loss
Palo Alto, Calif. – Vanderbilt dropped the team’s third straight game at third-ranked Stanford Sunday with an 18-5 loss.
The
Commodores claimed the team’s first lead of the weekend in the second
inning sending nine men to the plate and scoring four runs. Connor
Harrell’s double ignited the rally with Riley Reynolds’ double scoring
Harrell. Jack Lupo drove in a run with his first hit of the season in
his first start. Tony Kemp followed with a run-scoring groundout and
Anthony Gomez’s single capped the rally. The lead was short-lived,
however, as the Cardinal responded with eight runs in the bottom of the
second to claim the lead. For the third straight day the Dores defense
failed with the team committing four errors in the second and five on
the day. VU made 11 errors over the three games against Stanford. The
Cardinal offense again exploded in the sixth inning scoring seven runs.
Stephen Piscotty led the way for the Cardinal offense driving in seven
runs, including a grand slam in the sixth. Anthony Gomez paced the VU
offense with two hits and two RBI.
Stanford
reliever John Hochstatter earned the win, tossing 6.1 no-hit innings.
The southpaw fanned two and walked two in the win. Vanderbilt starter
Sam Selman took the loss giving up 12 runs, six earned, on eight hits
over five-plus innings.
Several Commodores made
their Vanderbilt debut with freshmen Will Cooper, Connor Castellano and
John Norwood joining D.J. Luna and Drew VerHagen on the field in the
black and gold for the first time. Cooper picked up his first
collegiate hit, legging out an infield single in the ninth before
coming around to score on Gomez’s single up the middle.
Vanderbilt
returns home in preparation for the team’s home opener Wednesday
against Oakland. First pitch is scheduled for 4 p.m. at Hawkins Field.
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