2023 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

American college baseball season

2023 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
SEC tournament champions
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Ranking
CoachesNo. 4
CBNo. 2
Record42–20 (19–11 SEC)
Head coach
  • Tim Corbin (21st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Scott Brown
  • Mike Baxter
Home stadiumHawkins Field
Seasons
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2023 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
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 Conf Overall
Team W   L   T   PCT W   L   T   PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Florida x‍†‍‍y 20 – 10 – 0   .667 54 – 17 – 0   .761
No. 19 Vanderbilt ‍‍‡‍y 19 – 11 – 0   .633 42 – 20 – 0   .677
No. 13 South Carolina ‍‍‍y 16 – 13 – 0   .552 42 – 21 – 0   .667
No. 7 Tennessee ‍‍‍y 16 – 14 – 0   .533 44 – 22 – 0   .667
No. 17 Kentucky ‍‍‍y 16 – 14 – 0   .533 40 – 21 – 0   .656
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11 – 19 – 0   .367 29 – 27 – 0   .518
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 10 – 20 – 0   .333 30 – 24 – 0   .556
Western
No. 16 Arkansas x‍†‍‍y 20 – 10 – 0   .667 43 – 18 – 0   .705
No. 1 LSU ‍‍‍y 19 – 10 – 0   .655 54 – 17 – 0   .761
Auburn ‍‍‍y 17 – 13 – 0   .567 34 – 23 – 1   .595
No. 10 Alabama ‍‍‍y 16 – 14 – 0   .533 43 – 21 – 0   .672
Texas A&M ‍‍‍y 14 – 16 – 0   .467 38 – 27 – 0   .585
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍ 9 – 21 – 0   .300 27 – 26 – 0   .509
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 6 – 24 – 0   .200 25 – 29 – 0   .463
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 26, 2023[1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2023 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represents Vanderbilt University during the 2023 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Commodores play their home games at Hawkins Field.

Previous season

The Commodores finished 39–23, 14–16 in the SEC to finish in fourth place in the East division. Vanderbilt was eliminated in the second round of the 2022 Southeastern Conference baseball tournament by their in-state rivals, Tennessee. They earned an at-large berth into the 2022 NCAA Division I baseball tournament, and were the second seed in the Corvallis Regional. Vanderbilt lost to top seed, and third overall seed, Oregon State in the regional final.

Preseason

Preseason SEC awards and honors

Infielder Cam Redding was named to the SEC Preseason team.[2]

Preseason All-SEC First Team
Player No. Position Class
Enrique Bradfield 51 SP Junior
Preseason All-SEC Second Team
Player No. Position Class
Carter Holton 20 SP Sophomore

Coaches poll

The SEC baseball coaches' poll was released on February 9, 2023. Vanderbilt was picked to finish third the SEC East.[2]

SEC East Coaches' Poll
Predicted finish Team Points
1 Tennessee 90 (12)
2 Florida 79 (2)
3 Vanderbilt 64
4 South Carolina 51
5 Georgia 48
6 Kentucky 34
7 Missouri 19

Game log

2023 Vanderbilt Commodores Baseball Game Log (42–20)
Regular Season (37–17)
February (6–3)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
State Farm College Baseball Showdown
February 17 vs. No. 15 TCU* No. 10 Globe Life Field
Arlington, TX		 L 4–11 Savage (1–0) Hliboki (0–1) None FloSports 15,721 0–1 —
February 18 vs. No. 9 Oklahoma State* No. 10 Globe Life Field W 11–9 Dutkanych (1–0) Phillips, B. (0–1) N. Maldonado (1) FloSports 20,295 1–1 —
February 19 vs. Texas* No. 10 Globe Life Field W 12–2 Futrell (1–0) Sthele (0–1) Cunningham (1) FloSports 16,100 2–1 —
February 21 Central Arkansas* No. 10 Hawkins Field
Nashville, TN		 L 4–5 Macrae (1–0) Reilly (0–1) Gregson (1) SECN+ 3,642 2–2 —
February 22 UAB* No. 10 Hawkins Field W 13–17 Horn (1–0) C. Daniel (0–1) None SECN+ 3,604 3–2 —
February 24 No. 17 UCLA* No. 10 Hawkins Field W 6–0 Holton (1–0) Brooks (1–1) Cunningham (2) SECN+ 3,778 4–2 —
February 25 No. 17 UCLA* No. 10 Hawkins Field L 0–3 Delvecchio (1–0) Hliboki (0–2) Jewett (1) SECN+ 3,793 4–3 —
February 26 No. 17 UCLA* No. 10 Hawkins Field W 2–1 Futrell (2–0) Austin (1–1) N. Maldonado (2) SECN+ 3,798 5–3 —
February 28 Austin Peay* No. 7 Hawkins Field W 11–7 Carter (1–0) Robinson, J. (0–1) None SECN+ 3,550 6–3 —
March (15–2)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
2023 Cambria College Classic
March 3 vs. Nebraska* No. 7 U.S. Bank Stadium
Minneapolis, MN		 L 3–5 Schanaman, S (1–1) Schultz (0–1) None BTN+ 545 6–4 —
March 4 vs. No. 18 Maryland* No. 7 U.S. Bank Stadium W 8–7 N. Maldonado (1–0) McCoy, K. (0–1) None BTN+ 3,888 7–4 —
March 5 at Minnesota* No. 7 U.S. Bank Stadium W 4–0 Hliboki (1–2) Holetz (0–1) None BTN+ 2,796 8–4 —
March 7 Tennessee Tech* No. 7 Hawkins Field W 12–1 Futrell (3–0) Taylor, C. (0–2) None SECN+ 3,637 9–4 —
March 8 Evansville* No. 7 Hawkins Field W 2–117 Thompson (1–0) Hardman (0–1) None SECN+ 3,491 10–4 —
March 10 Loyola Marymount* No. 7 Hawkins Field W 2–1 Hliboki (2–2) A. Schroeder (1–1) None SECN+ 3,492 11–4 —
March 11 Loyola Marymount* No. 7 Hawkins Field W 2–0 Owen (1–0) Z. Kirby (0–1) N. Maldonado (3) SECN+ 3,676 12–4 —
March 12 Loyola Marymount* No. 7 Hawkins Field L 6–9 O. Hackman (1–1) Futrell (3–1) M. Baldo (3) SECN+ 3,566 12–5 —
March 14 vs. Belmont* No. 6 First Horizon Park
Nashville, TN		 W 15–6 Reilly (1–1) Ruzicka (0–2) None SECN+ 1,410 13–5 —
March 16 No. 3 Ole Miss No. 6 Hawkins Field W 12–28 Holton (2–0) J. Dougherty (2–2) None ESPNU 3,802 14–5 1—0
March 17 No. 3 Ole Miss No. 6 Hawkins Field W 8–0 Owen (2–0) G. Saunier (1–1) None SECN+ 3,802 15–5 2—0
March 18 No. 3 Ole Miss No. 6 Hawkins Field W 7–2 Futrell (4–1) X. Rivas (4–1) None SECN 3,802 16–5 3—0
March 21 vs. Lipscomb* No. 6 First Horizon Park Cancelled
March 24 at Mississippi State No. 4 Dudy Noble Field
Starkville, MS		 W 26–37 Holton (3–0) Cijntje (3–1) None SECN+ 11,080 17–5 4—0
March 25 at Mississippi State No. 4 Dudy Noble Field W 18–5 Owen (3–0) Gartman (1–2) None SECN+ 12,927 18–5 5—0
March 26 at Mississippi State No. 4 Dudy Noble Field W 11–7 Hliboki (3–2) Dohm (3–3) None SECN+ 9,872 19–5 6—0
March 28 Lipscomb* No. 4 Hawkins Field W 11–18 Carter (2–0) Frank, H (0–1) None SECN+ 2,451 20–5 —
March 31 Georgia No. 4 Hawkins Field W 9–2 Holton (3–0) Woods, Ja. (3–2) None SECN+ 3,802 21–5 7—0
April (11–6)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
April 1 Georgia No. 4 Hawkins Field W 16–8 Cunningham (1–0) Pearson, W. (0–1) None SECN+ 3,802 22–5 8—0
April 2 Georgia No. 4 Hawkins Field W 4–0 Futrell (5–1) Hoskins (1–2) None SECN+ 3,802 23–5 9—0
April 4 Western Kentucky* No. 4 Hawkins Field W 8—1 Schultz (1—1) Bennett, J. (0—1) None SECN+ 3,645 24–5 —
April 6 at Missouri No. 4 Taylor Stadium
Columbia, MO		 W 7—6 Ginther (1—0) Lunceford (3—1) N. Maldonado (4) SECN+ 1,320 25–5 10—0
April 7 at Missouri No. 4 Taylor Stadium L 4—5 Franklin (5—2) Hliboki (3—3) None SECN+ 1,912 25–6 10—1
April 8 at Missouri No. 4 Taylor Stadium W 5–0 Futrell (6–1) Murphy (3–3) None SECN+ 2,389 26–6 11—1
April 11 North Alabama* No. 4 Hawkins Field W 14—27 Thompson (2–0) B. Parish (0–1) None SECN+ 3,677 27–6 —
April 14 No. 6 South Carolina No. 4 Hawkins Field L 6—14 Sanders (3–1) Cunningham (1–1) None SECN+ 3,802 27–7 11—2
April 15 No. 6 South Carolina No. 4 Hawkins Field W 8–5 Reilly (2–1) Mahoney (3–1) None SECN+ 3,802 28–7 12—2
April 16 No. 6 South Carolina No. 4 Hawkins Field W 6–4 Ginther (2–0) Jones (4–2) None SECN+ 3,802 29–7 13—2
April 18 Indiana State* No. 4 Hawkins Field L 2–10 Cutts, B (1–3) Thompson (2–1) None SECN+ 3,746 29–8 —
April 21 at Tennessee No. 4 Lindsey Nelson Stadium
Knoxville, TN		 L 3–412 Burns, C. (3–3) N. Maldonado (1–1) None SECN+ 4,607 29–9 13–3
April 22 at Tennessee No. 4 Lindsey Nelson Stadium L 1–177 Dollander (5–4) Cunningham (1–2) None ESPN2 4,619 29–10 13–4
April 23 at No. 19 Tennessee No. 2 Lindsey Nelson Stadium L 5–10 Beam, D. (5–2) Futrell (6–2) None ESPN2 4,518 29–11 13–5
April 28 No. 15 Kentucky No. 5 Hawkins Field W 6–4 Reilly (3–1) D. Williams (3–1) N. Maldonado (5) SECN+ 3,802 30–11 14–5
April 29 No. 15 Kentucky No. 5 Hawkins Field W 9–3 Schultz (2–1) T. Bosma (4–3) None SECN+ 3,802 31–11 15–5
April 30 No. 15 Kentucky No. 5 Hawkins Field W 3–2 Anderson (1–0) R. Hagenow (2–1) None SECN+ 3,802 32–11 16–5
May (5–6)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
May 2 Georgia State* No. 5 Hawkins Field W 11–5 Anderson (2–0) McManmon, Q. (1–1) None SECN+ 3,750 33–11 —
May 4 at Alabama No. 5 Sewell–Thomas Stadium
Tuscaloosa, AL		 L 2–11 Holman (6–2) Holton (4–1) None SECN+ 3,418 33–12 16–6
May 5 at Alabama No. 5 Sewell–Thomas Stadium W 4–1 Owen (4–0) McMillan (1–2) N. Maldonado (6) SECN+ 3,960 34–12 17–6
May 6 at Alabama No. 5 Sewell–Thomas Stadium L 1–2 Woods (4–1) Schultz (2–2) Davis (6) SECN+ 5,800 34–13 17–7
May 9 at Louisville* No. 5 Jim Patterson Stadium
Louisville, KY		 W 12–812 Horn (2–0) Robinson (0–1) None ESPNU 3,456 35–13 —
May 12 at No. 7 Florida No. 5 Condron Ballpark
Gainesville, FL		 L 0–107 Sproat (7–2) Reilly (3–2) None SECN+ 6,970 35–14 17–8
May 13 at No. 7 Florida No. 5 Condron Ballpark L 2–6 Slater (8–0) Futrell (6–3) None SECN 7,508 35–15 17–9
May 14 at No. 7 Florida No. 5 Condron Ballpark L 2–6 Caglianone (5–2) Carter (2–1) None SECN+ 5,712 35–16 17–10
May 16 Middle Tennessee* No. 5 Hawkins Field Cancelled
May 18 No. 2 Arkansas No. 12 Hawkins Field L 2–8 Smith (8–1) Reilly (3–3) McEntire (2) SECN+ 3,802 35–17 17–11
May 19 No. 2 Arkansas No. 12 Hawkins Field W 10–8 Cunningham (2–2) Adcock (4–2) N. Maldonado (7) SECN+ 3,802 36–17 18–11
May 20 No. 2 Arkansas No. 12 Hawkins Field W 7–6 Horn (3–0) Coil (0–1) N. Maldonado (8) SECN+ 3,802 37–17 19–11
Postseason (5–3)
SEC Tournament (4–1)
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record SEC record
May 24 vs. No. 19 (5) Auburn No. 12 (4) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Hoover, AL		 W 6–4 Reilly (4–3) Allsup, C. (1–2) None SECN 12,685 38–17 1–0
May 25 vs. No. 2 (1) Florida No. 12 (4) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium L 3–6 Slater (9–0) Cunningham (2–3) Abner (3) SECN 12,875 38–18 1–1
May 26 vs. No. 24 (9) Alabama No. 12 (4) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium W 9–2 Futrell (7–3) McNairy (6–2) Schultz (1) SECN 15,012 39–18 2–1
May 27 vs. No. 2 (1) Florida No. 12 (4) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium W 11–6 Moore (1–0) Caglianone (6–3) None SECN 8,938 40–18 3–1
May 28 vs. (10) Texas A&M No. 12 (4) Hoover Metropolitan Stadium W 10–4 Reilly (5–3) Cortez (3–1) None ESPN2 8,728 41–18 4–1
Nashville Regional (1–2)
Date Opponent Seed/rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save TV Attendance Overall record NCAAT record
June 2 (4) Eastern Illinois* No. 4 (1) Hawkins Field W 12–2 Futrell (8–3) Hampton, K (7–3) Schultz (2) SECN+ 3,802 42–18 1–0
June 3 No. 24 (2) Oregon* No. 4 (1) Hawkins Field L 7–8 Spoljaric, T (7–0) Ginther (2–1) Mollerus, J (11) SECN+ 3,802 42–19 1–1
June 4 (3) Xavier* No. 4 (1) Hawkins Field L 1–2 Hoskins (7–2) Reilly (5–4) Loer (7) SECN+ 3,802 42–20 1–2

*Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the D1Baseball poll
 W  Vanderbilt win •  L  Vanderbilt loss •  Postponement or cancellation  • Bold denotes Vanderbilt player

Statistics

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2023 SEC baseball records
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Source: 2023 SEC baseball game results, 2023 SEC baseball schedule

Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW
ALA 16–14 1–2 2–1 1–2 . 1–2 0–3 1–2 3–0 3–0 . . 2–1 2–1 ALA W4 5–5 2–1
ARK 20–10 2–1 3–0 . 0–3 . 1–2 3–0 . 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 1–2 ARK W1 7–3 4–1
AUB 17–13 1–2 0–3 1–2 2–1 . 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 . 1–2 . AUB W3 6–4 2–1
FLA 20–10 2–1 . 2–1 2–1 2–1 . . 3–0 3–0 0–3 2–1 1–2 3–0 FLA E1 8–2 3–1
UGA 11–19 . 3–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 . 0–3 1–2 0–3 2–1 . 0–3 UGA E6 3–7 1–3
KEN 16–14 2–1 . . 1–2 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 . 3–0 1–2 1–2 0–3 KEN E5 4–6 3–1
LSU 19–10 3–0 2–1 1–2 . 2–1 2–1 1–2 . 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 . LSU W2 7–2 2–0
MSU 9–21 2–1 0–3 1–2 . . 0–3 2–1 . 2–1 1–2 0–3 1–2 0–3 MSU W6 3–7 0–4
MIZZ 10–20 0–3 . 0–3 0–3 3–0 0–3 . . 2–1 0–3 3–0 1–2 1–2 MIZZ E7 3–7 2–5
MISS 6–24 0–3 1–2 0–3 0–3 2–1 . 0–3 1–2 1–2 . . 1–2 0–3 MISS W7 1–9 0–5
SCAR 16–13 . 1–2 1–2 3–0 3–0 0–3 1–1 2–1 3–0 . 1–2 . 1–2 SCAR E3 4–5 3–1
TENN 16–14 . 0–3 . 1–2 1–2 2–1 1–2 3–0 0–3 . 2–1 3–0 3–0 TENN E4 5–5 3–2
TAMU 14–16 1–2 0–3 2–1 2–1 . 2–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 2–1 . 0–3 . TAMU W5 6–4 0–2
VAN 19–11 1–2 2–1 . 0–3 3–0 3–0 . 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 0–3 . VAN E2 7–3 4–2
Team W–L ALA ARK AUB FLA UGA KEN LSU MSU MIZZ MISS SCAR TENN TAMU VAN Team Div SR SW

Updated for entire regular season. Tiebrkrs: FLA>ARK VAN common. KEN&TENN>ALA LSU common. TENN>KEN hd–hd.

Rankings

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
Week
PollPre123456789101112131415Final
Coaches'[3]99*7985444
Baseball America[4]655785444
Collegiate Baseball^[5]999988622
NCBWA†[6]998985444
D1Baseball[7]10107764444

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References

  1. ^ "2023 SEC Baseball Standings". secsports.com. Retrieved June 26, 2023.
  2. ^ a b "LSU Picked To Win 2023 SEC Baseball Championship". Southeastern Conference. secsports.com. February 9, 2023. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  3. ^ "Baseball Coaches Poll". Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  4. ^ "College Baseball Top 25 Rankings". baseballamerica.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  5. ^ "2023 Collegiate Baseball Polls - Collegiate Baseball Newspaper". baseballnews.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  6. ^ "NCBWA > News". sportswriters.net. Retrieved March 24, 2023.
  7. ^ "College Baseball Rankings News & Analysis". d1baseball.com. Retrieved March 24, 2023.

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