Vanderbilt entered the Males’s Faculty World Sequence Regionals because the top-ranked squad within the 64-team area, and as winners of the SEC Event.
However with their loss on Sunday to Wright State, the Commodores made some brutal baseball historical past.
The 5-4 loss to the Raiders eradicated Vanderbilt from the Faculty World Sequence Regionals. Regardless of getting into the match because the No. 1 total seed and profitable their opening sport — towards Wright State — Vanderbilt dropped a pair of video games over the weekend to finish their Omaha goals.
Within the course of, Vanderbilt grew to become the primary No. 1 total seed in Males’s Faculty World Sequence historical past to fail to advance to a regional ultimate.
The Commodores fell down early Sunday towards the Raiders, as Wright State hung 4 on the board within the backside of the primary inning. An RBI groundout from Gus Gregory introduced dwelling Wright State’s first spherical, after which back-to-back jacks from catcher Boston Smith and shortstop Luke Arnold introduced three extra runs to the plate.
Vanderbilt entered the highest of the ninth trailing 5-1, however pushed three runs throughout the plate to chop Wright State’s result in 5-4, with the tying run on third and the go-ahead run on second. However RJ Austin flied out to proper area to finish the sport, and Vanderbilt’s season.
“I feel they’re all shocking once you’re completed, once you lose,” mentioned Vanderbilt Tim Corbin after the loss. “If you’re out, you’re out. There hasn’t been a day the place we’ve been out of a match the place I don’t really feel the identical method. Proper now at this second, I really feel nice in regards to the effort and the way onerous we performed. I simply want the result was completely different for the boys. That stinks. Nevertheless it’s the character of the sport.
“It’s merciless. It may be merciless.”
Historical past typically is.
