Box Score

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Two Commodore pitchers combined to shut out University of South Alabama baseball 4-0 Wednesday at Hawkins Field.

Right-hander Ethan Smith (1-0) allowed two hits with seven strikeouts without issuing a walk in five innings pitched to earn the win, while right-hander Michael Doolin allowed one hit with seven strikeouts and one walk in four innings to record the save for No. 4 Vanderbilt.

South Alabama (2-3) will return to action Fri., Feb. 21, when it hosts UT-Martin at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field in the South Alabama Invitational.
 
GAME FACTS
- Vandy loaded the bases with one out in the bottom of the first inning on a leadoff walk by Austin Martin, single to left field by Cooper Davis and one-out hit by pitch to Ty Duvall. Jaguar left-hander Caleb Yarborough struck out Isaiah Thomas for the second out of the frame, and struck out Justyn-Henry Malloy to escape the jam and preserve a scoreless tie.
- Kaleb DeLaTorre led off the top of the second with an infield single to second, and attempted to score from first on a two-out double to right field by Preston Welchel, but was put out at the plate on the Vandy relay from the outfield attempting to score the first run of the game for the final out of the inning.
- The Commodores loaded the bases with no outs in the top of the fourth inning on singles by Duvall and Thomas, and a walk by Malloy. Parker Noland followed with a sacrifice fly to center field to give Vandy a 1-0 lead. 
- Vandy loaded the bases with two outs in the bottom of the sixth on a leadoff single by Duvall, one-out single by Malloy and a two-out walk by Harrison Ray. Carter Young then delivered a three-run double to left field for a 4-0 VU advantage.

NOTES
- Welchel recorded his first career hit, which came in the form of a two-out double to right field in the top of the second inning.
- Yarborough allowed one run on three hits with three strikeouts and two walks in three innings pitched.
- Right-hander Noah Michael tossed two scoreless relief innings with one strikeout.
- USA struck out 14 times, marking the fifth consecutive games the Jags have struck out 10 or more times.
- Hunter Stokes, DeLaTorre and Welchel had one hit apiece for South Alabama.
- The loss marked the Jaguars' third straight dating back to last weekend's series finale with Campbell.

QUOTES
Head Coach Mark Calvi
- On the pitchers:
"It is the same thing as last night. All you can ask for is for your guys to keep you in the ballgame and give you a chance to win, and I thought all of our guys who ran out there tonight did a very nice job; they competed and put us in a position where we never felt the game was out of reach, and that's all you can ask. I am very pleased with the way our guys performed and competed tonight."

- On the offense:
"We punched out too much, and I thought we gave away some at-bats and didn't have as many good at-bats as we're capable of having. I'm not pleased with the offense, but the good thing is we are much better than that and we'll be much better. Our guys just need to keep working hard and be a little more relentless when they step into the box. We have the guys that can do it. We have some pieces, there's no doubt about it. I like some things some guys are doing, and some other guys need to pick it up a little bit. But this is a hard-working group and I have faith in them. We'll turn it around offensively." 

NEXT UP
South Alabama will return to action Fri., Feb. 21, when it hosts UT-Martin at 6:30 p.m. at Stanky Field in the South Alabama Invitational.

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