Vanderbilt entered the Males’s School World Collection Regionals because the top-ranked squad within the 64-team subject, and as winners of the SEC Match.
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 School World Collection Regionals. Regardless of coming into the event because the No. 1 general 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 turned the primary No. 1 general seed in Males’s School World Collection historical past to fail to advance to a regional last.
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 house 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 subject to finish the sport, and Vanderbilt’s season.
“I believe they’re all stunning whenever you’re completed, whenever you lose,” mentioned Vanderbilt Tim Corbin after the loss. “Whenever you’re out, you’re out. There hasn’t been a day the place we’ve been out of a event the place I don’t really feel the identical manner. Proper now at this second, I really feel nice concerning the effort and the way laborious we performed. I simply want the result was totally different for the boys. That stinks. However it’s the character of the sport.
“It’s merciless. It may be merciless.”
Historical past typically is.
