Welcome back to the Hoover Met for an SEC Tournament semifinal against No. 3 seed Texas A&M and No. 2 seed Vanderbilt.
The teams play at noon CT. The game is on SEC Network and WatchESPN. Texas A&M beat Vanderbilt on Thursday, earning an off day Friday. Vanderbilt responded to beat Alabama on Friday. Pitchers are Walker Buehler (3-2, 2.97) for Vandy (visitor) and Andrew Vinson (4-1, 1.12, zero starts) for TAMU (home).
The winner goes to the SEC championship game on Sunday.
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7th INNING: Vanderbilt 11, Texas A&M 3
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6th INNING: Vanderbilt 11, Texas A&M 3
* Dansby Swanson crushes a 2-run HR to deep left, his 13th of the year and 4th of the SEC Tournament, for an 11-3 lead.
* Aggies go 1-2-3.
5th INNING: Vanderbilt 9, Texas A&M 3
* Wiseman singles and Swanson is credited with a bunt single, but Stubblefield’s throw goes wild and Wiseman scores for a 5-3 lead. Swanson scores when Wiel reaches on an E4.
* Vandy takes an 8-3 lead on Kendell’s 2-run triple past diving CF Choruby, and Kyle Simonds comes in to pitch for A&M. Murfee’s SF-7 scores Kendall. Throw was there, but catcher couldn’t hang on to ball. Five total runs in the frame for Vandy.
* John Kilichowski on the mound for Vandy. Aggies go 1-2-3.
4th INNING: Vanderbilt 4, Texas A&M 3
* Tyler Stubblefield now pitching for A&M. He gets the Commodores 1-2-3.
* Aggies waste a leadoff double from Nottebrook and get nothing.
3rd INNING: Vanderbilt 4, Texas A&M 3
* With 2 outs, Zander Wiel hits his 12th HR of the season and gives Vandy a 3-1 lead. Toffey later walks and scores on a wild pitch for 4-1.
* A&M’s Taylor with an RBI double, but the second run is thrown out at the plate. With 2 outs, Nick Banks singled in the third run.
2nd INNING: Vanderbilt 2, Texas A&M 1
* Vandy’s Will Toffey hits a 2-run homer opposite field to left that got caught up in the wind and carried over the fence. A squeeze bunt failed and Vandy ended up leaving two on base.
* Rob Choruby singles to left for an RBI for the Aggies. Even a decent throw from Vandy LF Kendell nails the runner, but it was a bad throw.
1st INNING: Texas A&M 0, Vanderbilt 0
* Vanderbilt goes 1-2-3 against Vinson, a top Aggie reliever making his first start of the season.
* Double play ends TAMU’s first.
