2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

The 2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team represented Vanderbilt University in the 2008 NCAA Division I baseball season. The team played at Hawkins Field in Nashville, Tennessee.

2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Division	East
Record	41-22 (15-14 SEC)
Head coach	Tim Corbin
Home stadium	Hawkins Field
Seasons ← 2007 2009 →

2008 Southeastern Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Eastern
No. 2 Georgia x‍†‍‍y	20	–	9		.690			45	–	25		.643
Florida ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			34	–	24		.586
No. 25 Kentucky ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			44	–	19		.698
Vanderbilt ‍‍‍y	15	–	14		.517			41	–	22		.651
South Carolina ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			40	–	23		.635
Tennessee  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			27	–	29		.482
Western
No. 6 LSU x‍‍‡‍y	18	–	11		.621			49	–	19		.721
Alabama ‍‍‍y	16	–	14		.533			35	–	28		.556
Ole Miss ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			39	–	26		.600
Arkansas ‍‍‍y	14	–	15		.483			34	–	24		.586
Auburn  ‍‍‍	11	–	19		.367			28	–	28		.500
Mississippi State  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			23	–	33		.411
x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 30, 2008[1] Rankings from Coaches' Poll

The team was coached by Tim Corbin in his sixth season at Vanderbilt. The previous season, Corbin's team posted a 54–13 record and won the SEC regular season crown and the SEC tournament. They also hosted a regional for the first time in school history, eventually falling to Michigan in an extra-innings heartbreaker.

Roster

Coaches

Name	Title	First Season at VU	Alma Mater
Tim Corbin[2]	Head coach	2003	Ohio Wesleyan University (1984)
Erik Bakich[3]	Assistant coach	2003	East Carolina University (2000)
Derek Johnson[4]	Assistant coach	2002	Eastern Illinois University (1994)
Blake Allen[5]	Volunteer Assistant Coach	2005	Blackburn College (2001)
Mike Calitri[6]	Director of Baseball Operations	2006	Clemson University (2004)

Players

Number	Player	Position	Bats/Throws
1	David Macias	OF	S/R
2	Jason Cunningham	LHP	L/L
3	Dominic de la Osa	OF	R/R
5	Andrew Giobbi	C	R/R
6	Brian Harris	INF	R/R
7	Parker Hanks	OF	R/R
8	Alex Feinberg	INF	R/R
9	Curt Casali	C	R/R
11	Nick Christiani	RHP	R/R
12	Mike Minor	LHP	L/L
15	Richie Goodenow	LHP	L/L
17	Shea Robin	C	R/R
18	Sean Bierman	LHP	L/L
19	Ben Blanton	LHP	L/L
20	Kellen St. Luce	LHP	L/L
21	Brett Jacobson	RHP	R/R
22	Ryan Flaherty	INF	L/R
24	Pedro Alvarez	INF	L/R
25	Steven Liddle	OF	L/L
26	Jordan Wormsley	OF	L/L
27	Caleb Cotham	RHP	R/R
28	Brad French	INF	R/R
31	Russell Brewer	INF/RHP	R/R
32	Gabe Ortiz	INF	R/R
33	Drew Hayes	RHP	R/R
34	Taylor Hill	RHP	R/R
36	Aaron Westlake	INF	L/R
39	Jared Cohen	RHP/OF	R/R
40	Johnathan White	OF	L/L
42	Chase Reid	RHP	L/R
43	Steven Schwartz	RHP	L/R
44	Mark Lamm	RHP	R/R
45	Drew Fann	C	R/R
46	Adam Cronk	INF	R/R
51	Alex Hilliard	OF	R/R
55	Joey Manning	OF	R/R

Schedule

2008 Game Log
Regular season # Date Opponent Location Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record SEC 1 February 22 vs. #11 Oregon State Packard Stadium 8-1 Minor (1–0) Stutes, M. (0–1) Cotham (1) ? 1-0 2 February 23 @ #1 Arizona State Packard Stadium 18-6 Leake (1–0) Jacobson (0–1) 3300 1-1 3 February 24 vs. Miami (OH) Packard Stadium 4-3 Reid (1–0) Oberschlake (0–1) ? 2-1 4 February 27 Evansville Hawkins Field 4-3 Brewer (1–0) McCarthy (0–1) 224 3-1 5 February 29 Kansas Hawkins Field 7-1 Minor (2–0) Czyz (0–2) 700 4-1 6 March 1 Iowa Hawkins Field 6-3 Jacobs (1-1) Jacobson (0–2) Mossey (1) 1200 4-2 7 March 2 Xavier Hawkins Field 17-3 Christiani (1–0) Rosenbaum (0–2) 1521 5-2 8 March 4 Louisville Hawkins Field 17-6 Cotham (1–0) Belanger (0–1) 122 6-2 9 March 6 Illinois-Chicago Hawkins Field 2-1 Kohlstaedt (2–1) Minor (2–1) 341 6-3 10 March 7 Illinois-Chicago Hawkins Field 5-4 Reid (2–0) Worthington (0–1) 121 7-3 -- March 8 Illinois-Chicago Hawkins Field Canceled (snow) 11 March 9 Illinois-Chicago Hawkins Field 9-3 Schwartz (1–0) Kool (1–2) 524 8-3 12 March 11 Western Carolina Hawkins Field 5-3 Cotham (2–0) Saberhagen (0–2) Brewer (1) 324 9-3 13 March 12 Western Carolina Hawkins Field 11-4 Hill (1–0) Sexton (0–2) Jacobson (1) 752 10-3 14 March 14 #6 South Carolina Hawkins Field 4-3 (13) Brewer (2–0) Todd (0–1) 1863 11-3 1–0 15 March 15 #6 South Carolina Hawkins Field 16-7 Atwood (1–0) Christiani (1-1) 476 11-4 1-1 16 March 16 #6 South Carolina Hawkins Field 10-4 Cotham (3–0) Cooper (2-2) 2027 12-4 2–1 17 March 19 Lipscomb Hawkins Field 12-4 Goodenow (1–0) Bowling (0–1) 341 13-4 18 March 21 @ Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 2-1 Minor (3–1) Hyatt (2-2) 4281 14-4 3–1 19 March 22 @ Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 9-7 Graham (2–1) Cotham (3–1) Copeland (2) 4310 14-5 3–2 20 March 23 @ Alabama Sewell-Thomas Stadium 10-3 Phares (1-1) Hill (1-1) 3999 14-6 3-3 21 March 25 Belmont Hawkins Field 7-3 Jacobson (1–2) Woods (0–1) Hayes (1) 679 15-6 22 March 26 MTSU Hawkins Field 12-10 (12) Hill (2–1) Coley (0–1) 2342 16-6 -- March 28 Arkansas Hawkins Field Postponed (rain) -- March 29 Arkansas Hawkins Field Suspended (curfew) 23 March 30 Arkansas Hawkins Field 6-5 (12) Hill (3–1) Richards (1–2) 1320 17-6 4–3 24 March 30 Arkansas Hawkins Field 6-2 (7) Cotham (4–1) Korbal (0–4) 1521 18-6 5–3 -- March 30 Arkansas Hawkins Field Canceled (rain) 25 April 1 Southeast Missouri Hawkins Field 12-8 Renfrow (2–1) Hill (3–2) Kemper (3) 213 18-7 26 April 2 @ MTSU Reese Smith Field 6-5 Christiani (2–1) Smalley (1-1) Brewer (2) 1264 19-7 -- April 4 @ #23 Ole Miss Swayze Field Postponed (rain) 27 April 5 @ #23 Ole Miss Swayze Field 7-6 Bittle (2–1) Minor (3–2) ? 19-8 5–4 28 April 5 @ #23 Ole Miss Swayze Field 8-0 Pomeranz (2–1) Cotham (4–2) 4506 19-9 5-5 29 April 6 @ #23 Ole Miss Swayze Field 11-6 Satterwhite (3–1) Jacobson (1–3) 4591 19-10 5–6 30 April 8 Western Kentucky Hawkins Field 5-1 Christiani (3–1) Davis (1–5) Hayes (2) 781 20-10 31 April 9 Austin Peay Hawkins Field 8-1 Reid (3–0) Lykins (0–2) 674 21-10 32 April 11 @ Mississippi St. Dudy Noble Field 15-8 Minor (4–2) Busby (0–3) 2087 22-10 6-6 33 April 12 @ Mississippi St. Dudy Noble Field 16-0 Cotham (5–2) Bowen (2–4) 2044 23-10 7–6 34 April 13 @ Mississippi St. Dudy Noble Field 4-3 Christiani (4–1) Lalor (1–3) Brewer (3) 1185 24-10 8–6 35 April 15 @ Lipscomb Ken Dugan Field 8-1 Hill (4–2) Piennette (1–2) 1172 2510 36 April 16 @ Western Kentucky Nick Denes Field 5-1 Lamm (1–0) Hightower (3-3) 1056 26-10 -- April 18 Auburn Hawkins Field Suspended (rain) 37 April 19 Auburn Hawkins Field 6-3 Dayton (5–1) Minor (4–3) Woodall (9) 1719 26-11 8–7 38 April 19 Auburn Hawkins Field 8-2 Cotham (6–2) Luckie (4-4) 1321 27-11 9–7 39 April 20 Auburn Hawkins Field 9-5 Christiani (5–1) Hendrix (1-1) Brewer (4) 2427 28-11 10–7 40 April 22 @ Austin Peay Austin C. Hand Park 9-8 Hayes (1–0) Hughes (0–2) Brewer (5) 655 29-11 41 April 23 @ Belmont Greer Stadium 10-7 Schwartz (2–0) Kelley (1–4) Jacobson (2) 743 30-11 42 April 25 #21 Kentucky Hawkins Field 3-2 Brewer (3–0) Rusin (4–2) 2545 31-11 11–7 43 April 26 #21 Kentucky Hawkins Field 6-2 Lovett (3–1) Cotham (6–3) Albers (1) 2945 31-12 11–8 44 April 27 #21 Kentucky Hawkins Field 3-1 Dombrowsk (5–0) Christiani (5–2) Albers (2) 2127 31-13 11–9 45 May 2 @ Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 8-5 Minor (5–3) Hernandez (1–4) Jacobson (3) 2176 32-13 12–9 46 May 3 @ Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 9-2 Cotham (7–3) Morgado (5–3) 1571 33-13 13–9 47 May 4 @ Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 10-8 Reid (4–0) Wiltz (3–2) Jacobson (4) 2501 34-13 14–9 48 May 6 vs. Memphis Pringles Park 8-0 Hayes (2–0) Martin (4–3) 923 35-13 49 May 7 Tennessee Tech Hawkins Field 7-2 Hill (5–2) Liberatore (1-1) 1743 36-13 50 May 9 #9 Georgia Hawkins Field 13-7 Brewer (4–0) Holder (7–3) 3200 37-13 15–9 51 May 10 #9 Georgia Hawkins Field 4-2 (10) Weaver (4–1) Brewer (4–1) Fields (14) 3284 37-14 15–10 52 May 11 #9 Georgia Hawkins Field 12-10 Moreau (3–2) Christiani (5–3) Fields (15) 1758 37-15 15–11 53 May 15 @ Florida McKethan Stadium 8-6 Edmondson (4–3) Brewer (4–2) 2656 37-16 15–12 54 May 16 @ Florida McKethan Stadium 5-4 Locke (5–2) Cotham (7–4) Keating (1) 2863 37-17 15–13 55 May 17 @ Florida McKethan Stadium 13-12 (11) Mullaney (3–4) Jacobson (1–4) 2877 37-18 15–14
SEC tournament # Date Opponent Location Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 56 May 21 vs. Florida Regions Field 7-3 Minor (6–3) Keating (8–1) Brewer (6) 6027 38–18 57 May 22 vs. #13 LSU Regions Field 8-2 Martin (5–3) Cotham (7–5) ? 38–19 58 May 23 vs. #23 South Carolina Regions Field 7-5 Christiani (6–3) Cooper (5–6) Brewer (7) ? 39–19 59 May 24 vs. Ole Miss Regions Field 7-4 Jacobson (2–4) McKean (4–1) Brewer (8) ? 40–19 60 May 24 vs. Ole Miss Regions Field 8-7 Morgan (4–0) Hayes (2–1) 3648 40–20
NCAA Regionals # Date Opponent Location Score Win Loss Save Attendance Record 61 May 30 Oklahoma Packard Stadium 8-5 Doyle (9–4) Cotham (7–6) Anderson (2) 1551 40–21 62 May 31 Stony Brook Packard Stadium 9-4 Minor (7–3) Novakowski (7–5) 1101 41–21 63 June 1 Oklahoma Packard Stadium 11-10 Rocha (4–3) Brewer (4–3) 1154 41–22
Rankings are based on the USA Today / ESPN coaches' poll standings at the time the game was played.
Links in the first column are to game recaps on VUcommodores.com.

Rankings

Ranking Movement

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Wk 16	Final
USA Today/ESPN Coaches' Poll (Top 25)[7]	6[8]	--	11	12	8	13	8	17	14	13	17	14	13	21	22	--	--	N/R
Baseball America (Top 25)	3[9]	7[10]	7[11]	6[12]	5[13]	9[14]	8[15]	19[16]	17[17]	17[18]	22[19]	18[20]	19[21]	N/R[22]	N/R[23]	N/R[24]	N/R[25]	N/R[26]
Collegiate Baseball (Top 30)	11[27]	9[28]	10[29]	12 [30]	9[31]	14[32]	13[33]	23[34]	22[35]	20[36]	20[37]	16[38]	17[39]	N/R[40]	24[41]	27[42]	27[43]	27[44]
NCBWA (Top 30)	8[45]	7[46]	10[47]	9[48]	6[49]	11[50]	6[51]	13[52]	11[53]	10[54]	13[55]	11[56]	13[57]	21[58]	21[59]	25 [60]	25 [61]	25 [62]
Rivals.com (Top 25)[63]	7	5	5	4	4	9	9	17	18	18	22	18	19	N/R	N/R	--	--	N/R