June 19, 2015

College World Series Scores & Schedules

 

Vandy Tops TCU, Advances to Championship Series

 

In Omaha, Neb., Walker Buehler fanned eight in 6.2 innings as Vanderbilt defeated TCU 7-1 Friday evening in the 2015 College World Series at TD Ameritrade Park to advance to the CWS Championship Series.

 

The defending national champion Commodores (50-19) will face the winner of Saturday’s Florida-Virginia in the best-of-three Championship Series beginning on Monday at 7 p.m. CT.

 

Buehler (5-2) allowed four hits and a run with one walk. John Kilichowski worked the final 2.1 innings with one hit and two strikeouts to preserve the victory.

 

Vanderbilt scored in four of the first five innings. Bryan Reynolds had an RBI single in the first to give the Commodores the lead for good.

 

Reynolds and Jeren Kendall had run-scoring singles in the third as the Vandy lead grew to 3-0. Rhett Wiseman belted a two-run homer in the fourth to make it 5-0. Will Toffey had an RBI single and Jason Delay added a sacrifice fly in the fifth as the Commodores took a 7-0 lead.

 

Connor Wanhanen had a leadoff walk and scored on a sacrifice fly by Derek Odell in the seventh as TCU avoided the shutout.

 

Wiseman went 2 for 4 with two runs and two RBI, while Reynolds was 3 for 4 with a run and two RBI.