2008 Vanderbilt Commodores baseball team

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

Last updated October 29, 2025

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 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.

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

References

External links

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[1] "College Baseball Conference Standings – 2008". boydsworld.com. Retrieved November 30, 2012.

[2] Tim Corbin Bio @ VUCommodores.com

[3] Erik Bakich Bio @ VUCommodores.com

[4] Derek Johnson Bio @ VUCommdores.com

[5] Blake Allen Bio @ VUCommodores.com

[6] Mike Calitri Bio @ VUCommodores.com

[7] USA TODAY/ESPN baseball coaches' poll

[8] USA TODAY/ESPN preseason baseball coaches' poll

[9] Baseball America's Preseason College Top 25

[10] Baseball America's Feb. 25 College Top 25

[11] Baseball America's Mar. 3 College Top 25

[12] Baseball America's Mar. 10 College Top 25

[13] Baseball America's Mar. 17 College Top 25

[14] Baseball America's Mar. 24 College Top 25

[15] Baseball America's Mar. 31 College Top 25

[16] Baseball America's Apr. 7 College Top 25

[17] Baseball America's Apr. 14 College Top 25

[18] Baseball America's Apr. 21 College Top 25

[19] Baseball America's Apr. 28 College Top 25

[20] Baseball America's May 5 College Top 25

[21] Baseball America's May 12 College Top 25

[22] Baseball America's May 19 College Top 25

[23] Baseball America's May 26 College Top 25

[24] Baseball America's Jun. 3 College Top 25

[25] Baseball America's Jun. 10 College Top 25

[26] Baseball America's Jun. 30 College Top 25

[27] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Pre-Season Poll

[28] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Feb. 25 Poll

[29] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Mar. 3 Poll

[30] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Mar. 10 Poll

[31] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Mar. 17 Poll

[32] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Mar. 24 Poll

[33] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Mar. 31 Poll

[34] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Apr. 7 Poll

[35] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Apr. 14 Poll

[36] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Apr. 21 Poll

[37] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Apr. 28 Poll

[38] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I May 5 Poll

[39] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I May 12 Poll

[40] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I May 19 Poll

[41] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I May 26 Poll

[42] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Jun. 3 Poll

[43] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Jun. 10 Poll

[44] Collegiate Baseball Newspaper's NCAA Div. I Jun. 27 Poll

[45] 2008 Preseason NCBWA POLL

[46] Feb. 25 NCBWA POLL

[47] Mar. 3 NCBWA POLL

[48] Mar. 10 NCBWA POLL

[49] Mar. 17 NCBWA POLL

[50] Mar. 24 NCBWA POLL

[51] Mar. 31 NCBWA POLL

[52] Apr. 7 NCBWA POLL

[53] Apr. 14 NCBWA POLL

[54] Apr. 21 NCBWA POLL

[55] Apr. 28 NCBWA POLL

[56] May 5 NCBWA POLL

[57] May 12 NCBWA POLL

[58] May 19 NCBWA POLL

[59] May 26 NCBWA POLL

[60] Jun. 3 NCBWA POLL

[61] Jun. 10 NCBWA POLL

[62] Jun. 25 NCBWA POLL

[63] Rivals.com Top 25

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v t e Vanderbilt Commodores baseball
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People	Head coaches
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National championships in bold; College World Series appearances in italics

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 →