Vanderbilt dropped the SEC opener and lost the series against Mississippi State in close-but-no-cigar contests on Friday and Saturday nights.
The Commodores came into the weekend seeking their first SEC series victory and instead opened conference play with an opener loss and a series loss just a day later. The 'Dores didn't look like their normal selves again until Sunday when they smashed the baseball scoring 12 runs on 14 hits, indulging in a team effort. Before that, however, the bats seemed relatively quiet as Friday night's game went to 13 innings in a one-run loss, and Saturday's contest couldn't be overcome in another one-run victory for Mississippi State.