Vanderbilt found themselves down 1-0 in the best-of-three Nashville Super Regional against Duke, and so they sent stud pitcher Kumar Rocker to the mound to start Game 2 yesterday and asked him to save the season. Rocker responded with 19 strikeouts and a no-hitter, leading Vandy to a 3-0 win.
Rocker, a freshman who passed up a likely first-round selection in the MLB draft in order to pitch for Vanderbilt, was just about perfect. He walked two batters and hit another, but otherwise couldn’t be touched. He threw 131 pitches, dominating Duke with a fastball in the high 90s and a a slider that nobody could get a bat on. Just look at these damn pitches:
Rocker, a freshman who passed up a likely first-round selection in the MLB draft in order to pitch for Vanderbilt, was just about perfect. He walked two batters and hit another, but otherwise couldn’t be touched. He threw 131 pitches, dominating Duke with a fastball in the high 90s and a a slider that nobody could get a bat on. Just look at these damn pitches:
