Clutch batting, a pair of two-out rallies, and one final gem from Carson Fulmer has Vanderbilt one win away from defending their national title. The Commodores got 7.2 shutout innings from Fulmer and slump-snapping performances from Dansby Swanson and Will Toffey to defeat Virginia 5-1 in the first game of the College World Series Championship.
Toffey and Swanson had just one hit apiece in Omaha leading up to Monday's game, but both snapped out of their slumps to dispatch the Cavaliers and give Vanderbilt a huge advantage in the best-of-three series. Toffey's two-out double in the sixth inning gave Vandy a 2-0 lead, and Swanson's two-out double one inning later helped push that lead to five.