NASHVILLE: Passed ball brings a run

By Chris Lee - April 06, 2007

Vanderbilt's David Macias led off the eighth with a walk, then on a perfectly-executed hit-and-run, the slumping Pedro Alvarez lined a sharp single to right for a first-and-third situation with none out.

With Dominic de la Osa at the plate, reliever Tommy Hunter's pitch got by catcher Ryan Rhoden, and Macias sprinted home before Rhoden's throw of the caroom off the brick wall beat him to the plate.

That gives Vandy a 1-0 lead, as Ryan Flaherty was intentionally-walked, and the Commodores have men at first and second with one away in the eighth.