Feb. 27, 2011
NASHVILLE, Tenn.-- Jordan Pries (2-0) was masterful, allowing two runs on three hits over seven innings to win for the second time over a top-25 team this week, as No. 8-ranked Stanford (4-3) salvaged the final game of the series, beating host No. 3-ranked Vanderbilt (7-1) 5-2 on Sunday.
Pries gave up his first two runs of the season after four shutout innings against No. 17 Cal on Tuesday and the first four scoreless frames on Sunday. After loading the bases, a Mike Yastrzemski sacrifice fly followed by a two-out single from Jason Esposito cut the Cardinal lead to 3-2.
Brian Ragira then added to the lead in the sixth with an RBI single to make it 4-2. Lefthander Grayson Garvin (1-1) went the first six innings, giving up four runs on eight hits with six strikeouts.
Pries threw the first four no-hit innings, prior to a leadoff single and eventual run by Conrad Gregor after the Cardinal built a 3-0 lead.
Back-to-back solo shots by Ben Clowe (1) and Stephen Piscotty (1) gave the Cardinal a 2-0 lead. A sacrfice fly by Jake Stewart in the fifth then made it 3-0.
Chris Reed finished off the game with two shutout innings out of the bullpen for the save, combining with Pries on a five-hitter.
NOTES: Stanford returns home on Tuesday to host Santa Clara at 5:30 p.m. Before traveling to Texas next weekend for a three-game series. Stanford will then be on a finals break... Jordan Pries threw seven straight balls to start, before stranding two runners on base in a scoreless first... it was back-to-back home runs for the first time since Piscotty and Jonathan Kaskow connected at Santa Clara last April... Zach Jones threw out his fifth runner of the season in the third. Vandy had come in 17-of-18 on the base paths prior to the series, going 0-for-3 in the series... freshman Brian Guymon, in his first start, in left, got a base hit, fhit by a pitch and had a sacrifice bunt.