Nick Maldonado gets props from his encroaching teammates after recording the final out of the night for VU.

2021 College World Series: Day Nine In Pictures

OMAHA — Back on April 24th, Mississippi State was able to hang a crooked number on Vanderbilt’s Jack Leiter and lace him with his first loss of the season. That April day Leiter went 5.0 innings, giving up four runs on six hits with three walks. On top of that this game took place in Nashville, evening the series between the Bulldogs and Commodores that weekend.

Well let’s be clear, this Monday night in June was absolutely NOTHING like April 24th.

This time it was Vanderbilt who posted a crooked number in the first inning – and WHAT[…]