Fresh off his 900th career victory Friday night, head coach Tim Corbin got the Commodores warmed up Saturday night.
Meanwhile, across the street, Vanderbilt's Fan Fest was in full swing. The event returns Sunday and will run from 4:30-8 p.m. (weather dependent) on Jess Neely Drive. No game ticket is required.
Vanderbilt hosted Georgia Tech in the fourth game of the Nashville Regional.
In his first career NCAA Tournament start, Vanderbilt's Jack Leiter went six innings, struck out 11 and scattered three hits with one earned run allowed on 112 pitches.
Left fielder Javier Vaz helped back Leiter's performance with a diving catch in the fourth inning.
Following a Kevin Parada solo home run for Georgia Tech in the top of the fourth, Vanderbilt answered in the bottom of the fourth with two runs of its own for a 2-1 advantage.
CJ Rodriguez brought in Dominic Keegan with a double to tie the game at 1-1.
Troy LaNeve scored on a wild pitch in the fourth for the lead.
A Georgia Tech throwing error in the fifth made it a 4-1 Vanderbilt lead with Jayson Gonzalez and Enrique Bradfield Jr. coming home.
Nick Maldonado came in for the seventh, eighth and ninth and held off the Yellow Jackets.
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