Vanderbilt (26-10, 8-7 SEC) sits in an interesting position halfway through conference play. If the Commodores repeat their 8-7 first-half record with their current RPI of No. 7, they will likely host a regional. But Vanderbilt has continually put up inconsistent performance and has struggled to win games where the opponent scores a lot of runs.

Vanderbilt baseball lost its series to Oklahoma but salvaged the Sunday game with a run rule to avoid the sweep.

Vanderbilt stormed to a 5-0 lead after just three innings against OU starter Malachi Witherspoon (2-4). Witherspoon struck out 11 and walked just one, but gave up si earned runs on six hits and also hit two batters in five innings.