Anchor Drop, June 17, 2019: 75 Days to Kickoff

Good morning.

We’re 75 days away from Vanderbilt football’s season opener against Georgia. There is no #75 on the roster at the present time, so no Commodore of the Day, for the second day in a row.

That leaves us to talk about baseball. Vanderbilt beat Louisville, 3-1, to open the College World Series on Sunday afternoon behind a strong performance by starting pitching Drake Fellows and two homers from Austin Martin. That was enough to move the Commodores two wins away from the finals.

They’ll play again on Tuesday at 6:00 PM CT against Mississippi State, the beneficiary of Auburn gagging one away in a 5-4 Bulldog win last night.

Off the West End

From our sister blogs: Roll Bama Roll writes about white barbecue sauce ... Texas A&M got two commits on Father’s Day.

The USGA didn’t screw up the US Open.

Scoreboard

U.S. Open: Gary Woodland claimed his first major by three strokes over Brooks Koepka.

MLB: Reds 11, Rangers 3 ... Red Sox 8, Orioles 6 ... Rays 6, Angels 5 ... Indians 8, Tigers 0 ... Cardinals 4, Mets 3 ... Pirates 5, Marlins 4 ... Braves 15, Phillies 1 ... Nationals 15, Diamondbacks 5 ... Yankees 10, White Sox 3 ... Blue Jays 12, Astros 0 ... Royals 8, Twins 6 ... Padres 14, Rockies 13 ... Brewers 5, Giants 3 ... Mariners 6, A’s 3 ... Dodgers 3, Cubs 2.

Gold Cup: Haiti 2-1 Bermuda ... Costa Rica 4-0 Nicaragua.

Copa America: Paraguay 2-2 Qatar ... Uruguay 4-0 Ecuador.

FIFA Women’s World Cup: Sweden 5-1 Thailand ... United States 3-0 Chile.