Alan Espinal drove in three runs, Vanderbilt hit two house runs and the Commodores routed Eastern Illinois 12-2 on Friday night time within the Nashville Regional hosted by the Commodores.

The Commodores scored twice within the first and added six in a 3rd inning during which Espinal delivered a bases-loaded double and Davis Diaz hit a two-run house run. That was loads of run assist for Devin Futrell, who allowed single runs within the first and fifth innings. He went 5 innings, permitting two runs, one earned on seven hits with seven strikeouts.

Jonathan Vastine added a two-run house within the seventh and Thomas Schultz pitched 4 scoreless innings for his second save.

Ryan Ignoffo had two hits and Eastern Illinois’ solely RBI.

Top-seeded Vanderbilt (42-18) will play No. 2 Oregon in a winner’s bracket recreation on Saturday. No. 4 Eastern Illinois (38-20) will play Xavier in a loser-out. Oregon defeated Xavier 5-4 on Friday.

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