Zander Wiel’s home run leading off the seventh inning broke up Alex Young’s no-hit bid and Vanderbilt defeated TCU 1-0 in the College World Series on Tuesday night.
Wiel, an infielder, was a 12th round pick by the Minnesota Twins in the recent Major League Baseball Draft.
The defending national champion Commodores (49-19) earned two days off and would have to be beaten twice by either TCU (50-14) or LSU to be denied a second straight trip to the best-of-three finals. Those teams will play an elimination game Thursday.
Young (9-3) flummoxed Vanderbilt for six innings, striking out a career-high 12 batters. Wiel drove out the junior left-hander’s 2-1 changeup just inside the left-field foul pole for his 15th homer of the season.
Philip Pfeiffer (5-5) and Kyle Wright allowed five singles and walked four. Wright earned his fourth save.
