Staff reports

Ro Coleman went 2-for-3 with three RBIs as No. 3 Vanderbilt beat UT Martin 11-6 in a game called after five innings because of rain Tuesday night at Hawkins Field.

Jeren Kendall kept up his hot start to the season with a hit and two walks, scoring twice and knocking in an RBI for the Commodores (4-0).

UT Martin (2-3) got on the board in the first with a pair of singles and a hit batter by freshman Chandler Day, who was making his collegiate debut. Vanderbilt, however, answered in the bottom of the inning with two runs to take the lead and never really looked back. Kendall drew a one-out walk and started a rally on his own, stealing second and third on back-to-back pitches before tying the score on a wild pitch. Jason Delay’s sacrifice fly gave Vanderbilt the lead two batters later.

Day (1-0) earned the win, allowing two runs on three hits over four innings. The right-hander struck out six and walked two. Day struck out two in the second and two more in the third before allowing a two-out walk in the fifth to come around to score on a double.

The game was stopped for nearly an hour in the top of the fifth for rain before it was eventually called. Vanderbilt returns to action at 4 p.m. Wednesday against Eastern Illinois at Hawkins Field.