Photos from game 2 of the Oregon-Vanderbilt series (Joe Howell). 2/25
Career Game Highs Hits: *3, last 4/29 vs. Kentucky
Runs: *3, 4/10/11 vs. Alabama
RBI: 4, 6/10/11 vs. Oregon State
Walks: 3, 4/24/11 vs. LSU
HRs: *1, last 5/13 at LSU
Strikeouts: *3, last 5/19 vs. Ole Miss
Stolen Bases: *2, last 5/12 at LSU
Coach Corbin Quote: Mike has been a regular in the outfield since his freshman year. He is one of the most consistent kids we have had in our program. He is very intense and deliberate in his approach to the game. He's a winning player... smart, savvy and very team-oriented. He handles the bat very well and is one of the best base runners that we have.
2012 - Doubled in a run late in win over Ole Miss 5/19... Went 0-for-4 in win over Ole Miss 5/18... Walked twice and scored a run in win over Ole Miss 5/17... Belted a solo home run in the top of the ninth to tie the game in eventual win at LSU 5/13... Singled and two stole bases in win at LSU 5/12... Drove in a run going 1-for-4 at LSU 5/11... Knocked in the tying run in the seventh inning of eventual win against Louisville 5/8... Walked twice going 0-for-4 in win at Tennessee 5/6... Singled and scored in win at Tennessee 5/5... Homered and posted his second multi-hit game in loss at Tennessee 5/4... Picked up three hits for the second time this season going 3-for-4 with a double and RBI in win over Kentucky 4/29... Went 0-for-4 in win over Kentucky 4/28... Picked up two hits, including a double, in loss to Kentucky 4/27... Struck out a season-high three times, going 1-for-6 at MTSU 4/25... Went 0-for-4 at Alabama 4/22... Walked and went 0-for-3 at Alabama 4/21... Went 0-for-4 in loss at Alabama 4/20... Drove in two runs for the second straight game going 1-for-5 against MTSU 4/17... Tripled and drove in two runs in win over Auburn 4/15... Went 1-for-4 in loss to Auburn 4/14... Singled in a run in win over Auburn 4/13... Went 1-for-4 with a RBI for the third straight game in win over Belmont 4/11... Drove in a run with a sacrifice fly in loss at Mississippi State 4/8... Knocked in a run with his first multi-hit game since 3/11 in win at Mississippi State 4/7.... Singled to push his hitting streak to eight games in loss at Mississippi State 4/6... Knocked in two runs and doubled in win over UT-Martin 4/3... Collected one hit for the sixth straight game and scored one run for the fifth straight game against South Carolina 4/1... Scored a run going 1-for-5 with a double in win over South Carolina 3/31... Doubled and drove in a run against South Carolina 3/30, double snapped 81 at-bat streak without an extra-base hit... Went 1-for-4 with a run scored against Tennessee Tech 3/27... Scored a run and went 1-for-4 in win over Georgia 3/25... Walked twice, including bases loaded walk that forced in tying run, going 1-for-3 in win over Georgia 3/24... Went 0-for-4 with a season-high two strikeouts in loss to Georgia 3/23... Eight-game hitting streak snapped with 0-for-2 outing but scored a run for the third time in four games in loss to Evansville 3/20... Pushed his hitting streak to eight games with a single at Florida 3/18... Singled to push his hitting streak to seven games in loss at Florida 3/17... Singled and scored in loss at Florida 3/16... Knocked in two runs, walked twice and went 1-for-3 in win over Siena 3/14... Scored two runs and walked twice going 1-for-2 in win over Siena 3/13... Posted his third straight multi-hit game with two hits and one RBI in loss to San Diego 3/11... Went 2-for-4 in loss to San Diego 3/10... Matched a career-best with his first three-hit game of the season driving in two runs and scoring two runs in win over San Diego 3/9... Knocked in a run at Belmont 3/6 but went 0-for-4 to snap eight-game hitting streak... Pushed hitting streak to eight games with 1-for-3 performance against Rhode Island 3/4 scoring two runs... Extended his hitting streak to seven games hammering his third home run of the season, matching his 2011 total, with a two-run shot in the first inning of win over Rhode Island 3/3 G2... Collected two hits with one RBI against Rhode Island 3/3 G1... Blasted his second home run of the season with a two-run shot over the center field fence and threw out a base runner at first base from right field against Louisiana Tech 2/29... Went 6-for-12 with a double, home run and three RBI during second week of season... Doubled and scored going 2-for-4 in loss to Oregon 2/26... Went 1-for-2 in loss to Oregon 2/25... Singled in loss to Oregon 2/24... Crushed his first home run of the year with a three-run homer to right field going 2-for-2 in win over Oakland 2/22... Went 0-for-4 and started at first base for the first time in his VU career at Stanford 2/19... Scored twice and went 2-for-3 at Stanford 2/18... Went 0-for-4 and scored a run in season opener at Stanford 2/17.
2011 - Singled twice and scored a run in College World Series loss to Florida 6/24... Scored a run and went 1-for-4 in elimination game win over North Carolina 6/22... Went 0-for-4 in College World Series loss to Florida 6/21... Struck out three times going 1-for-5 in College World Series win over North Carolina 6/18... Went 0-for-3 against Oregon State in Super Regional clinching win 6/11... Hammered his third home run of the year and set a new career-best with four RBI in win over Oregon State in Super Regional 6/10... Named to the All-Tournament team for the Regional... Scored a run and went 1-for-4 in Regional clinching win over Belmont 6/5... Hit his first triple of the year to spark a two-out rally in win over Troy 6/4... Posted fourth three-hit game of the year in win over Belmont 6/3 in NCAA Tournament opener... Knocked in two runs and went 1-for-4 in win over South Carolina 5/26... Went 1-for-3 in win over Georgia in SEC Tournament opener 5/25... Scored two runs and drove in a run in win at Georgia 5/21... Big two-run single helped lead VU to win at Georgia 5/20 going 3-for-4 with two stolen bases... Matched a career-high with three strikeouts in loss to Florida 5/15... Scored a run going 2-for-4 with a RBI against Florida 5/14... Went 2-for-3 with a run scored in win at Louisville 5/10... Drove in a run going 1-for-5 with a career-high three strikeouts at Kentucky 5/8... Went 3-for-5 with two runs scored against Tennessee 5/1... Drove in three runs against Tennessee 4/29... Knocked in a run for the third straight game with a career-best three walks in win over LSU 4.24... Hit his second home run in his last four games with a solo shot to left field in win over LSU 4/23... Drove in three runs and scored twice in win over LSU 4/22... Belted his first home run of the year with second inning solo shot at South Carolina 4/16... Struck out twice and went 0-for-3 at South Carolina 4/15... Doubled in the game's only run in win at Middle Tennessee State 4/12... Went a perfect 3-for-3 with three runs scored to match career-bests against Alabama 4/10... Scored two runs to run his total to six in his last three games and knocked in a run for eight RBI in his last seven games in win over Alabama 4/9... Drove in two runs and scored two runs in win over Alabama 4/8... Scored twice and knocked in a run but went 0-for-2 against Middle Tennessee State 4/5... Went 0-for-4 with two strikeouts at Auburn 4/3... Big two-run single in eighth inning helped beat Auburn 4/2... Scored two runs going 1-for-2 with RBI at Auburn 4/1... Fell into 0-for-11 slump going 0-for-3 against UT-Martin 3/29... Went 0-for-5 with a run scored to snap eight-game hitting streak at Arkansas 3/26... Singled to stretch hitting streak to eight games but equaled a career-high with two strikeouts at Arkansas 3/25... Crossed the plate twice and knocked in two runs against Tennessee Tech 3/22... Scored a run for the fourth straight game going 1-for-3 against Mississippi State 3/20... At least one hit in five straight games going 1-for-3 with a run scored against Mississippi State 3/19, one steal in three straight games... Scored two runs going 2-for-4 against Purdue 3/15... Drove in the winning run with a RBI-double in the 10th inning against UIC 3/12... Went 1-for-3 scoring a run for the 10th time in 13 games in win over Wofford 3/8... Scored a run going 1-for-3 in second game of double dip sweep of Brown 3/6... Collected a career-high three hits in win over Western Kentucky 3/1... Drove in a run but went 0-for-2 in loss to Stanford 2/27... Doubled and scored against Stanford 2/25... Scored twice and went 2-for-4 in second game of double dip at USD 2/20... Stole a career-high two bases and went 1-for-3 with a run scored in first game of doubleheader at USD 2/20... Drove in a run for the second straight day going 1-for-3 in win at SDSU 2/19... Went 1-for-2 with one RBI in Opening Day win at USD 2/18... SUMMER BALL - Played in 22 games for Cotuit in the Cape Cod League hitting .252 with five extra-base hits and 12 RBI.
2010 - Had a solid freshman season hitting .260 with 11 extra-base hits in 58 games for the Commodores... Went 3-for-5 in NCAA Louisville Regional championship game 6/7... Connected on a two-run home run, his second of the year, against LSU at the SEC Tournament 5/27... Drove in a season-high three runs with a three-run double in Saturday game against Mississippi State 5/15... Made a game saving, diving catch against Mississippi State with two outs in the bottom of the ninth 5/15... Recorded an RBI pinch-hit double in only at-bat against Belmont 4/6... Went 2-for-3 with a RBI-double and a run scored in game two of doubleheader against Kentucky 3/27... Launched the first home run of his collegiate career with solo shot in Friday game against Ohio 3/12... First collegiate at-bat was a two-run double down the right field line in first game of the season against Niagara (2/19).
HIGH SCHOOL - First-team Salem News All-Star selection... Catholic Conference All-Star... Team captain... Three-year starter and three-year letterwinner... Recipient of Varsity Baseball Award... Played for the Andover Legion baseball team during the summer... Legion team went 18-3 and qualified for state tournament... Selected in the 36th round of the 2009 MLB first-year player draft by the Boston Red Sox.
ACADEMICS - Yastrzemski is majoring in Crime and Society. He was a member of the All-SEC Academic team in 2011.
PERSONAL - Michael Andrew Yastrzemski (Ya-strem-ski)... Born 8/23/90... Son of Mike and Anne-Marie Yastrzemski... Grandson of Boston Red Sox Hall of Famer, Carl Yastrzemski... Father was a third-round draft pick by the Atlanta Braves in 1984 and played for the White Sox at the Triple-A level... Nickname is Yaz... Favorites include Chase Utley (athlete), Boondock Saints (movie), Homeland (TV show), Mark Wahlberg (actor), Steak (food) and Dave Matthews Band (musician)... His advice to youngsters is to always work hard... Chose Vanderbilt because it offered the best combination of athletics and academics.
