Oregon vs Vanderbilt Prediction, Odds & Best Bet for Regionals Game (Commodores' Batters Show Up)

The 2023 College World Series continues on Saturday, featuring an exciting matchup between the Oregon Ducks and Vanderbilt Commodores in the Nashville Regional.

Oregon vs Vanderbilt Game Info

• Date: Saturday, June 3, 2023
• Time: 9:00 p.m. ET
• Venue: Hawkins Field – Nashville, Tennessee
• Coverage: SEC Network, ESPN+

Oregon is coming off Friday's back-and-forth 5-4 win over Xavier that saw shortstop Drew Cowley lead the charge with a pair of hits and two RBIs. On the other side, Vanderbilt cruised to a 12-2 victory against Eastern Illinois as catcher Alan Espinal dazzled with a game-high four RBIs over as many at-bats.

Oregon vs Vanderbilt Odds & Spread

• All College Baseball betting lines, odds and prop bets are from FanDuel Sportsbook.
• Moneyline: ORE: (+200) | VAN: (-265)
• Spread: ORE: +2.5 (-135) | VAN: -2.5 (+104)

Vanderbilt enters this contest as the clear favorite on the moneyline per FanDuel Sportsbook's odds. This 9 p.m. ET clash also features Oregon being favored at -135 odds to cover the 2.5-run spread.

Oregon vs Vanderbilt Betting Trends

• Oregon is 7-0 straight up (SU) in its last seven games.
• Vanderbilt is 7-1 SU in its last eight games.
• Oregon is scoring an average of 6.6 runs in its last five games.
• Vanderbilt is scoring an average of 9.6 runs in its last five games.
• This is the first-ever head-to-head matchup between Oregon and Vanderbilt.

Oregon vs Vanderbilt Prediction & Pick

Although Oregon is riding a seven-game winning streak into tonight's matchup, I see its successful ways coming to an end. Not only is Vanderbilt an impressive 26-6 SU at Hawkins Field this season, but it is also 23-7 SU against non-SEC opponents. While the Ducks are 22-6 SU outside of conference play, they have dropped four of their past seven road games.

At the end of the day, Oregon didn't show me enough yesterday to warrant predicting an upset. The Ducks trailed from the top of the third until the bottom of the seventh inning, whereas the Commodores never looked back after going up 2-1 in the opening frame.

I expect Vanderbilt to play with even more confidence tonight en route to picking up the win.

Final Score Prediction: Vanderbilt: 8 | Oregon: 5

Oregon vs Vanderbilt Best Bet

Betting options are limited in the college baseball landscape, I recommend taking Vanderbilt to cover the 2.5-run spread. On top of the home-field advantage playing a factor in my pick, it's hard not to like the Commodores covering when they're averaging three more runs per outing than the Ducks over their last five games, respectively.

Throw in the fact that Oregon has struggled to find consistency on the road lately and it's easy to side with Vanderbilt as the -2.5 favorite.

Bet: Vanderbilt -2.5 (+104)

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