Mansfield's Wiseman Hits Dramatic First Collegiate Home Run, Getting Shaving Cream Pie

Mansfield's Rhett Wiseman, a freshman outfielder on the Vanderbilt University baseball team, hit a walk-off homer Sunday as the 12-1 Commodores defeated the Illinios-Chicago, 3-1 in 10 innings to sweep the three-game series in Nashville, Tenn.

Wiseman was unable to put a sacrifice bunt down twice and then was told to swing away, which he did, clearing the right field fence and landing in the street behind the wall.

"I had to do something for the team to make up for the bunts I missed," said Wiseman on the team's website. 

It was the first time in his baseball career that he has ever hit a walk-off home run.

Wiseman has appeared in 11 games, starting once in the outfield. He is batting .267, going for four for 15 for the 12-1 Commodores. Sunday, he went 1-3, pinch-hitting and then serving as the DH.

During the postgame interview, Wiseman's teammates hit him the face with a shaving cream pie. You can check out the video of the home run and the post-game interviews here.

 

 



Vanderbilt returns to action on Tuesday afternoon at Hawkins Field when Eastern Illinois visits at 4 p.m.