You didn't need a scoreboard to get a read on which team won Saturday's baseball game at Lindsey Nelson Stadium.

It was all right there in the body language.

Vanderbilt players bounced their way off the field after thumping Tennessee 9-2. Vols players limped, heads down and shoulders slumped.

"We worked so hard and did so well early, but now it's starting to get a little frustrating," UT senior second baseman Andy Simunic said. "Nothing seems to be going our way."

The Commodores clinched a crucial SEC series victory with the same formula that worked so well in an 8-5 victory on Friday.

They jumped out to a big lead and Tennessee (25-22, 11-12 SEC) wasn't able to put up much of fight this time.

UT redshirt freshman pitcher Bryan Morgado had his toughest outing as a Vol, giving up seven runs on nine hits in four innings.

"It just happens," Morgado said. "I felt like I had command, but I left a few balls up and I paid for it.

"They hit the ball very well and all you can do is tip your hat to them and say good job. I just didn't have it today."

The No. 13 Commodores (33-13, 13-9) pounced on Morgado for four runs in the first inning and solo runs in the second, third and fourth to take a 7-0 lead.

"They jumped out on us pretty early for the second day in a row," Simunic said after going 2-for-4. "Not to make excuses, but that's pretty hard to fight back from."

Morgado started the game in the hole with a walk, a hit batter and a single by Pedro Alvarez to load the bases. A sacrifice fly by Alex Feinberg put Vandy on the board. Shea Robin then had a two-run double and Andrew Giobbi a bloop RBI single to left.

UT loaded the bases in the first and came up empty.

"That's really important, especially when you're on the road to put some runs up there early," Vandy coach Tim Corbin said. "Getting out of that first inning, once that happened we had some pretty good holds the rest of the way. From a momentum standpoint, that's huge."

The Vols, who were 1-for-5 with no RBIs with runners in scoring position, never sniffed much momentum against Commodores' starter Caleb Cotham.

Tennessee's only runs came in the eighth inning when Cotham walked Kentrail Davis with the bases loaded and Jarred Frazier had a sacrifice fly.

Vandy has won five of the past six series against Tennessee in what's becoming a lopsided rivalry.

"You just have to flush the last two and come out with a lot of energy and passion (in the finale at 2 p.m. today)," Simunic said.

The loss guaranteed UT's first SEC series loss at home. The Vols are 3-9 in their past 12 games and 6-12 since taking the first two games against Florida at home in April.

Notebook: UT basketball coach Bruce Pearl couldn't work his motivational magic after throwing out the first pitch. He was joined on the field by several current Vols - J.P. Prince, Wayne Chism, Ryan Childress, Cameron Tatum, Steven Pearl and Tanner Wild. . . . Former Webb School standout Jordan Wormsley, son of Webb coach Clark Wormsley, got some playing time in left field and had a one-out single up the middle in the eighth.