Eighth-seeded Ole Miss (37-23), which lost 7-4 in the first meeting Saturday, will seek its second SEC tournament title in three seasons against LSU on Sunday.
LSU rallied to beat Alabama 12-8 in an earlier to advance to the title game. LSU comes into the title game as the only unbeaten team in the tournament.
Guerrero's sudden power display is a big reason. He has four homers in four tournament games, matching his regular-season total. This time he hit a three-run shot just inside the left-field foul pole in the first and a solo homer in the fifth to stake Ole Miss to a 6-2 lead over the Commodores (40-20).
Vandy scored three runs in the eighth to make it 8-6 and scored again in the ninth off Ole Miss closer Scott Bittle. Bittle came in with runners on first and second and nobody out and struck out the first two batters. Then he gave up an RBI double to Andrew Giobbi and a two-run single up the middle to Shea Robin and walked Jonathan White on four pitches.
Bittle finally escaped by striking out David Macias, leaving two men on. He gave up a one-out solo homer to Pedro Alvarez in the ninth, a school record-tying 49th for his career.
Ryan Flaherty, who hit a two-run shot in the first, then singled. Bittle struck out Dominic de la Osa and Steven Liddle to end the game.
Jordan Henry went 4-for-5 in Game 2 and reached base eight times in the doubleheader for Ole Miss. Freshman Matt Smith hit a solo homer.
The Commodores had stayed alive with a five-run third inning in the first game, highlighted by de la Osa's two-run single. Macias opened the first game with a homer for Vandy.
Cody Overbeck hit a two-run homer in the first for the Rebels.
An ailing Ole Miss starter Cody Satterwhite left in the second inning.
``Having Satterwhite out of the game shook them up just enough,'' Vandy coach Tim Corbin said. ``When they came back out, we took advantage of that.''
Added Bianco, ``He thought he could go, but he just couldn't.''
Defending champion Vandy had swept Ole Miss to move into the title game last year.
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