NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- The Vanderbilt Commodores need two victories in their final two games to become bowl eligible for the first time since 2013. With both games at home, they know exactly what they cant do.Start slowly.The Commodores fell behind 19-0 last week at Missouri and wound up losing 26-17 . That dropped Vanderbilt to 4-6 overall and 1-5 in the Southeastern Conference, and coach Derek Mason said Tuesday he believes his team got a great reminder that they arent built to spot opponents a lead.We have to play with a better sense of urgency in these ballgames, Mason said. Every ballgame that weve played in has come down to a possession or two. When you have ballgames that are that tight you have to make sure that the football is good and youre executing well that you look to finish.The Commodores have been so close with each of their SEC losses with the game at Missouri coming by their largest margin. They answered with 17 points as Kyle Shurmur threw for 252 yards, his second-best performance this season. But Shurmur also was intercepted twice, and it just wasnt enough.Vanderbilts APR is so good that the Commodores could be a possible bowl pick if they could reach five victories. Bowl eligibility isnt a topic Mason is addressing with his Commodores, focusing instead on just trying to win Saturday night when they host Mississippi (5-5, 2-4). Vanderbilt wraps up the regular season Nov. 26 hosting in-state rival Tennessee.Even splitting these final games would put Mason his best record yet at Vandy. Mason isnt changing his approach.Weve got to stay in the here and now, Mason said. For these guys, social medias out there. They know whats at stake. I just try to talk about the mundane thing of doing the every day things that it takes to win. So thats putting good work on top of good work stacking good practices on top of good practices and getting ready to play a good Ole Miss football team.Ole Miss is coming off a big 29-28 upset at then-No. 8 Texas A&M in freshman quarterback Shea Pattersons debut. The Rebels have scored first in nine of their 10 games, and Ole Miss coach Hugh Freeze has not lost to Mason each of the past two seasons.But the Rebels only won 27-16 at Oxford last season, and Freeze has seen enough of Mason to respect the coach in beating Vandy each of the past two seasons.Hes given us problems every year, Freeze said of Mason. Hes very good. Hes a very good defensive coach, and his kids play fundamentally extremely well. They play in the right spots. Theyre fundamentally sound. So, youve got to be careful against them not to get one play behind in the calls. Every call you have, we need to have answers for what we do.The one answer Vanderbilt defensive lineman Adam Butler is sure of is that the Commodores have no excuse not to be ready for kickoff.That cant happen these next two games, Butler said. These next two games we have to be ready and make sure were ready and come out with that good start.---More AP college football: www.collegefootball.ap.orgCheap Jordan From China . Perhaps Carroll was so prepared for a break because he believes there is very little the Seattle Seahawks need heading into the off-season. "I dont see anything that we need to add. We just have to get better," Carroll said. Cyber Monday Air Jordan . Once again Jordan Cieciwa (@FitCityJordan) and I (@LynchOnSports) go head to head in our picks. Last weekend at UFC Fight Night 32 my #TeamLynch got the best of #TeamJC by a score of 9-6. 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Got behind.Musgrove (1-1) gave up eight runs and 11 hits -- including three homers -- over 5 1/3 innings.It was really just pitch execution, manager A.J. Hinch said.Picked by Toronto in the supplemental first round of the 2011 draft, Musgrove began his big league career with a flourish -- allowing only three runs in 19 1/3 innings. But this encounter lifted his ERA from 1.47 to 4.18.I firmly believe that I belong up here, he said. I know Im going to go through ups and downs. Ill try to limit the downs, analyze things tonight. Look at some film. Come back to work tomorrow.Alex Bregman and A.J. Reed homered for the Astros, who now stand just a game over .500 (61-60).Weve been in some uphill battles this year, Hinch said. A couple of different times we found ourselves in a little bit of a rut.After watching his pitching staff yield 12 runs and 17 hits over the first seven innings, Hinch called upon infielder Tyler White to pitch the eighth. White gave up one hit: Chris Davis second homer of the game, the third in two nights.They just continue to come at you, Hinch said. This is how they score. We didnt keep them in the ballpark the eentire night.ddddddddddddJ.J. Hardy also hit two homers for Baltimore, and Manny Machado added a three-run drive.Kevin Gausman (4-10) struck out eight in 6 2/3 innings for Baltimore, giving up five runs, four earned.After Trumbo got things started for Baltimore by setting a career high in homers, the Orioles added two runs in the second inning and went up 7-2 in the fourth when Hardy homered with a man on.Hardy chased Musgrove with another shot in the sixth, and Machado and Davis connected in succession off James Hoyt later in the inning to make it 12-3.Baltimores Hyun Soo Kim enjoyed his first four-hit game in the majors, going 4 for 5 with his first triple. Playing in first year in the majors after a 10-year run in South Korea, the rookie cant help but marvel at his teammates power.I was never with a team that hits this many home runs, he said through an interpreter. It is very exciting. I feel just great being part of it.TRAINERS ROOMAstros: Luis Valbuena (right hamstring strain) made the trip to Baltimore, and Hinch said the infielder is inching toward a rehab assignment. ... The status of RHP Lance McCullers (sprained right elbow) remains unclear until he visits a doctor next week. Its all guesswork at this point, Hinch said.Orioles: RHP Chris Tillman (sore shoulder) threw off flat ground and is ready to go for his start Saturday against Houston, Showalter said.UP NEXTAstros: RHP Colin McHugh (7-10, 4.70 ERA) starts in the second game of the series Friday night. Hes 0-4 with a 7.65 ERA in his last four starts.Orioles: LHP Wade Miley (7-10, 5.23) makes his fourth start since being traded from Seattle. The lefty is 0-2 with a 7.04 ERA with the Orioles. ' ' '