Facing its highest ranking opponent of the year, UK brought the big-boy bats. The Cats (18-9, 2-5 SEC) recorded a season-high 17 hits, including four home runs, in a 12-8 victory over No. 10 Arkansas. All but one UK starter had at least one hit. Braden Kapteyn led the offense with a 4-for-5 performance, including [...]
There is no magic. UK baseball head coach Gary Henderson uttered those words after a loss to Western Kentucky dropped UK (17-9, 1-5 Southeastern Conference) to 1-4 in their last five games. And there’s no magic wand that can make things better for the Cats, who are in the midst of a stretch where they [...]
The in-state rival had all the answers. UK (17-9) took multiple leads against 19th-ranked Western Kentucky (21-5) but couldn’t stave off the Hilltoppers from leaving Lexington with a 6-3 win. WKU scored early, plating at least a run against each of UK’s first four pitchers on the mound. UK twice took the lead early in [...]
The scoreboard after nine innings is what matters, but for UK, the scoreboard after six is almost as important. When the Cats hold the lead after six innings they are 14-1, largely in part to an improved bullpen that has been able to hold onto a lead. “Coming into the season, coach told the bullpen [...]
The fate of the series hung in the balance Saturday as UK played a doubleheader against Vanderbilt. Having lost the first game of the series, the Cats proceeded to drop the next two in one day (16-8, 1-5 SEC) to Vanderbilt. The first game Saturday saw a pitching duel between UK freshman Taylor Rogers and [...]
UK got shutout by the opponent’s ace for the second straight time in an SEC series opener. Vanderbilt’s Sonny Gray was the pitcher this time, throwing seven shutout innings to propel his Commodores (19-4, 2-2 SEC) past UK, 7-0. UK (16-6, 1-3 SEC) couldn’t muster anything on the offensive end, posting only five hits in [...]
The weekends are different now. Southeastern Conference play is warming up for UK (16-5, 1-2 SEC) as the Cats hit the road for the first time in conference play this weekend at Vanderbilt. “It’s now turn up the dial, let’s go, game on, time to be competitive,” UK head coach Gary Henderson said. “Vanderbilt is [...]
It took a total team effort to get this win. UK (16-5, 1-2 SEC) used six pitchers and saw six hitters tally at least one RBI in an 11-6 win over Xavier. “That just shows that all the way through the lineup, everyone’s got your back,” sophomore Chad Wright said of the offensive balance. Sandwiched [...]
Early this season, sophomore outfielder Cory Farris had to look at the lineup card each and every game to see if he was getting the start or if he was getting a little more familiar with the bench. He was in the middle of a position battle in right field, and his fate hung each [...]
UK used a barrage of long balls and a dominant start from Alex Meyer to bury Mississippi as the No. 20 Cats (15-5, 1-2 Southeastern Conference) earned their first conference victory of the year. The Cats hit a trio of three-run home runs en route to a 12-3 rout of the No. 19 Rebels (15-5, [...]
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