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[B]The Kentucky baseball team completed its first sweep of LSU in 19 seasons today with a 6-4 win over the Tigers.[/B]
Fifth-year senior catcher Marcus Nidiffer bombed a grand slam in the bottom of the eighth inning with the Cats trailing by two runs.
The Wildcats swept the Tigers and also earned a berth into the SEC championships, the first step towards making the the NCAA national tournament.
[B]Excerpt from UKAthletics.com:[/B]
Kentucky (29-23, 12-15 SEC) entered the weekend series with the defending NCAA champions two games out of the eighth spot in the conference, needing to finish the last two remaining conference weekends strong to secure a berth in the 2010 SEC Tournament, set for May 26-30 at Regions Park in Hoover, Ala. During the weekend, Tennessee (12-15 SEC) lost two of three games at Auburn (17-10 SEC), falling into a three-way tie for the seventh and eighth spots in the tournament with UK and LSU (12-15). In a three-team tiebreaker formula, UK would own the tiebreaker with Tennessee and LSU by virtue of a better record against the two teams it is currently tied with. UK won three games against LSU and went 1-2 against Tennessee, owning a 4-2 record, while Tennessee was swept by LSU and went 2-1 against UK, owning a 2-4 mark. Alabama (11-15 SEC) is in a rain delay with Ole Miss (16-10 SEC), with UK owning a 2-1 record against Alabama this season, while LSU went 3-0 against the Crimson Tide this season. Tennessee and Alabama will square off in a three-game series next weekend, the final weekend of the regular season, while UK travels to last-place Georgia (3-22 SEC).
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