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[B]The University of Kentucky baseball team[/B] has suffered a pair of disappointing non-conference losses this week.
On Tuesday night, the Cats lost a walk-off thriller to Indiana. Last night, they dropped one at the hands of Lipscomb.
[B]Recaps:[/B]
[B]Lipscomb………… 203 113 000 – 10 11 1[/B]
[B]Kentucky………… 300 110 030 – 8 11 3[/B]
Lipscomb (17-31) scored 10 runs in the first 6 innings and then managed to hold on for a midweek upset over Kentucky (26-23) in Lexington.
Sam Kidd (1-2) started and took the loss for the Cats.
For UK, Macus Nidiffer went 2-4 with 2 RBI’s and Brian Adams finished 3-4 with a double, an RBI and a run scored.
This was the final non-conference game on the UK schedule.
[B]Kentucky………… 200 433 400 1 – 17 18 2[/B]
[B]Indiana…………… 031 400 053 2 – 18 23 1[/B]
Indiana managed to score 8 runs in the eighth and ninth innings to tie the game and send it to extra innings.
In the tenth inning, the Hoosiers got a walk-off, two-out, two-run double from Michael Earley to win it 18-17.
Junior first [COLOR=black]baseman Lance Ray posted a career-high two home runs – one of which was part of three consecutive homers UK launched in the seventh inning – five RBI and three runs scored, drawing two walks. The junior from Las Vegas, Nev., was Kentucky’s sparkplug all game getting on base six times behind his seventh and eighth homers of the year and his 10th double and first triple of the season. Ray started what would be back-to-back-to-back homers with sophomore Braden Kapteyn and senior Marcus Nidiffer following[/COLOR] with solo shots. Ray has now hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games, seven of which were multi-hit games. Nidiffer was also brilliant at the plate, launching a homer and a career-high five hits with three RBI and four runs scored.
[B]This Weekend:[/B]
UK will return to action Friday, beginning a three-game series with No. 20 LSU, the defending NCAA champions. First pitch Friday is slated for 6:30 p.m. ET and Saturday for 3 p.m. ET, with the series finale set for a 1 p.m. ET first pitch. Fans can hear the game live on the Big Blue Sports Network (radio), with the Voice of UK Baseball, Neil Price, calling the action. Fans in Lexington can hear the games live on WLAP 630-AM and in Louisville on WKJK 1080-AM, in addition to complete coverage on UKathletics.com.
