Baseball Wildcats fall at Tennessee, drop series with Vols

UT tops UK, 10-7
UK dropped its second-straight game to Tennessee on Saturday, giving the Vols the series win.
UK dropped its second-straight game to Tennessee on Saturday, giving the Vols the series win.(UK Athletics)
Published: May. 13, 2023 at 4:17 PM EDT
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KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WKYT) - Tennessee scored four runs in the second and four more in the fourth to put the baseball Wildcats in a deep hole on Saturday.

Trailing 8-1, UK battled back for three runs in the sixth inning, then three more in the seventh, before falling in Knoxville, 10-7.

The loss, the second in two days to Tennessee, gives the Vols the series win. They will go for the sweep in Sunday.

Kentucky (34-15, 14-12) got two more hits from Jackson Gray, who now has reached safely in 18 consecutive games.

Grant Smith cranked a solo home run, his fourth for the Cats.