Read on Twitter
Welcome back to Kentucky Proud Park for Game 5 of the Lexington Regional. It’s elimination day for either UK or West Virginia. The winner advances to play later today vs Indiana…. 
Good T1 for UK starter Austin Strickland. Works around a two-out single for scoreless frame.
Gray HBP and Felker doubles the other way into the LF corner to score him. Kentucky 1, WVU 0 - B1
Pitre RBI grounder brings home Felker. 2-0 Kentucky, B1
Scoreless T2 for UK’s Strickland.
Church single, McCarthy double extends Kentucky lead to 3-0, B2
Lefty coming out of WVU bullpen with one out and two on here in B2. Cats looking to build on 3-0 lead.
WVU’s Yehl gets out of the jam as Jackson Gray lines into a double play. No luck for Cats this weekend on some hard-hit balls. #baseball
End of 2: Kentucky 3, West Virginia 0
End of 2: Kentucky 3, West Virginia 0
Mountaineers put runners at first and third with one out but Strickland strikes out the 2 and 3 hole hitters to end the threat. He’s got 3 scoreless innings in the book.
Pitre gapper scores Burkes (who was hit by a pitch) all the way from first. It’s 4-0 Cats, B3
Play at the plate is under video review. Umpires have ruled Burkes out at home. It’s back to a 3-0 lead for Kentucky. B3
Wind picking up strong to RF again. Something to watch for the rest of the way…
Scoreless T4 for Strickland. Mountaineers strand a runner at second.
And there’s that wind I mentioned. Two-run opposite field bomb to RCF by McCarthy makes it 5-0 Cats. B4
Five scoreless innings from UK starter Austin Strickland, exactly what the Cats needed today.
M5: Kentucky 5, West Virginia 0
M5: Kentucky 5, West Virginia 0
Monkeys Eyebrow back in the winner’s circle in the Kid Derby. 🐴 🏆
Hunter Gilliam extends Kentucky lead to 6-0 over West Virginia with an RBI single, B5.
Major opportunity for Cats to completely blow this game open. Bases loaded, one out, B5. UK leading 6-0
West Virginia wiggles out of the jam with a strikeout and a ground ball.
End of 5: Kentucky 6, West Virginia 0
End of 5: Kentucky 6, West Virginia 0
Strickland back on the mound for Cats with an 89 pitch count entering the 6th.
Strickland makes quick work of the Mountaineers in T6. What an outing by the Cats' junior RHP today: 6 IP, 0 R, 4 H, 1 BB, 6 K
End of 6: Kentucky 6, West Virginia 0
LHP Magdiel Cotto enters from the UK bullpen.
Cotto tosses a scoreless T7.
Church 2-out RBI single scores Burkes (who walked) and extends Kentucky lead to 7-0, B7
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
