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Kentucky Wildcats v. #2 Texas Longhorns
Date: April 11
Time: Fri at 630pm ET (530PM CT)
Where: Lexington, Kentucky
TV: SEC Network+
Series History:
- First Met: 1993
- Last Met: 1993
- Last Texas Victory: 1993 – Texas beat the Wildcats 8-3 during the Austin Regional
- All-Time Series Record: 1-0
- Home: 1-0
- Kentucky is picked to finish 13th out of 16 teams
- 2024 Season: Wildcats finished the year 46-16 overall and 22-8 in the SEC, ending their season in a trip to Omaha
Records:
Kentucky Wildcats: 18-12 (5-7 SEC)
Texas Longhorns: 27-4 (11-1 SEC)
RPI/SOS:
Kentucky: 40 / 35
Texas: 4 / 23
Prediction:
- Texas wins the series 2-1
- On the season, I am 21-10
Pitching Matchups:
- Fri – LHP Jared Spencer (4-1, 3.20 ERA, 1.22 WHIP) v. RHP Nate Harris (3-1, 3.16 ERA, 1.11 WHIP)
- Freshman
- Ranked 286 nationally by Perfect Game
Kentucky Bullpen:
- Scott Rouse (3-0, 1 save, 4.13 ERA, 28.1 IP)
- Jackson Nove (0-2, 4.71 ERA, 21 IP)
- Tommy Skelding (1-0, 1 save, 5.11 ERA, 12.1 IP)
- Ethan Walker (0-0, 6.00 ERA, 21 IP)
- Simon Gregersen (0-2, 1 save, 7.62 ERA, 13 IP)
Kentucky Offensive Leaders:
- Cole Hage (.346 BA, 1.156 OPS, 9 HR, 26 RBI, .664 SLG%, .493 OB%, 11-13 SB)
- Patrick Herrera (.333 BA, .915 OPS, 1 HR, 20 RBI, .437 SLG%, .478 OB%, 7-7 SB)
- Tyler Bell (.322 BA, .947 OPS, 5 HR, 31 RBI, .551 SLG%, .396 OB%, 5-9 SB)
- Shaun Montoya (.287 BA, .792 OPS, 1 HR, 17 RBI, .389 SLG%, .403 OB%, 10-11 SB)
STARTING LINEUPS:
Texas
| 1 | 2b | 5 Ethan Mendoza | R | .361 | |
| 2 | c | 6 Rylan Galvan | R | .325 | |
| 3 | cf | 8 Will Gasparino | R | .274 | |
| 4 | ss | 1 Jalin Flores | R | .287 | |
| 5 | 3b | 31 Casey Borba | R | .269 | |
| 6 | dh | 24 Adrian Rodriguez | B | .326 | |
| 7 | 1b | 10 Kimble Schuessler | R | .288 | |
| 8 | rf | 43 Tommy Farmer IV | R | .278 | |
| 9 | lf | 9 Easton Winfield | L | .200 | |
| 10 | p | 12 Jared Spencer | L | - |
Kentucky
| 1 | 2b | 10 Luke Lawrence | L | .280 | |
| 2 | ss | 6 Tyler Bell | B | .322 | |
| 3 | dh | 1 Patrick Herrera | R | .333 | |
| 4 | lf | 12 Cole Hage | R | .346 | |
| 5 | 1b | 23 Hudson Brown | L | .304 | |
| 6 | c | 7 Devin Burkes | R | .280 | |
| 7 | rf | 2 Shaun Montoya | L | .287 | |
| 8 | 3b | 9 Ethan Hindle | R | .222 | |
| 9 | cf | 8 Griffin Cameron | L | .286 | |
| 10 | p | 36 Nate Harris | R | - |
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