FB Recruiting Cats battle back to win Game 1 at Mizzou

[Jeff Drummond]

Cats battle back to win series opener at Mizzou

Jeff Drummond • CatsIllustrated.com
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Kentucky pitching staff shuts down Tigers for final eight innings en route to 4-2 win. Senior outfielder Ryan Shinn reaches base in all five plate appearances to lead the Cats' offensive attack.

UK head coach Nick Mingione.
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Ryan Shinn reached base five times and Breydon Daniel smashed a two-run, game-winning double Friday to give Kentucky a 4-2 win at Missouri in the opener of a three-game SEC series.

It marked the first road victory of the season in league play for Kentucky (17-13, 2-8 SEC).

The Wildcats rallied from an early 2-0 deficit, chipping away at the Tigers' lead. Daniel's double laced inside the third-base bag gave UK the lead in the sixth, and Jaren Shelby's solo home run in the eighth added an insurance run for Nick Mingione's club.

Missouri (20-11, 3-6-1 SEC) failed to score over the final eight innings. Cole Daniels (3-0) picked up the win out of the UK bullpen, retiring the only batter he faced in the fifth inning after coming on in relief of starter Jimmy Ramsey. Daniel Harper and Carson Coleman closed it out with two scoreless innings apiece. Coleman earned his second save of the season.

Shinn continued his outstanding senior campaign, cracking his 14th double of the season, singing twice, and walking twice. He scored two of UK's four runs. Junior designated hitter T.J. Collett added an RBI double for the Cats, and freshman infielder Austin Schultz reached base for the 20th consecutive game with a pair of hits.

The series resumes on Saturday afternoon with UK's Zack Thompson, the national pitcher of the week, taking the mound for the 3 p.m. ET matchup.

 

[Jeff Drummond]

NOTES

·Kentucky has scored in 94 consecutive games and 170 of the past 171 dating to the 2016 season. The lone shutout came in a seven-inning game. The current streak now is tied for the third-longest in school history with ones from 1958-62 and 1993-95.


·Freshman IF Austin Schultz extended his reached base safely streak to 20 games with a single in the seventh inning.

oSchultz recorded the fifth multi-hit game of his career.

·Senior OF Ryan Shinn was 3-for-3 with two runs, two walks and a double.

oHe reached base all five times he came to the plate.

oHe clubbed his 14th double of the season and 21st extra-base hit.

·Junior IF/RHP Grant Macciocchi made his first career start in the field, earning the nod at 3B.

oMacciocchi picked up his first career hit with a single through the right side in the fifth inning.

oHe also stole his first base.

 

[Jeff Drummond]

Need to win Game 2 with ZT on the mound and get a little bit of momentum going.

 

[jauk11]

Shinn is having an amazing year at the plate.

 

[rbs]

I like that they moved Thompson to the second game. I hope we continue that in hopes of giving Thompson some more favorable opportunities to get some wins.