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Texas A&M sweeps Cats

Jeff Drummond • CatsIllustrated.com
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No. 13 Aggies roll to 17-5 win over UK in series finale at Kentucky Proud Park; Wildcats slide to 0-6 in league play.

The Aggies celebrate a home run by Braden Shewmake (8) earlier in the weekend series. The A&M shortstop added five more hits on Sunday in a 17-5 win over the Cats.
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Braden Shewmake may not want to leave Lexington.

The Texas A&M shortstop capped a memorable weekend with a five-hit game on Sunday in the Aggies' 17-5 win over Kentucky, capping a three-game sweep of the Wildcats at Kentucky Proud Park.

Shewmake went 10-for-16 in the series with two home runs, a double, and nine RBI.

Six other players had multi-hit games for No. 13 Texas A&M (21-5, 5-1 SEC), who used an eight-run fifth inning to break open a tie game. Shewmake's two-run double highlighted the big frame.

Aggies centerfielder Jonathan Ducoff had three hits and drove in two runs, while catcher Mikey Hoehner added two hits and four RBI.

Texas A&M racked up 19 hits and had 25 reach base against the UK pitching staff. Jimmy Ramsey (2-1) took the loss, surrendering eight runs on five hits and a walk in the decisive fifth inning.

Joseph Menefee (2-0) earned the win, tossing 3.1 innings of scoreless relief out of the Aggies bullpen. He allowed only one hit, two walks, and struck out three.

Kentucky (14-10, 0-6 SEC) got two hits from Elliott Curtis, two from Marshall Gei and a home run by Ryan Shinn but could never dig out of the fifth-inning hole.

The Cats return to action Tuesday at home against Morehead State. First pitch is slated for 6:30 p.m. ET.

 

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NOTES

·Kentucky has scored in 88 consecutive games and 164 of the past 165 dating to the 2016 season. The lone shutout came in a seven-inning game. The current streak now is the the fifth-longest in school history.

·UK now is 11-4 at Kentucky Proud Park.


·Junior 1B/DH T.J. Collett has reached base in 14 straight games.

·Freshman IF Austin Schultz extended his reached base safely streak to 14 games.

·Senior OF Ryan Shinn homered in the first inning.

oIt was his third home run of the series and sixth of the season.

oIt was the second time he had homered in the first inning this weekend.

oShinn now has 17 extra-base hits on the season.

oIn six games against teams from Texas, Shinn has hit .476 with eight runs, seven RBI, three doubles, four home runs, five HBPs and two steals.