STARKVILLE, Miss. – The No. 22 Kentucky Softball team lost to Mississippi State 6-2 on Friday night at Nusz Park.
The Wildcats scored first in the top of the opening inning on an RBI single into left field by Kennedy Sullivan, who drove in a run for the third time in Kentucky’s last four games to give UK the edge.
In the bottom of the second inning, Kentucky surrendered a pair of runs on back-to-back sacrifice flies from the Bulldogs and a home run in the third put the game out of reach.
The win for Mississippi State is the Bulldogs first in Southeastern Conference play since opening weekend and puts MSU three games above .500 on the year at 25-22 and 4-14 in league play. Kentucky falls to 28-16-1. The Wildcats are 8-11 in the SEC.
Game two of the series has been moved up by two hours to accommodate potential incoming weather to the Starkville, Mississippi area, and will now begin at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT on the SEC Network and the ESPN app.
​Mississippi State Beats No. 22 Kentucky – UK Athletics​
The Wildcats scored first in the top of the opening inning on an RBI single into left field by Kennedy Sullivan, who drove in a run for the third time in Kentucky’s last four games to give UK the edge.
In the bottom of the second inning, Kentucky surrendered a pair of runs on back-to-back sacrifice flies from the Bulldogs and a home run in the third put the game out of reach.
The win for Mississippi State is the Bulldogs first in Southeastern Conference play since opening weekend and puts MSU three games above .500 on the year at 25-22 and 4-14 in league play. Kentucky falls to 28-16-1. The Wildcats are 8-11 in the SEC.
Game two of the series has been moved up by two hours to accommodate potential incoming weather to the Starkville, Mississippi area, and will now begin at 3 p.m. ET/2 p.m. CT on the SEC Network and the ESPN app.
​Mississippi State Beats No. 22 Kentucky – UK Athletics​