LEXINGTON, Ky. – Travis Smith dazzled in his first taste of Southeastern Conference action and No. 21 Kentucky scored an important 7-3 series-opening victory over No. 3 South Carolina on Friday night at Kentucky Proud Park.
Smith, a redshirt freshman from Walton, Kentucky, allowed only a solo home run to the Game****************s, who entered the weekend with 98 bombs, third in Division I. He struck out five in six innings and now has struck out 13 and allowed only a pair of solo home runs in 11.0 innings over his past two starts, both against ranked Power Five opponents.
Kentucky (31-13, 12-10) picked up its first win over a Top 5 opponent since knocking off top-ranked Tennessee almost exactly one year ago.
Hunter Gilliam blasted a two-run home run into the right field home run and James McCoy hustled his way to an inside-the-park roundtripper when his fly ball to centerfield got lost in the sun. Mason Moore extinguished a Carolina threat in the seventh and pitched the final 2.2 innings for his fourth save.
Travis Smith, Balanced Offense Power No. 21 Kentucky to Top-Five Win – UK Athletics​
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Smith, a redshirt freshman from Walton, Kentucky, allowed only a solo home run to the Game****************s, who entered the weekend with 98 bombs, third in Division I. He struck out five in six innings and now has struck out 13 and allowed only a pair of solo home runs in 11.0 innings over his past two starts, both against ranked Power Five opponents.
Kentucky (31-13, 12-10) picked up its first win over a Top 5 opponent since knocking off top-ranked Tennessee almost exactly one year ago.
Hunter Gilliam blasted a two-run home run into the right field home run and James McCoy hustled his way to an inside-the-park roundtripper when his fly ball to centerfield got lost in the sun. Mason Moore extinguished a Carolina threat in the seventh and pitched the final 2.2 innings for his fourth save.
Travis Smith, Balanced Offense Power No. 21 Kentucky to Top-Five Win – UK Athletics​
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