Kentucky downs Missouri 7-6 on Sunday to take series

[Matt Dillon]

For the second consecutive season, Kentucky opened SEC play with back-to-back series victories with a 7-6 win over Missouri on Sunday.

Missouri pulled within one with runners on first and second with two outs in the ninth, but they were unable to tie the game.

Nick Lopez and Ryan Nicholson led the way for the Cats with two hits apiece. Nicholson blasted his team-leading fourth home run of the season in the fourth inning.

Wildcat pitching dominated the Tigers, finishing with 14 total strikeouts on the day.

Kentucky improves to 20-4 (5-1) on the season with the win. The Cats remain the lone SEC East team with just one loss in conference play.
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The Bat Cats will be back in action on Tuesday, when they host Miami (OH) at home in Lexington. First pitch scheduled for 6:30 p.m. EST.

Kentucky downs Missouri 7-6 on Sunday to take series (on3.com)​
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[Lighthouse]

Nice! GO CATS!!!

[Catsrock]

ANY SEC road series victory is great! We’ll take it. But we were a bit sloppy in the field in a cold breezy weekend. Saturday’s 2-1 loss should have been a 1-0 win. Both Mizzou runs should have been ruled unearned. I couldn’t believe they scored a hit when a Tiger hit a sky high fly just beyond the infield—1B, 2B, RF and CF all converged, no one called it, everyone let up, by the time it hit the ground the runner was half way from 2nd to 3rd base. They scored it a triple. Should have been 3rd out. He and another ended up scoring that inning.

Friday night’s game got a little dicey with a couple late runs allowed by wild pitches.

But still, good series win. It’s going to get tougher soon. Go Cats!