Kentucky finishes off sweep with 7-2 win over No. 17 Oklahoma

[Matt Dillon]

Kentucky took down No. 17 Oklahoma 7-2 on Sunday to finish off its first SEC series sweep of the season. The ‘Cats improve to 28-20 (13-14) and have put themselves in tremendous position to make their third consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance.

After dropping four of its first five conference series to open SEC play, Kentucky has now won three of its last four (No. 4 Tennessee, South Carolina and No. 17 Oklahoma).

Eight of Kentucky’s nine players in the starting lineup notched a hit, with second baseman Luke Lawrence, left fielder Cole Hage, first baseman James McCoy, DH Patrick Herrera and center fielder Carson Hansen totaling two apiece. Lawrence and shortstop Tyler Bell belted back-to-back home runs in the fourth inning.

Kentucky finishes off sweep with 7-2 win over No. 17 Oklahoma​

[CATHYnKY]

Great series. Much needed!

[Catsrock]

That series was nearly as impressive as last weekend’s was deflating. Likely need to win one at Vandy next weekend to make the field of 64. I say we go ahead and win a couple.

Scratch that. Today did get us to 13 conference wins. That should do it. So let’s just sweep Vandy for the heck of it.

[Lighthouse]

A couple wins at Vandy would be wonderful, but we need to beat Northern Kentucky first.

[Matt Dillon]

Well said all. Beat NKU and take a couple from Vandy and we should be in good shape.