WildcatRick
04-30-2006, 09:51 PM
NASHVILLE – Ryan Strieby drove in four runs for the second straight game and John Shelby knocked in three as No. 13 Kentucky clinched the series with a 12-9 victory over 21st-ranked Vanderbilt on Sunday at Hawkins Field.
The win was UK’s sixth in its last seven games as the Wildcats kept pace with South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division race. Kentucky (34-11, 13-8) won its second SEC road series of the year after winning just three on the road in the five previous seasons. Vanderbilt (27-18, 11-9) fell two games back in the division race.
As they had all weekend, the Wildcats got nothing going offensively early on. The offense managed just one hit in the first five innings and trailed 2-0 heading into the sixth. However, just like in the previous two games, UK came alive to pound the Commodore pitching staff down the stretch.
Kentucky scored four runs in both the sixth and the eighth sandwiched around a one-run seventh. The Wildcats tacked on what looked to be a meaningless three runs in the ninth that turned out to be of extreme importance.
Entering the bottom of the ninth, UK led 12-4 before the fireworks started. David Macias led off with an infield single and Pedro Alvarez was walked. Dominic de la Osa and Ryan Flaherty followed with back-to-back singles to plate one before the first out of the inning finally came on a fielder’s choice.
Consecutive singles by Ryan Davis and Shea Robin made it 12-8 with two runners on. That brought on Andrew Albers, Kentucky’s third pitcher of the inning and sixth of the game. He hit the first batter he faced before striking out Matt Meingasner for the second out.
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The win was UK’s sixth in its last seven games as the Wildcats kept pace with South Carolina in the Southeastern Conference Eastern Division race. Kentucky (34-11, 13-8) won its second SEC road series of the year after winning just three on the road in the five previous seasons. Vanderbilt (27-18, 11-9) fell two games back in the division race.
As they had all weekend, the Wildcats got nothing going offensively early on. The offense managed just one hit in the first five innings and trailed 2-0 heading into the sixth. However, just like in the previous two games, UK came alive to pound the Commodore pitching staff down the stretch.
Kentucky scored four runs in both the sixth and the eighth sandwiched around a one-run seventh. The Wildcats tacked on what looked to be a meaningless three runs in the ninth that turned out to be of extreme importance.
Entering the bottom of the ninth, UK led 12-4 before the fireworks started. David Macias led off with an infield single and Pedro Alvarez was walked. Dominic de la Osa and Ryan Flaherty followed with back-to-back singles to plate one before the first out of the inning finally came on a fielder’s choice.
Consecutive singles by Ryan Davis and Shea Robin made it 12-8 with two runners on. That brought on Andrew Albers, Kentucky’s third pitcher of the inning and sixth of the game. He hit the first batter he faced before striking out Matt Meingasner for the second out.
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