After a 2-5 road swing to open the season, the Bat Cats came home to Cliff Hagan Stadium for a one-off game with in-state rival Eastern Kentucky. UK got off to a hot start and never looked back in a 12-0 win to improve their record to 3-5.
Evan White returned to the lineup and promptly hit a homerun over the right field wall on a 2-2 count in the top of the 1st. Riley Mahan’s double later in the inning drove in two runs and put UK up 3-0.
Kentucky hung more runs on the board in the bottom of the 3rd.