Kentucky Baseball (12-2) returned to Carbondale, Illinois, for the first time since 1980 and prevailed against the Southern Illinois salukis (6-8) in a 10-inning affair, winning 5-4.
Graduate student Darren Williams started the game on the hill for the Wildcats and gave them six solid innings, finishing the game with three strikeouts and no walks but surrendering seven hits and two runs to the Salukis.
The next pitcher out of the bullpen was sophomore Mason Moore, who pitched one-run baseball over two and one-thirds innings. Moore gave up four hits and struck out three while giving up no walks.