LEXINGTON, Ky. – Junior outfielder Renee Abernathy hit a go-ahead grand slam in the fifth inning and had a sensational diving catch in the seventh inning to preserve the game as the No. 14 Kentucky Softball team defeated the No. 15 LSU Tigers, 7-5 on Friday night at John Cropp Stadium.
Kentucky trailed at two separate times by multiple runs in the game, trailing 2-0 after the opening two innings, and then found itself down 5-2 in the middle of the fifth inning. Kentucky then put up one of its largest SEC-scoring output innings of the season, putting up a five-spot in the bottom of the fifth inning to put UK up, 7-5.