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Riley Mahan hits two HRs, but UK baseball edged by Vanderbilt

Riley Mahan hit a pair of home runs, doubled and knocked in all four of Kentucky’s runs in a 6-4 loss to Vanderbilt on Sunday at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

The 16th-ranked Wildcats had won the opening two games of the series, but the 22nd-ranked Commodores didn’t allow them to sweep them for the first time in 17 years.

Kentucky (21-8, 7-2 Southeastern Conference) now has a stretch of seven road games in the next two weeks.

Mahan’s four RBI tied a career high and he was 3-for-4 on the day. His first RBI came on a double in the first inning, and he followed that with a solo home run to right field in the fourth and a two-run shot to right-centerfield in the seventh.