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Rival coach on Kentucky’s baseball struggles: ‘This is not going to be for long’

The Louisville baseball team defeats Kentucky 18-6 Tuesday at Kentucky Proud Park in Lexington. By

Replacing seven position players and two weekend pitchers in one of the toughest conferences in college baseball never figured to be easy, even when your program builds you a magnificent new ball park.

Kentucky has shown in Coach Nick Mingione’s third season that it can compete with the best on a given day. But some days are like Tuesday night in Kentucky Proud Park, when a red-hot No. 7 Louisville comes in and lays down an 18-6 shellacking.

“When you look at the personnel, they’re all brand new.