LEXINGTON, Ky. – After trailing 8-0 at one point, the Western Michigan baseball team got the deficit all the way down to two and put the potential tying and go-ahead runs on base in the ninth inning in a 10-8 loss at No. 2 Kentucky on Friday in the opening game of the Lexington Regional of the 2024 NCAA Baseball Tournament.
FINAL SCORE: No. 2 Kentucky 10, Western Michigan 8
LOCATION: Kentucky Proud Park (Lexington, Ky.)
RECORDS: Western Michigan (32-22) | Kentucky (41-14)
W: Cameron O'Brien (2-0) | L: Brady Miller (6-6) | Save: Robert Hogan (1)
Kentucky opened the scoring with an unearned tally in the bottom of the first, and pushed across runs in each of the first four frames to build an 8-0 advantage.