An extra entry was necessary, but the Kentucky Wildcats won his College World Series debut in exciting fashion, leaving North Carolina State at the end of the tenth to win 5-4.
senior infielder Mitchell Daly He smashed the game-winning home run with two outs to give Kentucky its first victory in Omaha. It was just Daly’s seventh home run of the season and second in the game.
It came after the Bat Cats trailed 4-3 in the bottom of the ninth until senior infielder Ryan Nicholson He hit a home run to tie the game and give his team a chance to win it in extra innings.
Starting pitcher Trey Pooser went 6.3 innings and allowed three runs, struck out three and walked two.
Kentucky started the scoring in the first inning when senior infielder Nick Lopez had an RBI single.
Junior outfielder Nolan McCarthy hit a two-run homer in the bottom of the fourth to give Kentucky a 3-1 lead before the Wolfpack scored two in the top of the seventh to tie the game, then got another in the top of the ninth for Take a 4-3 lead before the Bat Cats rallied to take the win.
The Bat Cats will play next Monday at 7 pm ET against the winner of Florida. Texas A&M, which is about to launch. That game will be broadcast on ESPN.
With today’s victory, Kentucky ensures playing beyond Monday. A win on Monday and the Cats advance to Wednesday. A loss means they will have to play on Tuesday.
Go CATS!!