After trouble in the early innings, the BatCats proved they are a bunch of fighters and narrowed their loss to 12-10 against Ole Miss last night. Even with their late game rally, it wasn’t enough to pull ahead but I am still pleased with the outcome.
Ole Miss only had two innings where they didn’t hang up a run against the UK pitchers. Freshman Corey Littrell allowed most of the damage in his 3.1 innings in the game. He allowed 9 runs on 8 hits. I once again look to Gary Henderson for a bit of the blame. If a pitcher allows 3 runs in the first inning I would think my bullpen would be working ASAP. Then again, I wouldn’t start a freshman pitcher who hasn’t been consistent in his last few starts against non-conference teams when my team still had a chance of taking the series. It is good to give a young guy a chance but I would like to see UK in the SEC tourney this year.
The offense was slow but when the rally started in the Kentucky 7th it exploded. Before this UK only had 3 runs against Ole Miss’s 12 and by the end of the inning it was looking like UK could pull one of the best comebacks I’ve ever seen. No home runs were hit but four singles, a double and an error would allow UK to put up 4 in the inning. This rally would continue into the 8th for UK where more small-ball playing would allow UK 3 more runs.
Even with the loss, I can say this was one of the more thrilling games I’ve listened to. I’ve rarely been nervous over a game and this was one of the few where my fingernails were chewed off and there is a nice dent in my floor from pacing. Hopefully today’s game will be just as exciting if the BatCats haven’t said screw it, we lost the series anyways.
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