No. 22 Kentucky Outlasts Miami University in Wild Affair

Kentucky drew 11 walks, took seven hit by pitch and found a way to do just enough to outlast a Miami University team with a strong offense, registering a 14-11 victory in front of 3,733 fans enjoying the 80 degree weather at Kentucky Proud Park.

Kentucky now is 22-6 overall and 5-4 in the Southeastern Conference.

Four different players drove in multiple runs, five had multiple hits and five drew a hit by pitch as the No. 22 Wildcats figured out a way to claim their 22^nd victory of the season. The Cats erased deficits of 3-1 and 10-7 along the way with three more innings of at least three runs scored, including a six-run fourth inning.

Hudson Brown, Carson Hansen and Will Marcy each drove in three runs, Ethan Hindle reached base in five plate appearances without logging a single official at bat, Jayce Tharnish swiped his 19^th base and Luke Lawrence extended his reached base streak to 33 games.

On the flip side, the UK pitching staff did not have its best outing but Nile Adcock was sensational in pitching the final 2.2 innings. He escaped a bases loaded situation in the seventh inning but striking out a pair of hitters on six total pitches after entering the game and earned his second win.

NOTES

• Kentucky is 22-6 on the season, 5-4 in SEC play.
  • UK is 140-68 since the beginning of 2023.
• UK Coach Nick Mingione is in his 10th season at the helm and now owns a 315-198 career record.
  • Mingione is the second-winningest coach in school history.
  • Mingione is 186-54 in non-conference games.
    • He is 165-25 vs. non-Power Four opponents.
  • UK is 126-49 in the month of March under Coach Mingione.
  • Mingione now is 8-0 vs. Miami.
  • Mingione is 21-5 vs. teams from the state of Ohio.
• The Cats drew 10+ walks for the third time in the past five games.
• UK was hit by seven pitches.
• The Cats scored three runs or more three times.
  • They now have scored at least three runs in an inning 32 times this season.
• IF Luke Lawrence has reached safely in 33 consecutive games.
• OF Jayce Tharnish went 2-for-4 with 3 R, RBI, BB, HBP, SB.
  • Tharnish now is 19-of-20 on the season in stolen bases.
    • That ties for the 6^th most in the Mingione Era in a season.
  • IF Ethan Hindle had five plate appearances without an official at bat.
    • Hindle went 0-for-0 with three walks, two HBP, three runs, an RBI and a steal.
  • IF Hudson Brown went 2-for-3 with a run, 3 RBI, 2B, HBP, BB, SF.
    • He has 12 multi-hit games this season.
  • OF Will Marcy went 1-for-4 with 3 RBI, 2B and BB.
    • It was his second extra base hit in two injury-riddled years with the Cats.
    • It’s a career high in RBI.
  • OF Carson Hansen had a two-run HR and RBI single.
  • RHP Nile Adcock got the win.
    • He allowed one run in 2.2 innings.
    • He entered in the seventh inning with the bases loaded and struck out two batters on six pitches to end the threat.

ON DECK

UK hosts Missouri this weekend beginning Friday night at 6:30 p.m. ET. The game is on SECN+ and the contest can be heard on UK Sports Network.