The first two games of the weekend series in Knoxville followed an extremely similar script. In both games, the Volunteers built an 8-1 lead over the ‘Cats before Kentucky’s bats finally woke up late and made things a bit interesting. Once again on Saturday, however, Nick Mingione’s Wildcats were unable to dig themselves out of that hole, falling 10-7 and dropping the weekend series to Tennessee.
The ‘Cats made it a one-run game after back-to-back three-run innings in the sixth and seventh, but the Vols immediately responded with a two-run bottom of the seventh to extend the lead back to three.