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COMEBACK CATS: UK baseball overcomes deficit, defeats Morehead State in home opener

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Kentucky Baseball (4-0) defeated the Morehead State Eagles (2-2) in comeback fashion by a score of 9-5 in its home opener.

Freshman Drew Lafferty started the game for the Cats and stuck out the first batter he faced.

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Neither team was able to score runs in the first two innings, with Hayden Smith being the first pitcher out of the bullpen in the top of the third.

The deadlock was finally broken when Lopez made an errant throw to first, which allowed the MSU baserunner to advance to second before another throwing error allowed the batter to advance to second with a run coming in to score.