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Junior’s 1st career HR, senior’s team-leading 11th can’t rescue UK baseball

Kentucky baseball lefthander Zack Thompson says other teams are underestimating this year’s Cats. And that’s just fine to him. By

The frustrations continue to mount for the University of Kentucky baseball team.

Ryan Shinn and Zeke Lewis provided a pair of feel-good moments, but that was far too little to overcome myriad mistakes as Tennessee put together a pair of big innings and routed UK, 8-2, on Saturday at Kentucky Proud Park to complete a three-game sweep.

The Wildcats were outscored by the Volunteers 28-5 during the series. Tennessee (30-11, 9-9 SEC) took Thursday’s opener, 4-2, then crushed the Cats 16-1 on Friday.