Many in Big Blue Nation will be worried about what is going on with Mark Pope’s team in the first full weekend of March, but the college baseball season will be entering the end of non-conference play. Kentucky baseball was hit with a curveball last week when Mercer backed out of a scheduled series with Kentucky from March 6-8 at Kentucky Proud Park.
It did not take long for the Bat Cats to find a replacement. Bat Cats Central’s Derek Terry reported on Tuesday that The Citadel will replace Mercer on the schedule. UK has filled an opening the weekend before SEC play begins.