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Kentucky baseball clinches opening series after defeating Elon 4-0

Kentucky baseball (2-1) wrapped up its first series on Sunday with a 4-0 win over Elon (1-2) in game three to clinch its series at Latham Park in Elon, North Carolina.

The win came after the Wildcats fell in game one 2-0 and bounced back in game two, winning 5-1 to force a winner-takes-all game three.

Kentucky jumped ahead to an early lead in the first inning after a forced walk by sophomore Ryan Waldschmidt was followed by a balk and a stolen base, putting Waldschmidt in scoring position at third base.

Waldschmidt was driven home shortly after by a one-out RBI single from sophomore infielder Emilien Pitre, the first of his career-high four hits on the night to give Kentucky an early 1-0 lead.