In front of a Kentucky baseball record of 5,292 fans, the Wildcats’ offense failed to show up.
Against a combined six Cardinal pitchers, the Bat ‘Cats mustered just four hits while leaving seven runners on base. After failing to build on Travis Smith’s gem of a start, Kentucky fell 7-0 to Louisville in the 114th edition of the Battle of the Bluegrass on Tuesday night at Kentucky Proud Park.
Smith pitched unquestionably his best outing of the season, racking up a season-high five innings and striking out a season-high eight batters. The Kentucky bullpen failed to build on this, however, giving up nine hits and six earned runs in four innings of relief.