LEXINGTON ? The Kentucky baseball team continues its seven-game home stand this weekend as it faces Vanderbilt in a three-game series at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
The Wildcats, 2-0 on the current home stand, wrap up their Southeastern Conference home schedule with the series, which begins Friday at 6:30 p.m. Game two follows Saturday at 2 p.m. while the series finale is set for Sunday at 1 p.m. All three games will be broadcast in Lexington with Friday?s game on WXRA 1530-AM and the final two on WLXO 96.1-FM. Each game can be heard online at www.UKathletics.com.
Giveaways will dominate the weekend as fans will have the opportunity to win all sorts of prizes, including floor seats to UK basketball games each day. Two floor seats to the UK-Louisville will be given away on both Friday and Sunday while floor-seats for the Wildcats game with defending national champion North Carolina will be awarded on Saturday.
Other items that fans can win include free airline tickets, Kentucky football helmets and baseball jerseys as well as rounds of golf at the University Club.
On the field, Kentucky (26-22, 6-17 SEC) is attempting to win its third straight series over the Commodores in Lexington. The Wildcats have won two straight overall and three of their last four, including a victory over No. 8 LSU in the past week.
Vanderbilt (30-17, 11-13), remains in the thick of the race for the final spots in the SEC Tournament. The Commodores are tied with Arkansas and Auburn for the eighth and final position in the draw.
Friday night, Kentucky will send right-hander Kalen Gibson (4-2, 5.15 ERA) to the mound to face right-hander Jensen Lewis (7-2, 2.53). Lefty Aaron Tennyson (6-1, 4.02), who is 5-0 in conference action, takes the hill for the Wildcats Saturday with fellow southpaw Andrew Albers (4-5, 4.50) getting the nod Sunday.
The Commodores counter with a pair of lefties in the final two games of the series. Junior Ryan Mullins (5-1, 3.49) will start Saturday with David Price (2-4, 2.55) going Sunday.
The series will feature the SEC?s top pitching staff in Vanderbilt against the league?s fourth-most prolific offense in Kentucky. The Commodores earned-run average stands at 3.39 while the Wildcats hit a robust .301 while crossing the plate better than seven times a contest.
Last year, the Kentucky dropped three games in Nashville to Vanderbilt, which leads the all-time series 131-119.
