Cats Battle Back For Series-Opening Road Win at Missouri

COLUMBIA, Mo. – Ryan Shinn reached base five times and Breydon Daniel delivered a two-run game-winning double to give Kentucky a 4-2 road victory over Missouri at Taylor Stadium on Friday night. It marked the first Southeastern Conference road victory of the season for the Wildcats.
 
Despite falling behind 2-0 in the first inning the Cats (17-13, 2-8 SEC) chipped away, scoring a run in the fourth before Daniel’s double inside the third base bag in the sixth provided a lead that would hold. Jaren Shelby’s monster home run in the eighth gave the Cats an insurance run and the bullpen held the Tigers (20-11-1, 3-6-1) scoreless over the final eight innings.
 
Daniel Harper pitched a pair of scoreless innings to earn the win and Carson Coleman blew through the eighth before providing a bit of drama in the ninth to earn his second save of the season.
 
Shinn was all over the bases, hitting his 14^th double of the season, singling twice, walking twice and scoring a pair of runs. He and T.J. Collett started both rallies, with Collett racing home from first to score the go-ahead run on Daniel’s double.
 
The Cats will send National Pitcher of the Week Zack Thompson to the hill on Saturday afternoon looking to win the three-game series.
 
SCORING
Bottom 1st– Kameron Misner drew a two-out walk, stole second and scored on Peter Zimmermann’s single through the left side. Zimmermann stole second and scored on Chad McDaniel’s single to LF. Mizzou 2, UK 0.
 
Top 4^th – Ryan Shinn doubled to LCF and scored on T.J. Collett’s double to RF. Mizzou 2, UK 1.
 
Top 6^th – Shinn singled to CF and Collett reached when the 3B couldn’t handle a high pop up. Breydon Daniel doubled inside the 3B bag, scoring Shinn and Collett. UK 3, Mizzou 2.
 
Top 8^th – Jaren Shelby homered to LF. UK 4, Mizzou 2.
 
 
NOTES

• Kentucky has scored in 94 consecutive games and 170 of the past 171 dating to the 2016 season. The lone shutout came in a seven-inning game. The current streak now is tied for the third-longest in school history with ones from 1958-62 and 1993-95.

• Freshman IF Austin Schultz extended his reached base safely streak to 20 games with a single in the seventh inning.

  • Schultz recorded the fifth multi-hit game of his career.
• Senior OF Ryan Shinn was 3-for-3 with two runs, two walks and a double.
  • He reached base all five times he came to the plate.
  • He clubbed his 14^th double of the season and 21^st extra-base hit.
• Junior IF/RHP Grant Macciocchi made his first career start in the field, earning the nod at 3B.
  • Macciocchi picked up his first career hit with a single through the right side in the fifth inning.
  • He also stole his first base.

 
ON DECK
Kentucky goes for a series win on Saturday afternoon at 3 p.m. ET and airs on the SEC Network Plus. Audio coverage on UKathletics.com.