Challenging 2020 Schedule Awaits Kentucky Baseball
LEXINGTON, Ky. – Kentucky baseball again will face one of the most difficult schedules in the country in 2020 with 31 games slated against teams that made the 2019 NCAA Tournament, including 11 against College World Series participants, it was announced Monday.
Confirmed game times and television assignments will be announced at a later date. The full schedule can be found at UKathletics.com.
The Wildcats will open the 2020 season on the road against perennial power TCU before returning home on February 18 to open a 15-game homestand as part of a 36-game schedule at Kentucky Proud Park. The exciting home slate includes Southeastern Conference three-game series vs. Alabama, Florida, LSU, Missouri and South Carolina, as well as the annual game against Louisville and four total contests against Cincinnati and UNC Wilmington, which both made the NCAA Tournament last season.
The Cats hit the road for the eighth straight season to open SEC play, drawing defending national champion Vanderbilt in Nashville on March 13-15. They will return home to host Florida on March 20-22 before traveling to 2019 College World Series participant Mississippi State to close out March. The rest of league play consists of home series vs. Alabama (April 3-5), LSU (April 9-11), Missouri (April 23-25) and South Carolina (May 8-10) and road trips to Auburn (April 18-20), Tennessee (May 1-3) and Georgia (May 14-16) to close the season.
In a bit of a scheduling quirk the Cats will play three consecutive Thursday-Saturday series in conference play, including home ones with LSU and Missouri with a trip to Auburn in between.
Season tickets are on sale now and fans renewing season tickets from last year can visit UKathletics.com/renew. Renewing through My UK Account provides returning season ticket holders the option of a two-month payment plan option. The deadline to renew season tickets is October 29. Fans are also able to request upgrades to their season tickets by renewing and then requesting their seating preferences through their online invoice.
Fans purchasing new season tickets in Kentucky Proud Park can do so by visiting UKBaseballTix.com. Season tickets start at just $64 for terrace/berm seating. Dugout chairback and terrace/berm general admission areas will be available for purchase as new season tickets. Reserved season tickets were sold out last season with new ticket holders having the ability to request reserved seating preferences at the time of purchase, if it becomes available after the renewal process. Each general admission area is filled on a first-come, first-served basis.
The Dugout Chairback general admission seating costs $106 and consists of chairback seats located behind the first and third base dugouts in sections 101, 102, 110, and 111. Seating in the dugout chairback area is on a first-come, first-serve basis so fans with dugout chairback tickets can pick their seating location preference on game day. The Terrace/Berm general admission seating costs $64 and is located down the right and left field lines beyond the dugouts. The terraces are multi-tiered options with staircases and constructed with decorative stone brick pavers. The grass berms are in the left and right field corners where fans are welcome to bring in their blankets or towels to enjoy the game.
The Cats are entering the fourth season under head coach Nick Mingione and have won 103 games during his three-year tenure. The program has seen 24 players selected in the past two Major League Baseball drafts, including a school-record 13 in 2018, and a pair of first-round selections in Evan White (2017) and Zack Thompson (2019). The program also advanced to the Super Regional for the first time in school history in 2017 and opened $49 million Kentucky Proud Park last season.
The Diamond Club is the official booster program of Kentucky Baseball. Through Diamond Club Members’ financial contributions and community support, Kentucky Baseball will be able to continue to develop our student-athletes on and off the field. For more information on the Diamond Club email Cameron Langfels at Cam.Langfels@uky.edu or Larry Cash at Larry.Cash@uky.edu and visit https://bit.ly/300v1rt.
