Kentucky Baseball Opens SEC Play at No. 3 Arkansas
Kentucky puts its hot start to the test again when it faces a second top 10 opponent in three weekends, traveling to No. 3 Arkansas to open Southeastern Conference play. The Wildcats (14-4) took two of three from then-No. 8 TCU earlier this month.
This also marks the 11th time in 12 seasons UK has begun conference play away from the Bluegrass, with last season hosting Missouri the lone exception.
Chase Estep continues to rank amongst Division I’s top hitters with two more hits at Indiana on Tuesday night. Ryan Ritter also hit a leadoff home run for the third time in four games. The Cats are averaging 9.1 runs per game this season.
Action begins on Friday at 7:30 p.m. (6:30 Local) ET, followed by Saturday night and Sunday at 1 p.m. All three games will be streamed on SECN+ and the radio call will be on UKathletics.com and 98.5 FM locally.
WEEKEND DETAILS
Friday, March 18 t #3 Arkansas
7:30 p.m. ET; Baum-Walker Stadium (Fayetteville, Ark.)
TV: SECN+; Radio: UK Sports Network
Friday, March 19 at #3 Arkansas
7:30 p.m. ET; Baum-Walker Stadium (Fayetteville, Ark.)
TV: SECN+; Radio: UK Sports Network
Sunday, March 20 at #3 Arkansas
1 p.m. ET; Baum-Walker Stadium (Fayetteville, Ark.)
TV: SECN+; Radio: UK Sports Network
PROBABLE PITCHING MATCHUPS
FRIDAY W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER bb SO
UK – Cole Stupp (Jr., RHP) 2-0 7.71 4/4 16.1 28 14 14 6 25
ARK – Connor Noland (Sr., RHP) 2-1 3.52 4/4 23.0 21 9 9 6 31
saturday W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER bb SO
UK – Magdiel Cotto (So., LHP) 1-0 7.24 4/4 13.2 15 17 11 10 16
ARK – Hagen Smith (Fr., LHP) 3-1 2.66 4/4 20.1 17 6 6 9 25
SUNdAY W-L ERA G/GS IP H R ER bb SO
UK – TBA
ARK – Jaxon Wiggins (So., RHP) 2-0 4.35 4/4 20.2 11 10 10 12 21
