The Kentucky Wildcats baseball team continued roll on Saturday, beating Lipscomb 16-1 in seven innings via the run rule. This gave the Wildcats the series win, with game three still coming tomorrow. The Cats dominated this game from start to finish, finishing Lipscomb off with a seven run sixth inning.
The Wildcats opened the game scoring in each of the first four innings. Star catcher Devin Burkes went one for two from the plate with a RBI, a run and two walks. Infielder Emilien Pitre was the biggest offensive player of the day, having gone three for four from the plate with two runs scored, two doubles, four RBIs, a stolen base and a walk.
On the other side of things, Dominic Niman had a dominant performance for the Wildcats. He pitched six innings, only allowing one run on four hits, walking one and striking out five. Niman, a graduate transfer, is now 3-0 on the season and has lowered his ERA to 2.81. The bullpen came in and pitched one scoreless inning, stretching their scoreless streak to 14 innings.
The Wildcats go for the sweep of Lipscomb on Sunday, March 3rd at 1 p.m. EST. The game will be available to watch on SECN+ and can be listened to the UK Sports Network on UKathletics.com and 98.5 FM.