After a unique weekend in which they went 2-1 in San Diego, the University of Kentucky baseball team finds itself jumping in the polls yet again. The Wildcats (9-1) are now ranked in every major poll:
- Baseball America- #22 (23 last week )
- Ping- #21 (17)
- Rivals- #19 (22)
- USA Today/ESPN- #22 (unranked)
In other news, a couple Wildcat arms garnered accolades for their efforts last week. Matt Little (5 innings, 11 strikeouts, two hits) was one of three Collegiate Baseball Newspaper National Players of the Week, and Logan Darnell was named SEC pitcher of the Week (complete-game shutout of #19 San Diego: 90 pitches, 70 strikes).
Kentucky stays home this week, hosting Evansville on Tuesday and Wednesday and IPFW over the weekend. Interesting to see how the Wildcats, a fairly common mascot, do against the Purple Aces and the Mastodons (respectively).
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