NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Belmont University baseball (0-4) hosts Kentucky (1-1) in a weekend series at E.S. Rose Park. The series marks the first home games for Belmont of the 2025 season. Fans can listen to the action live on Belmont Bruins Radio.
Weekend Schedule
Friday, Feb. 21 – 4 p.m.
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Probable Starters:
UK – RHP Nic McCay
BU – RHP
Will Pryor
Saturday, Feb. 22 – 1 p.m.
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Probable Starters:
UK – LHP Ben Cleaver
BU – RHP
Joe Ruzicka
Sunday, Feb. 23 – 1 p.m.
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Probable Starters:
UK – LHP Ethan Walker
BU – RHP
Jake Timbes
Quick Hits
- Pete Daniel leads the Bruins with a .421 batting average and eight hits. Daniel is tied for second on the team with four RBIs. IN the last game against Tennessee Tech, Daniel tied his career high of three hits.
- Ty Allen is second on the team with a .412 batting average and leads the team with five RBIs. Allen has recorded a hit in all four games with two multi-hit performances.
- Jonathon Van Ness leads the pitching staff with five strikeouts. The freshman has allowed one earned run in three innings of work.
Scouting Report: Kentucky Wildcats
- Cole Hage leads the team with five hits in two games. Hage was named NCBWA Second Team Preseason All-America and the No. 85 Preseason Outfielder by D1 Baseball.
- Devin Burkes was named First Team Preseason All-SEC. Robert Hogan was named Second Team Preseason All-SEC.
- Kentucky Head Coach Nick Mingione was named the 2024 National Coach of the Year for the second time in his eight-year tenure with the Wildcats. Mingione led the Wildcats to the Men's College World Series for the first time in program history.
Matchup History
- Belmont is 0-3 all-time against Kentucky.
- The first meeting between the teams was March 31, 1998, in Head Coach Dave Jarvis' first season as head coach and Belmont's first season as an NCAA Division I institution. The Wildcats won the game, 10-9.
- The last meeting was on Feb. 27, 2000. Kentucky won, 6-4.
- All three previous meetings have been decided by two or less runs.
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