Bat Cats on the ropes entering final month of conference play

Life on the brink.
That is what UK baseball faces as it enters the homestretch of the regular season.
Look one way, and the golden promise of the Southeastern Conference tournament waits, where anything can happen. Look the other, and it’s a dull and bleak offseason, where nothing will happen.
UK (24-20, 7-14 SEC) sits in tenth place
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UK baseball falls 10-9 to Louisville in walk-off fashion

It looked like Louisville had won the game. Then it looked like UK had won the game. Then, finally, Louisville did win the game. The scoreboard even said so.
UK saw a three-run lead in the ninth inning crumble as Louisville scored four runs in the bottom of the ninth to send the Cats (23-18) walking
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Songs keep baseball in tune to win

They are the soundtrack to singles and strikeouts, foul tips and fly outs, bunts and bloopers, grand entrances and grand slams.

They are the walk-up songs, accompanying each batter as he strolls toward the batter’s box and each pitcher as he jogs toward the mound to fight for any one of the aforementioned results. Each individual
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UK’s balanced offense exciting, entertaining, possibly effective

Plenty of arguments exist as to whether or not baseball is an exciting sport. Ultimately, it’s a very personal decision based on a multitude of factors.
UK’s brand of baseball seems to favor the side of being an exciting brand to watch.
The Cats’ offense is diverse in their approach. They hit the long ball (ranking third
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Bat Cats trying to forget about blowout loss

Sometimes there’s just nothing you can do. The runs just keep coming, and coming, and coming, and coming, and there’s no stopping it.
That was the case on Tuesday for the UK baseball team (22-15, 5-10 Southeastern Confernce), which lost 24-8 Western Kentucky.
There’s some pretty outlandish facts buried in that game. WKU scored 16 runs on
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Cleats to fill: UK must replace starting pitcher

UK has already lost one starting pitcher this year. Now, temporarily at least, another pitcher is unavailable to take the mound.
Sophomore Alex Meyer was diagnosed with mononucleosis and is out for three to four weeks, UK head coach Gary Henderson announced last Wednesday.
“I feel really bad for Alex,” Henderson said in a news release. “He
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UK defeats Florida behind Wijas’ Sunday performance

For the first time in the last four conference series, UK left the weekend a winner behind an unexpected but effective arm.
After having lost leads in the previous three Sunday Southeastern Conference games, UK (22-14, 5-10 SEC) grabbed a 6-5 win against No. 7 Florida (25-10, 10-5 SEC) on Sunday.
“We like winning
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Shortstop finds defense with bat

When Taylor Black put on the UK uniform, he felt he had to prove he was worthy of the jersey.
Black was by no means the only player with that feeling. A junior college transfer and this year’s only position player who wasn’t a returning starter or key player, it’s no surprise he felt the pressure
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Cats drop nine-run lead to ‘Bama

UK found its rosy picture smeared by a black stain from a Sunday collapse.
After three straight wins against top-25 opponents, the Cats looked poised to put the finishing touches on their week with a sweep against No. 19 Alabama.
But UK (21-12, 4-8 Southeastern Conference) saw a nine-run lead erode under the tides of Alabama’s late-inning
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Behind the mask, behind the scene

Before entering the game, before jogging out in response to a coach’s outstretched arm beckoning the pitcher to the mound, before hearing his name broadcast over the PA system, before stepping onto the rubber to stare down the batter, before all that, a UK pitcher has to warm up in the bullpen.
And that pitcher warms
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