Kentucky baseball (3-1) had to work “9 to 5” in Nashville to secure the series sweep over Belmont (0-7) in comeback fashion by a score of 9-5.

The Wildcats started from behind for the first time in the series after Ethan Walker gave up a home run in the first inning.

After a calm and scoreless second inning, the action picked up in the third when Carson Hansen led off with a home run to tie the game at 1-1.

The tie was short lived as Walker ran into immediate trouble in the third as he loaded the bases with no outs on two singles and walk.

Landon Godsey deposited a double into right field that scored two runs and gave the Bruins’ the lead.

Michael Lareau laid down a sacrifice bunt to bring home another run that made Belmont’s lead 4-1.

The Wildcats responded in the fourth as they loaded the bases with no outs on a Hansen single, an error by the Bruins and an intentional walk.

Raphael Pelletier doubled into right field to bring home Patrick Herrera. Hansen continued his hot start with Kentucky as he singled into right to bring home Tyler Bell and cut the deficit to 4-3.

Evan Byers and Scott Rouse came on in relief and each pitched scoreless innings in the fifth and sixth. This was just the “cup of ambition” the offense needed in this game.

It did just that as Cole Hage singled with the bases loaded to bring home Hansen and Will Marcy to give the Cats a 5-4 lead.

After Herrera singled to reload the bases, Bell and Dylan Koontz singled to bring home Saun Montoya and Hage.

The big inning was capped off with a double from Hudson Brown to score Bell and bring the score to 9-4

Rouse cruised through the seventh and eighth innings before running into some trouble trying to close it out in the ninth as the Bruins scratched another run, which led to the decisive 9-5 final score.

Overall, Kentucky finished with 9 runs on 11 hits, with Hansen leading the way with three hits followed by Bell, who had two hits.

Kentucky will return home from Music City for its home opener on Tuesday, Feb. 25, against Evansville with first pitch set for 4 p.m. ET.