Wilson now has a team-high nine homers this season and five in the last five games. UK starter Scott Wade made the early run support stand up as he pitched a solid five innings to earn his fourth victory of the season. Left fielder Aaron McGlone was the fourth Wildcat to go deep in the game as his opposite field blast in the eighth gave UK its biggest lead of the game at 13-3. The Wildcats enter their SEC home-opening series against No. 17 Mississippi State this weekend on a power surge connecting for nine home runs by six different players in the last two ball games. The defending SEC Home Run Champion, John Wilson, has three of those long balls.
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With 18 victories, UK enters the series with its best record after 20 games in coach Keith Madison's 22-year career at Kentucky. The MSU Bulldogs are streaking as well, winning their last six games heading into Wednesday's home game with Tennessee-Martin. The Cats and Bulldogs can expect a hard-fought series with both teams having similar early season success this year and doing so with solid pitching, timely hitting and fundamentally sound defense. Both teams had lengthy winning streaks to start the season 15 games for UK, nine games for MSU while each team matches up favorably with the other in the SEC pitching, hitting and defensive standings. For all games played entering this week, MSU is 9th in the SEC with a .312 team batting average, while UK's .308 is 10th, UK's 2.88 ERA is 2nd while MSU is 3rd at 2.94 and MSU is tied for 2nd in the SEC with a .969 fielding percentage with the Cats 3rd at .968.