No. 20 LSU baseball vs. Kentucky in SEC Tournament rematch: Live score updates
No. 20 LSU baseball will look to continue its SEC Tournament run, as it faces Kentucky in a fourth-round elimination game on Saturday afternoon (SEC Network).
The fourth-seeded Tigers (38-19) will face the 12th-seeded Wildcats (32-25) in a rematch of Thursday night's second-round contest that LSU won 11-6. The winner of this matchup will face Tennessee in the semifinals later on Saturday.
LSU finds itself in the losers bracket following its third-round loss to top-seeded Tennessee on Friday night, 5-2. The Volunteers jumped out to a 2-0 first inning lead and led for the rest of the way, holding the Tigers' vaunted offense to just six hits.
Kentucky reached the fourth round after eliminating eighth-seeded Vanderbilt on Friday afternoon, 10-2. Leading 5-2 heading into the bottom of the seventh inning, the Wildcats scored five runs in the frame to pull away from the Commodores. SHortstop Ryan Ritter led the way with three hits and three RBIs.
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Koki Riley covers LSU sports for The Daily Advertiser and the USA TODAY Sports South Region. Email him at kriley@theadvertiser.com and follow him on Twitter at @KokiRiley.
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