Posted on Fri, May. 09, 2008

College baseball: Kentucky at Tennessee

HERALD-LEADER STAFF REPORT

DAVID COYLE

Ryan Wilkes had eight RBI in UK's 21-3 win over Wright State Tuesday.

What: Three-game series

Where: Lindsey Nelson Stadium

When: 7 p.m. Friday; 1 p.m. Saturday; 2 p.m. Sunday

Radio: All games on WLAP-AM 630

Rankings: Tennessee unranked; UK No. 23 (Baseball America)

Series: Vols lead 154-130

Last season: Tennessee won series 2-1 last year at Cliff Hagan Stadium

Possible Lineups

Kentucky

DH: Bryan Rose (.305 avg, 21 R, 4 HR, 17 RBI); CF: Collin Cowgill (.368 avg, 64 R, 16 HR, 49 RBI); RF: Sawyer Carroll (.415 avg, 47 R, 12 HR, 65 RBI); 1B: Brian Spear (.280 avg, 44 R, 8 HR, 40 RBI); 2B: Ryan Wilkes (.385 avg, 37 R, 8 HR, 30 RBI); 3B: Chris McClendon (.331 avg, 23 R, 2 HR, 20 RBI); SS: Chris Wade (.322 avg, 28 R, 4 HR, 43 RBI); LF: Keenan Wiley (.352 avg, 42 R, 2 HR, 30 RBI); C: Marcus Nidiffer (.239 avg, 17 R, 5 HR, 17 RBI)

Tennessee

2B: Andy Simunic (.297, 47 R, 1 HR, 8 RBI); CF: Kentrail Davis (.346, 41 R, 12 HR, 43 RBI); LF: Shawn Griffin (.327, 26 RBI, 11 HR, 34 RBI); C: Yan Gomes (.335, 32 R, 5 HR, 34 RBI); RF: Josh Liles (.267, 17 R, 6 HR, 28 RBI); 1B: Jeff Lockwood (.300, 22 R, 6 HR, 28 RBI); 3B: Cody Brown (.283, 28 R, 6 HR, 33 RBI); DH: P.J. Polk (.296, 25 R, 4 HR, 18 RBI); SS: Cody Grisham (.286, 12 R, 1 HR, 4 RBI)

Probable starting pitchers

Friday: UK, LHP Chris Rusin (4-2, 2.91 ERA) vs. UT, LHP Nick Hernandez (1-4, 5.45 ERA)

Saturday: UK, LHP James Paxton (3-2, 3.22 ERA) vs. UT, LHP Bryan Morgado (5-3, 3.88 ERA)

Sunday: UK, RHP Greg Dombrowski (5-0, 3.12 ERA) vs. UT, TBA

SERIES NOTES

• UK and Tennessee are tied for the eighth and final spot in the Southeastern Conference Tournament with six games left on the league schedule. After this weekend's series, UK will host Mississippi for three games while Tennessee will travel to South Carolina for three.

• The Volunteers enter this series on a season-high six-game losing streak, which includes losses to Belmont and Western Carolina.

• UK second baseman Ryan Wilkes hit home runs from both sides of the plate and drove in a career-high eight runs in UK's 21-3 win over Wright State on Tuesday.

SEC standings

Eastern Division

SEC All GB

Georgia 17-6-1 31-16-1 --

Vanderbilt 14-9 36-13 3

South Carolina 13-11 34-15 41/2

Florida 13-11 29-18 41/2

Kentucky 11-13 35-14 61/2

Tennessee 11-13 25-24 61/2

WESTERN DIVISION

Louisiana St. 12-11-1 32-16-1 --

Mississippi 12-12 31-19 1/2

Alabama 12-12 28-22 1/2

Arkansas 10-13 28-20 2

Auburn 10-14 26-23 21/2

Mississippi St. 7-17 20-29 51/2

This weekend's series