College baseball: Tennessee at Kentucky

What: Three-game series

Where: Cliff Hagan Stadium

When: 6:30 p.m. Friday; 4 p.m. Saturday; 1 p.m. Sunday

Radio: All games on WLAP-AM 630

TV: Saturday's game on FSN South

Rankings: Both teams unranked

Series: Volunteers lead 154-133

Last season: UK swept series 3-0 in Knoxville

Possible lineups

Kentucky

LF: Chad Wright (.338, 32 R, 3 HR, 15 RBI); DH: Andy Burns (.293, 28 R, 5 HR, 25 RBI); 2B: Chris Bisson (.365 avg, 40 R, 2 HR, 46 RBI); 1B: Gunner Glad (.300, 17 R, 7 HR, 30 RBI); SS: Chris Wade (.296, 35 R, 5 HR, 35 RBI); CF: Keenan Wiley (.256, 23 R, 3 HR, 15 RBI); 3B: Chris McClendon (.247, 13 R, 2 HR, 8 RBI); C: Marcus Nidiffer (.295, 22 R, 5 HR, 25 RBI); RF: Bryan Rose (.281, 11 R, 0 HR, 5 RBI)

Tennessee

RF: Jarred Frazier (.196, 14 R, 0 HR, 2 RBI); LF: P.J. Polk (.333, 26 R, 3 HR, 17 RBI); CF: Kentrail Davis (.298, 45 R, 7 HR, 26 RBI); C: Blake Forsythe (.321, 36 R, 12 HR, 36 RBI); 1B: Cody Hawn (.361, 34 R, 17 HR, 67 RBI); 3B: Tyler Horne (.282, 14 R, 6 HR, 16 RBI); SS: Zach Osborne (.287, 28 R, 2 HR, 18 RBI); DH: Cody Brown (.263 avg, 23 R, 4 HR, 15 RBI); 2B: Cody Grisham (.244, 18 R, 2 HR, 17 RBI)

Probable starting pitchers

Friday: UK, LHP James Paxton (4-2, 5.53 ERA); Tennessee, LHP Nick Hernandez (2-4, 5.26 ERA)

Saturday: UK, LHP Chris Rusin (5-3, 3.73 ERA); Tennessee, TBA

Sunday: UK, TBA; Tennessee, TBA

Series notes

■ The Cats have played Tennessee more than any other opponent, with 287 games between the two teams dating back to 1909.

■ The Vols rank 11th in the conference in both hitting (.293 batting average) and pitching (6.14 ERA). Tennessee is also tied with Mississippi State for the worst record in the league. The Vols trail UK by two games in the SEC East.

Herald-Leader Staff Report

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