How to Watch: No. 13 Alabama Baseball at No. 17 Kentucky

No. 13 Alabama baseball travels to Lexington, Ky., for a three-game series against the No. 17 Kentucky Wildcats.

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The No. 13 Alabama Crimson Tide baseball team is looking for its first SEC road win as the team travels to Lexington, Ky., to take on the No. 17 Kentucky Wildcats over the weekend. 

Both teams have shown significant improvement since last year. The Wildcats have proven to be a dominant force in the conference this year, winning all but one SEC game so far, are 13-2 at home, and are currently riding a five-game winning streak. The Crimson Tide has earned a couple of big series wins against No. 4 Tennessee and No. 22 South Carolina, but struggled in its road matchup against the Georgia Bulldogs and has yet to sweep a conference opponent. 

In the standings, Kentucky is sitting atop the SEC East, two games ahead of Vanderbilt and Florida, while Alabama is tied with Mississippi State at No. 3 in the SEC West, two games behind Texas A&M and four behind Arkansas. 

For Alabama, Ben Hess and Greg Farone will make their usual starts and Zane Adams will start on Sunday. Adams has primarily been used as the midweek starter, but got moved to the weekend rotation after Hagan Banks had season-ending elbow surgery. 

Kentucky will use its usual weekend starters for the series. Trey Pooser will start on Friday, Dominic Niman on Saturday, Mason Moore on Sunday. 

Here is all the information about the upcoming three-game series: 

Who: Alabama Crimson Tide (22-7, 4-5) and Kentucky Wildcats (24-4, 8-1).

When:
Friday, April 5 at 5:30 p.m. CT
Saturday, April 6 at 1 p.m. CT
Sunday, April 7 at 11 a.m. CT.

Where: Kentucky Proud Park

TV: SEC Network+ (Friday and Saturday), SEC Network (Sunday).

Radio: Crimson Tide Sports Network on Tide 100.9 FM. Roger Hoover will be on the call. 

Last Outing, Alabama: The Crimson Tide defeated the Samford Bulldogs 11-10 on Wednesday evening at Joe Lee Griffin Field in Homewood, Ala. The game was originally slated for Tuesday night, however due to inclement weather, was moved to Wednesday.

Last Outing, Kentucky: The Wildcats swept the Ole Miss Rebels over the weekend. The team had a midweek matchup scheduled against Louisville on Tuesday which was moved to Wednesday due to weather, but ended up being postponed. 

Last Meeting: The last time the two programs met was on May 23, Day 1 of the 2023 SEC Baseball Tournament in Hoover, Ala. The Crimson Tide shut out the Wildcats 4-0, eliminating Kentucky from the tournament.