No. 11 Kentucky Evens Series Against No. 1 LSU, Defeat Tigers 13-10

Behind the strength of two 5-run innings, No. 11 Kentucky evened up the series Friday night with a 13-10 victory over top-ranked LSU inside Alex Box Stadium, Skip Bertman Field.

With the win, the Wildcats improved to 28-6 on the season and 10-4 in the league, while the Tigers dropped to 28-6 overall and 8-5 in SEC play.

The series finale of the LSU-Kentucky three-game set is scheduled for a 1 p.m. CT first pitch and can be streamed on SEC Network+. The matchup is available to listen to on the LSU Sports Radio Network affiliates.

Live Game Log From Friday Night:

Top First

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching

Gray: Fly out to center

Waldschmidt: Fly out to center

Pitre: Walk, stolen base

Gilliam: Hit by pitch

*Runners advance to second and third on throwing error by Milazzo*

Burkes: Fly out to center

Bottom First

Logan Martin (Kentucky) pitching

Morgan: Groundout to first base

Crews: Walk

White: Double to right center scores Crews from first

Beloso: Walk

Jones: Strikeout swinging

Jobert: Groundout

Score Update: LSU 1, Kentucky 0

Top Second

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching

Felker: Single up the middle, out stealing second

McCarthy: Walk

Stanke: Two-run home run to right field

Smith: Strikeout swinging

Gray: Single to centerfield

Waldschmidt: Single, bunt advances runner to second

Pitre: Flyout

Bottom Second

Logan Martin (Kentucky) pitching

Thompson: Single to left field

Nippolt: Walk

Milazzo: Sacrifice bunt advances runners to second and third

Morgan: RBI single scores both Thompson and Nippolt

*Pitching Change: Darren Williams enters the game for Kentucky

Crews: Walk

White: Grounded into double play

Score Update: LSU 3, Kentucky 2

Top Third

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching

Gilliam: Fouled out to first base

Burkes: Fly out to right field

Felker: Fly out to center

Bottom Third

Darren Williams (Kentucky) pitching

Beloso: Walk

Jones: Strikeout

Jobert: Hit by pitch

Thompson: Fouled out to first base

Nippolt: Groundout to third

Top Fourth

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching

McCarthy: Strikeout

Stanke: Fly out to center

Smith: Fly out to center

Bottom Fourth

Darren Williams (Kentucky) pitching

Milazzo: Strikeout

Morgan: Hit by pitch

Crews: RBI double scores Morgan from first base

White: Two-run home run

Beloso: Fly out to right field

Jones: Groundout to shortstop

Score Update: LSU 6, Kentucky 2

Top Fifth

Ty Floyd (LSU) pitching

Gray: Groundout to first base

Waldschmidt: Single to right field

Pitre: Reached first on fielders choice

Gilliam: Walk

Burkes: RBI single scores Pitre

*Pitching Change: Griffin Herring enters the game for LSU*

Felker: Reaches base on fielding error by Tommy White at 3B

McCarthy: Triples to right field to tie this game 6-6

Stanke: RBI single scores Felker (Kentucky 7, LSU 6)

Smith: Strikeout

Bottom Fifth

Darren Williams (Kentucky) pitching

Jobert: Single to right field, steals second base

Thompson: Strikeout swinging

*Pitching Change: Mason Moore enters the game for Kentucky*

Nippolt: Hit by pitch

Milazzo: Grounded into double play to end the inning

Score Update: Kentucky 7, LSU 6

Top Sixth

Griffin Herring (LSU) pitching

Gray: Groundout to second base

Waldschmidt: Fly out to centerfield

Pitre: Single to left field

Gilliam: Fly out to right field

Bottom Sixth

Mason Moore (Kentucky) pitching

Morgan: Groundout to shortstop

Crews: Walk

White: Grounded into double play to end the inning

Score Update: Kentucky 7, LSU 6

Top Seventh

Griffin Herring (LSU) pitching

Burkes: Hit by pitch

Felker: Reaches first on throwing error by Herring

McCarthy: Hit by pitch (loads the bases)

Stanke: RBI single to centerfield scores Burkes

Smith: Sacrifice fly scores another run for the Wildcats (Kentucky 9, LSU 6)

Gray: Single up the middle

Waldschmidt: Walk, run comes in

Pitre: RBI single to second base (Kentucky 11, LSU 6)

*Pitching Change: Blake Money enters the game for LSU*

Gilliam: Sacrifice fly scores a run and advances Waldschmidt to third

Burkes: Groundout to third base ends the inning

Bottom Seventh

Mason Moore (Kentucky) pitching

Beloso: Groundout to first base

Jones: Walk

Jobert: Double down the right field line, Jones advances to third

Thompson: Advances to first base on fielders choice, drives in Jones

Nippolt: Strikeout swinging

Score Update: Kentucky 12, LSU 7

Top Eighth

Blake Money (LSU) pitching

Felker: Groundout to second base

McCarthy: Strikeout swinging

Stanke: Walk

Smith: Fly out to left field

Bottom Eighth

Mason Moore (Kentucky) pitching

Josh Pearson (Pinch Hitting for Milazzo): Walk

*Pitching Change: Ryan Hagenow enters the game for Kentucky*

Morgan: Hit by pitch

Crews: Single (loads bases)

*Pitching Change: Ryder Giles enters the game for Kentucky*

White: Walk, Pearson scores (Kentucky 12, LSU 8)

Beloso: Strikeout swinging

Jones: RBI single to left field scores Crews and Morgan (Kentucky 12, LSU 10)

Jobert: Fielders choice advances the runners to second and third, Jobert out at first

Thompson: Strikeout

Score Update: Kentucky 12, LSU 10

Top Ninth

Blake Money (LSU) pitching

Gray: Single to right field

Waldschmidt: Sacrifice bunt advances Gray to second

Pitre: RBI single scores Gray (Kentucky 13, LSU 10)

Gilliam: Fly out to left field

Burkes: Fly out to left

Bottom Ninth

Ryder Giles (Kentucky) pitching

Travinski: Fly out to left field

Pearson: Walk

Morgan: Grounds into double play to end the inning

FINAL: Kentucky 13, LSU 10