Baseball Drops Game Two at No. 24 Kentucky to Set Up Sunday Rubber Match

Saturday, April 4

Lexington, Ky.

12 P.M.

Missouri

18-14, 2-9

Kentucky

23-7, 6-5

Missouri

Kentucky

Baseball Drops Game Two at No. 24 Kentucky to Set Up Sunday Rubber Match

4/4/2026 4:17:00 PM | Baseball

Box Score

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Mizzou baseball dropped game two of its three-game Southeastern Conference series to No. 24 Kentucky, 9-2, Saturday afternoon at Kentucky Proud Park as the Wildcats evened the series at one game apiece.

Kentucky (23-7, 6-5 SEC) jumped out to an early lead after plating a pair of runs in the first inning and added an unearned run in the second inning to make it a 3-0 advantage.

Lefty Brady Kehlenbrink made his eighth start of the season on the mound for the Tigers (18-14, 2-9 SEC) and ran into trouble in the third inning. After retiring two of the first three batters he faced, the Wildcats struck for a two-out RBI single off the bat of Tagger Tyson before loading the bases up for Scott Campbell Jr., who delivered the big blow of the inning with a grand slam, swelling the UK lead to eight.

Mizzou got on the board in the top of the fifth inning when catcher Mateo Serna drove in freshman Blaize Ward with a single through the right side. The Tigers got their second run of the inning when Donovan Jordan came home on an RBI fielder's choice put in play by Tyler Macon.

Freshman RHP Luke Sullivan entered in relief of Kehlenbrink and was steady, throwing up zeroes for three-plus innings before finally being tagged for an unearned run in the bottom of the eighth. The Wildcats pushed the run across with an RBI bunt single that scored the leadoff batter of the inning who had reached on a Mizzou error.

The Tigers were unable to string any offense together after the fifth, dropping the game 9-2 as the 24^th-ranked Wildcats evened the series and forced a Sunday rubber match to decide the series.

NOTEBOOK

Center fielder Kaden Peer went 2-for-4 at the plate with his sixth extra-base hit (2B) of the season. He also made a Sportscenter-worthy catch, jumping at the wall and taking away a two-run home run from Kentucky's Hudson Brown in the bottom of the fourth inning.
Peer extended his on-base streak to 20 games and notched his eighth multi-hit game of the season.
Freshman Blaize Ward went 1-for-2 and scored a run, extending his on-base streak to 13 games. He has now hit safely in 12 of his last 13 games.
Jase Woita extended his on-base streak to 27 games with a walk in the sixth inning – the longest by a Tiger this season.
Serna recorded his eighth multi-hit game of the season with a 2-for-3 day at the plate, slugging his third double of the campaign and knocking in a run.
Jordan finished the game 1-for-4 and scored a run.
Pierre Seals went 1-for-4 with his fifth double and eighth extra-base hit of the season.
Shortstop Kam Durnin had his seven-game hit streak and his 18-game on-base streak snapped with an 0-for-4 day.
Sullivan threw four innings of two-hit relief and gave up just one unearned run. He struck out two and walked one.
Kehlenbrink took the loss to go to 3-4 on the season.

The Tigers are back at Kentucky Proud Park on Sunday afternoon (12 p.m. CT / SEC Network) for the series rubber match with the No. 24 Wildcats. All Mizzou baseball games can also be streamed on the Varsity Network by Learfield, with longtime play-by-play announcer Tex Little on the call and Matt Michaels providing color.

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