RICHMOND, Ky. – The Eastern Kentucky University and University of Kentucky baseball teams will meet in a 2-game home-and-home series this week, starting Tuesday in Lexington.
 
The teams will meet in Richmond at Earle Combs Stadium on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m.  Tuesday's game will begin at 4 p.m. and air live on the SEC Network+.  Wednesday's contest will air on ESPN+. 
 
Wednesday will be $2 day at the ballpark.  Hot dogs, beer and soda are all just $2 each.
 
THE COLONELS
-  EKU (2-9) lost two of three to Western Illinois over the weekend.  The Colonels didn't allow more than five runs in any of the three games.
 
-  Newcomer Colby Ott made his first three starts of the season against Western Illinois.  He hit .400 with a .571 on-base percentage and a .700 slugging percentage.  Three of his four hits were doubles.


-  Conner Davis has a team-high .385 batting average.
 
-  Hamilton Martinez has made three relief appearances.  He has not allowed an earned run and has only allowed one hit in three innings.
 
- Junior left-hander Quinton Hall will start for the Colonels.  He is 0-2 this season in two starts.  He as struck out seven in five and one-third innings.  The starter for Wednesday's game has not been determined.
 
SCOUTING THE OPPONENT
-  Kentucky is 10-1 this season and has won six straight.  The Wildcats swept Lipscomb over the weekend, holding the Bisons to one run in two games and four in the other.
 
-  Second baseman Emilien Pitre is batting .349 this season with a team-best 12 RBIs and is second on the team with 12 runs scored.
 
-  Kentucky his batting .282 as a team.  Eight different Wildcats have one home run each.
 
-  Evan Byers, a 5-foot-11 left-hander, and Jackson Nove, a 6-foot-5 lefty, have combined for nine relief appearances and haven't allowed a run in 14 and two-thirds combined innings.  The duo have only allowed six hits and have struck out 17.

-  Redshirt freshman right-hander Drew Lafferty will make his third start of the season on Tuesday.  He is 0-0 with a 0.00 ERA through five innings.  He has not allowed a hit and has struck out two.  Wednesday's starter has not been determined.
 
INSIDE THE SERIES
-  Kentucky leads the all-time series 70-25-1.  The Wildcats have a 45-13 edge in contests played in Lexington and are 25-12-1 in Richmond.
 
-  The two teams split the last two meetings.  EKU won 6-3 on March 29, 2022.  UK earned a 9-3 victory on March 21, 2023.  Both games were in Lexington.