I’m on official assignment at Cliff Hagan Stadium for BluGrass Baseball and will keep an inning-by-inning updated of the game below:

Top of First Inning

• BGSU sophomore shortstop Jon Berti strikes out swinging.
• Senior second baseman Logan Meisley walks.
• Senior first baseman Dennis Vaughn fouls out to third base.
• Senior third baseman Derek Spencer grounds out third baseman Andy Burns to first baseman Gunner Glad.

Bottom of First Inning

• UK junior second baseman Chris Bisson flies out to to left field.
• Sophomore left fielder Chad Wright grounds out, shortstop to first base.
• Sophomore third baseman Andy Burns walks.
• Senior catcher Marcus Nidiffer walks, Burns to second.
• Senior first baseman Gunner Glad flies out to center field.

Top of the Second Inning

• Senior catcher Tyler Elkins grounds out shortstop Taylor Black to first baseman Gunner Glad.
• Senior right fielder Mark Galvin doubles to left-center field gap.
• Senior designated hitter Brandon McFarland flies out to left fielder Chad Wright.
• Sophomore left fielder Patrick Martin struck out swinging.

Bottom of the Second Inning

• Senior center fielder Keenan Wiley grounds out 4-3.
• Redshirt junior right fielder Neiko Johnson flies out to deep center where BGSU senior T. J. Blanton makes a Willie Mays-like catch.
• Redshirt sophomore designated hitter Navarro Hall, making his first career start, flies out to left field.

Top of the Third Inning

• Senior center fielder T. J. Blanton homers to left-center field.
• BGSU 1, UK 0
• Berti grounds out, second baseman Bisson to first baseman Glad.
• Meisler singles on a ground ball to right field.
• Vaughn hit by a pitch from Alex Meyer, Meisler to second base.
• Henderson visiting the mound after Meyer gives up one in the inning and has two more on base.
• Spencer flies out to right-fielder Neiko Johnson, Meisler tags up and moves to third.
• Meisler picked off third base to end the inning. Meyer faked to third, threw to first and had Vaughn in a pickle. Glad then threw home after Meisler broke and after a few relays, Burns tagges Meisler out.

Bottom of the Third Inning

• Junior shortstop Taylor Black reaches on a throwing error from BGSU shortstop Berti. Berti’s throw brought Vaughn off the bag at first and ricocheted into foul territory.
• Black picked off first base, 1-3.
• Second baseman Chris Bisson hit by a pitch from Smith. The umpire got a piece of that one as well and we’ve got a little delay while he recovers.
• Left fielder Chad Wright homers on a wind-aided shot off the left-center scoreboard. Bisson scores.
• BGSU 1, UK 2
• Third baseman Andy Burns walks.
• Catcher Marcus Nidiffer singles on a ground ball to left under the glove of BGSU third baseman Spencer. Burns to second.
• First baseman Gunner Glad walks, Nidiffer to second, Burns to third.
• Center fielder Keenan Wiley out on a sacrifice fly to left field. Burns tags and scores
• BGSU 1, UK 3
• Right fielder Neiko Johnson grounds out 4-3 to end the inning.

Top of the Fourth Inning

• Catcher Tyler Elkins flies out to center fielder Keenan Wiley. Wiley made the catch with his back to the wall. The ball is traveling well toward left field today.
• Right fielder Galvin strikes out swinging.
• Designated hitter McFarland reaches on a throwing error from catcher Marcus Nidiffer. McFarland moved to second with the throw bounced away from first baseman Gunner Glad.
• Martin strikes out swinging to end the inning.

Bottom of the Second Inning

• Designated hitter Navarro Hall singles on a ground ball up the middle.
• Black out on a sacrifice bunt, 3-4. Hall to second.
• All-American second baseman Chris Bisson homers to left-center. Hall scores
• BGSU 1, UK 5
• Wright grounds out, 6-3. The ball took a convenient BGSU bounce off the mound right toward the shortstop.
• Burns walks.
• Burns steals second base.
• Nidiffer hit by a pitch from Smith.
• BGSU pitching change: Sophomore righty Ross Gerdeman replaces Smith.
• Glad grounds out, 6-3.

Top of the Fifth Inning

• Blanton doubles off the left field wall.
• Blanton moves to third
• Berti strikes out swinging
• Meisler grounds out, third baseman Burns to first baseman Glad.
• Vaughn singles on a ground ball to right field, Blanton scores.
• BGSU 2, UK 5
• Vaughn moves to second on a wild pitch.
• Spencer grounds out, shortstop Black to first baseman Glad.

Bottom of the Fifth Inning

• Going to be honest, I checked out of the press box for a minute for some food and when I came back Keenan Wiley and Neiko Johnson were on third and second respectively.
• Navarro Hall struck out swmining.
• Taylor Black out on a sacrifice fly to center field, Wiley scores, Johnson to third.
• BGSU 2, UK 6
• Bisson out on a swinging bunt, 3-1.

Top of the Sixth Inning

• Elkins flies out to center.
• Galvin singles on a ground ball to left.
• McFarland strikes out looking.
• Galvin to second on a wild pitch.
• Martin singles on a ground ball to left, Galvin scores.
• UK pitching change: Redshirt junior Matt Little in for Meyer
• Blanton strikes out looking to end the inning.

Bottom of the Sixth Inning

• Wright flies out to center
• Andy Burns grounded out, 6-3.
• Nidiffer strikes out swinging.

Top of the Seventh Inning

• Berti reaches on an infield single to second base. Bisson almost made the play, but 1st base ump ruled Berti beat the throw to the bag.
• Meisler grounds into a double-play, 1-4-3. Little made a great play to grab the shot up the middle and start the twin killing.
• Vaughn grounds out, 5-3.

Bottom of the Seventh Inning

• Glad strikes out looking on a pitch just off the plate. Fans didn’t like the call.
• Wiley grounds out, 3-unassisted.
• Johnson strikes out looking.

Top of the Eighth Inning

• Spencer singles on a line drive to right field.
• Elkins grounds into a double play, 5-4-3. UK doesn’t turn that without the catcher running, and Bisson may have been pulled off second by Burns’ throw anyway. Cats will take the two outs nonetheless.
• Galvin walks.
• McFarland grounds out 6-3.

Bottom of the Eight Inning

• Hall strikes out.
• Black walks.
• Black steals second base.
• Bisson walks.
• Wright flies out to left field.
• Burns strikes out swining

Top of the ninth

• Borcherdt walks
• Blanton hit by a pitch from Matt Little
• Berti strikes out swinging.
• Meisler walks.
• Vaughn out on sac fly to left, Borcherdt scores.
• Spencer grounds out to 2nd.
• GAME OVER