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Kentucky baseball vs. West Virginia live score, updates, highlights

Erik Bakich on Clemson baseball hosting an NCAA regional Clemson baseball is the No. 11 overall seed in the 2025 NCAA Tournament. Tigers coach Erik Bakich talks about hosting the regional and more. Kentucky baseball faces West Virginia in the NCAA Tournament’s Clemson Regional. Both teams enter the game on losing streaks, with UK having […]

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  • Kentucky baseball faces West Virginia in the NCAA Tournament’s Clemson Regional.
  • Both teams enter the game on losing streaks, with UK having lost four straight and WVU seven of its last nine.
  • First pitch is noon today at Doug Kingsmore Stadium in Clemson, South Carolina.

Kentucky baseball is part of the NCAA Tournament for the third time in as many years.

But the Wildcats are limping into the event, with no momentum to speak of. That’s because UK (29-24) and coach Nick Mingione have lost four straight games. Kentucky’s last win was May 13, when it topped Northern Kentucky, 6-1, at Kentucky Proud Park.

UK will try to turn it around today in its first game in the Clemson Regional.

Its opponent: West Virginia.

The Mountaineers are 41-14 overall, going 19-9 in Big 12 play.

But like Kentucky, WVU doesn’t have much success to speak of recently: The Mountaineers have dropped seven of their past nine outings entering today’s tilt.

Which team can pull itself out of a tailspin and advance in the winners bracket of the Clemson Regional?

The Courier Journal is bringing you live updates, scores and highlights from the game. Follow along.

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UK got a pair of runners on in the top of the ninth … but couldn’t bring either home.

It remains 3-all going into the bottom of the ninth.

West Virginia doesn’t reach base in the bottom of the eighth, going down in order.

It’s 3-3 heading into the ninth inning.

Yet another 1-2-3 inning for UK at the plate.

WVU does the same in the bottom of the inning as UK did at the top: three up, three down.

It’s Kentucky 3, West Virginia 3 after seven innings.

Another 1-2-3 inning for UK’s batsmen.

The score remains 3-3 between Kentucky and West Virginia.

It’s back to all square in Clemson, South Carolina: WVU second baseman Gavin Kelly doubled to start the inning, then scored on an RBI from Brodie Kresser.

It’s 3-all through six innings of the Clemson Regional game.

Nothing to speak of for UK in the top of the sixth: three batters led to three outs.

It’s a ballgame once more: UK committed two throwing errors in the inning, both helping WVU plate a pair of runs.

Third baseman Patrick Herrera committed the first error, as a throw to first sailed high on him.The second throwing error was far more significant: Second baseman Luke Lawrence’s throw to first wasn’t on target, allowing two Mountaineers to score.

Kentucky’s lead now is 3-2 after five frames.

The Wildcats threatened to score again after putting runners on the corners with two outs.

But WVU pitcher Griffin Kirn got Patrick Herrera to line out to right field to end the top of the fifth.

Three up, three down for UK starting pitcher Ben Cleaver in the bottom of the fourth.

The Wildcats lead the Mountaineers, 3-0.

Kentucky strikes first: a sky-high bunt from Kyuss Gargett pushed Ryan Schwartz across the plate in the top of the third.

Then, WVU had an even costlier mistake: A throwing error by shortstop Brodie Kresser allowed two runs to score and push UK’s lead to three after the top of the fourth.

WVU got two men on and had runners at the corners with two outs. But UK pitcher Ben Cleaver induced a groundout from West Virginia’s Jace Rinehart to escape the inning without permitting a run.

It’s a 1-2-3 inning for Kentucky at the plate in the top of the third.

Wildcats have just one hit through three innings.

Sam White singled down the right-field line to lead off the inning. And that was all she wrote for WVU, as Kentucky starter Ben Cleaver sat down the next three batters he faced.

No score through two frames in Clemson, South Carolina.

Kentucky reaches base via a hit by pitch for the second time in as many innings. But another runner is stranded as the Wildcats’ offense continues to try to find a rhythm.

West Virginia notched a hit but did nothing else in the bottom half of the frame.

No score through one inning of the opening game of the Clemson Regional.

Kentucky got the first two batters on. And eventually, it loaded the bases with one out.

But WVU got out of the jam via a double play.

Because of the nearly three-hour delay of today’s game, the Kentucky/West Virginia NCAA regional game no longer will be broadcast on television. Instead, the contest will stream live on ESPN+. First pitch is set for 2:45 p.m.

The matchup originally was slated to air on ESPNU and start at noon.

According to Kentucky baseball’s official account on X, the platform formerly known as Twitter, today’s NCAA regional game versus West Virginia will get underway at approximately 2:45 p.m.

The game originally was scheduled to begin at noon, but inclement weather delayed the start.

As of 1:30 p.m., today’s game between Kentucky and West Virginia is still in a weather delay. A start time has yet to be announced.

Read more here.

Kentucky is 29-24 in 2025, going 13-17 in SEC play during the regular season.

Click here to see the Wildcats’ full 2025 schedule.

The forecast for Clemson shows a high of 78 and a low of 54, according to AccuWeather.

“Times of clouds and sun” are expected this afternoon, per the AccuWeather website.

Today’s game between Kentucky and West Virginia is in a weather delay. A start time has yet to be announced.

Read more here.

Here is the latest college baseball schedule and NCAA Tournament bracket update.

Reach Kentucky men’s basketball and football reporter Ryan Black at rblack@gannett.com and follow him on X at @RyanABlack.





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