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Kentucky vs. LSU Super Regional Schedule Announced

Game one between the Cats and Tigers is set for Saturday, June 10.

Hunter Shelton

Kentucky vs. LSU Super Regional Schedule Announced
Kentucky vs. LSU Super Regional Schedule Announced /

If Kentucky head coach Nick Mingione and the Wildcats are true to their word, then Monday night's Lexington Regional win over Indiana has indeed expired. 

"Tonight we'll celebrate," he said after the 4-2 victory. "But then I even had one of my players come up to me, tomorrow, 'Coach, after midnight this is over. I've got day-two lift tomorrow.' Austin Strickland's trying to get into the weight room. I'll figure out the schedule."

The Wildcats are on to only the second Super Regional in program history after winning three games in a row in front of Big Blue Nation at Kentucky Proud Park. The home games are now over, however. 

Kentucky, the No. 12 overall seed in the NCAA Tournament, will now be returning to a familiar ballpark: Alex Box Stadium, home of the No. 5 overall seed LSU Tigers, who breezed through the Baton Rouge Regional and will now host the Cats for supers. 

On Tuesday, the schedule for the eight Super Regionals this weekend was released. Game one between the SEC foes will begin at 3 p.m. EST on Saturday, June 10, airing on ESPN. The best-of-three series will continue with game two at a time to be determined on Sunday, June 11, then a third game, if necessary, on Monday, June 12, also TBD:

LSU is in the tourney for the 11th year in a row that there has been postseason baseball. Monday's win over Oregon State was the Tigers' 26th Regional championship, as they continue a run for what would be their 19th College World Series appearance. 

Kentucky traveled to The Box for a series with then-No. 1 LSU from April 13-15. The Wildcats lost two of three, winning the second game, then barely falling in the rubber match.

To say the least, it'll be a challenge for Mingione's team, but one they'll be up for.

"Great team, great program. I know their head coach well. We're good friends. He's one of the premier coaches in the country," Mingione said of LSU and head coach Jay Johnson.

"They're a good team. We're also a good team. Just compete. At the end of the day it's not about nothing else. The best team that wins," UK catcher and Regional MVP Devin Burkes said. "It's the team that plays the best, not the best team that wins. It's just compete, like I said, that's the biggest thing, compete and have fun."

The road to Omaha is taking Kentucky back to the Bayou. 

Game recap of Kentucky's Regional-clinching win can be found HERE.

Game recap of Kentucky's 4-0 win over Ball State can be found HERE.

Game recap of Indiana's 5-3 win over the Wildcats can be found HERE.

Game recap of Kentucky's 10-0 win over West Virginia can be found HERE.

Game recap of Kentucky's 16-6 win over Indiana can be found HERE.

  • For a complete preview of the action this weekend in Lexington, click HERE.
  • For some UK baseball postseason lore, click HERE.
  • Everything Kentucky head coach Nick Mingione said about the draw HERE.
  • More on Mingione HERE.
  • More on Kentucky's pitching staff heading into the postseason HERE.
  • Find out which Kentuckians are returning to their home state to play HERE.

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Hunter Shelton
HUNTER SHELTON

Hunter Shelton is a writer for Sports Illustrated-FanNation's Wildcats Today, covering football, basketball, baseball and more at the University of Kentucky. Hunter is a Lexington native and has been on the UK beat since 2021. 

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