The Kentucky softball team exploded for 22 runs in just 12 innings of play on Sunday afternoon, putting a clamp on the 2018 John Cropp Classic championship, winning it for the second year running. UK started the day with an 11-2 win over the Southeast Missouri State Redhawks, and capped the weekend with an 11-1 result over Ohio to sweep both teams.
UK’s offense, which continues to impress in the beginning stages of 2018, combined in the two games for 26 hits, five home runs, 21 runs batted in, four doubles and over nine players had two or more hits on the day. Continuing to show signs of improvement, UK had six different players with three RBI or more in the games, and nine different players score two or more times.
The Wildcats with Sunday’s wins have now won nine games in a row to up their season-high win streak and push their record to 14-3, a season-high nine games above the .500 mark.
Autumn Humes and Grace Baalman earned the wins in the circle Sunday, as UK’s young and developing pitching staff continued to show signs of growth and improvement.
(Courtesy UK Athletics)