SCHEDULE/RESULTS AT THE BALLPARK FEBRUARY KENTUCKY AT TCU 14 at TCU 7:30 p.m. FEBRUARY 14-16 • 7:30 PM ET / 3 PM / 1:30 PM 15 at TCU 3 p.m. 16 at TCU 1:30 p.m. LUPTON STADIUM • FORT WORTH, TEXAS 18 SOUTHEAST MISSOURI 4 p.m. 21 APPALACHIAN STATE 4 p.m. 22 APPALACHIAN STATE 1 p.m. KENTUCKY WILDCATS TCU HORNED FROGS 23 APPALACHIAN STATE 1 p.m. 2019 RECORD: 26-29 (7-23 SEC) 2019 RECORD: 34-28 (11-13 BIG 12) 25 TENNESSEE TECH 4 p.m. 26 EASTERN KENTUCKY 4 p.m. COACH: NICK MINGIONE (EMBRY-RIDDLE, 2000) COACH: JIM SCHLOSSNAGLE (ELON, 1992) 28 UNC WILMINGTON 4 p.m. OVERALL RECORD: 103-74 (.582) - 4TH YEAR OVERALL RECORD: 759-370 (.672) - 19TH YEAR 29 UNC WILMINGTON 1 p.m. AT UK: SAME AT TCU: 682-323 (.679) - 16TH YEAR MARCH 1 UNC WILMINGTON 1 p.m. DATE/TIME: FRI., FEB. 14 (7:30 PM ET); SAT., FEB. 15 (3 PM); SUN., FEB. 16 (1:30 PM) 3 CINCINNATI 4 p.m. LOCATION (FACILITY): FORT WORTH, TEXAS (LUPTON STADIUM & WILLIAMS-REILLY FIELD) 4 MURRAY STATE 4 p.m. 6 BRADLEY 4 p.m. ALL-TIME SERIES: FIRST MEETING 7 BRADLEY 1 p.m. LAST MEETING: FIRST MEETING 8 BRADLEY 1 p.m. RADIO: UK SPORTS NETWORK; UKATHLETICS.COM (DICK GABRIEL) 10 WESTERN KENTUCKY 4 p.m. 13 at Vanderbilt* 7:30 p.m. TV/ONLINE: HFTV (FREE LIVE STREAM ON GOFROGS.COM) 14 at Vanderbilt* 3 p.m. 15 at Vanderbilt* 2 p.m. 17 at Indiana 6:05 p.m. PROBABLE STARTING LINEUP 20 FLORIDA* 6:30 p.m. 21 FLORIDA* 2 p.m. AVG R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SB 22 FLORIDA* 1 p.m. C - COLTYN KESSLER (JR.) .297 28 49 12 1 5 29 17 0/1 24 MOREHEAD STATE 6:30 p.m. 27 at Mississippi State* 7:30 p.m. 1B - T.J. COLLETT (SR.) .259 26 44 8 1 10 40 15 1/3 28 at Mississippi State* 3 p.m. 2B - ELLIOTT CURTIS (SR.) .296 20 29 6 0 2 17 9 4/7 29 at Mississippi State* 2 p.m. SS - AUSTIN SCHULTZ (SO.) .265 25 36 7 0 2 8 27 10/13 3B - JOHN RHODES (FR.) - - - - - - - - - APRIL 1 XAVIER 6:30 p.m. CF - JAREN SHELBY (SR.) .273 22 44 10 0 6 35 23 13/16 3 ALABAMA* 6:30 p.m. LF - CAM HILL (SO.) .248 19 31 10 0 1 14 9 10/11 4 ALABAMA* Noon RF - BREYDON DANIEL (SR.) .238 32 38 6 1 7 20 23 17/22 5 ALABAMA* 1 p.m. DH - ORAJ ANU (JR.) - - - - - - - - - 7 LOUISVILLE 7 p.m. 9 LSU* 6:30 p.m. 10 LSU* 6:30 p.m. KENTUCKY OPENS 2020 SEASON WITH TRIP TO TCU 11 LSU* 2 p.m. 14 UT MARTIN 6:30 p.m. • Coach Nick Mingione has 103 career victories, the most for a UK coach in his first three years. 16 at Auburn* 7 p.m. • The Cats are 63-20 in non-conference play under Mingione. 17 at Auburn* 9 p.m. • This is the fourth straight season UK has played in Texas. The Cats are 6-3 in those games. 18 at Auburn* 3 p.m. 21 at Louisville 7 p.m. • The Cats are riding a 119-game streak without being shutout and have scored in 195 of the last 196 23 MISSOURI* 7:30 p.m. games (the lone shutout was a seven-inning game) dating to April 2016. The current streak is the sec- 24 MISSOURI* 6:30 p.m. ond-longest in UK history (see page seven for list) and fourth-longest active streak in Division I-A. 25 MISSOURI* Noon • UK’s 2020 schedule is once again exceedingly difficult. The Cats play 31 games against teams that made the 2019 NCAA Tournament and 20 against teams in the preseason top 11. MAY • Sophomore INF Austin Schultz posted a 27-game reached base streak last season, just the eighth time 1 at Tennessee* 6:30 p.m. 2 at Tennessee* 6 p.m. a UK player has had streak of at least 25 games since the start of 2012. He has reached in 40 of the 3 at Tennessee* 2 p.m. past 42 games he’s played and 13 straight. 5 WRIGHT STATE 6:30 p.m. • Junior C/INF Coltyn Kessler has at least one RBI in 10 of his last 12 games and currently has a 8 SOUTH CAROLINA* 6:30 p.m. 19-game reached base safely streak vs. non-conference opponents. 9 SOUTH CAROLINA* 2 p.m. • Senior 1B/DH T.J. Collett - a Coaches Preseason All-SEC honoree - is coming off a summer where he 10 SOUTH CAROLINA* Noon won the home run title in the famed Cape Cod League. He has seen 40 percent of his career hits go for 12 NORTHERN KENTUCKY 6:30 p.m. 14 at Georgia* 7 p.m. extra-bases, including 21 home runs. 15 at Georgia* 7 p.m. • Collett could become the first UK player in nearly 40 years to hit at least 10 home runs in three straight 16 at Georgia* Noon seasons if he reaches that mark in 2020. Jeff Shartzer accomplished that feat from 1979-81. 19-24 SEC Tournament TBD • The Cats return eight players who had at least 94 at bats and 24 starts in 2019. • The 2019 recruiting class was ranked No. 17 nationally and saw three MLB draftees opt to attend All times EST; *SEC game school, including two-time JUCO All-American and two-time draftee Oraj Anu. +Baseball America; ~D1Baseball; %Coaches Poll; !Perfect Game 2020 KENTUCKY GAME NOTES • WILDCAT BASEBALL • #WEAREUK 1 2020 ROSTER NUMERICAL ROSTER ALPHABETICAL No. Name Pos. B/T Ht. Wt. Cl. Hometown/Previous School 28 Oraj Anu OF 1 John Rhodes IF/OF R/R 6-0 200 FR Soddy Daisy, Tenn./Chattanooga Christian HS 6 Jaden Brown IF 2 Austin Schultz IF R/R 5-9 190 SO Adams, Neb./Norris HS 36 Ron Cole RHP 3 Ben Jordan RHP L/R 6-9 250 R-SO Olive Hill, Ky./West Carter HS 34 Carson Coleman RHP 4 Zeke Lewis IF S/R 5-9 165 R-SR Atlanta, Ga./Mays HS 5 T.J. Collett 1B 5 T.J. Collett 1B L/R 6-1 220 SR Terre Haute, Ind./Terre Haute North Vigo HS 20 Braxton Cottongame LHP 6 Jaden Brown IF R/R 6-1 190 FR Mississauga, Ontario, Canada/St. Marcellinus S.S. 42 Elliott Curtis IF 7 Drew Grace IF R/R 6-0 185 FR Orwigsburg, Pa./Blue Mountain HS 9 Breydon Daniel IF/OF 8 Tanner Holen C R/R 6-0 190 SR Manhattan, Kan./Iowa Western CC 35 Cole Daniels LHP 9 Breydon Daniel IF/OF S/R 6-1 210 SR Bixby, Okla./Seminole State College 31 Alex Degen RHP 10 Matt Golda IF R/R 6-0 190 JR Acushnet, Mass./Western Oklahoma State 12 Chase Estep IF 11 Trip Lockhart RHP R/R 6-3 190 JR Lexington, Ky./Lexington Catholic HS 16 Will Gambino RHP 12 Chase Estep IF L/R 6-0 190 FR Corbin, Ky./Corbin HS 10 Matt Golda IF 13 Brendan Hord C R/R 5-10 210 R-FR Lexington, Ky./Paul Dunbar HS 7 Drew Grace IF 16 Will Gambino RHP R/R 6-2 215 R-FR Westmont, N.J./Paul VI Catholic HS 33 Trae Harmon 1B/DH 20 Braxton Cottongame LHP L/L 6-3 205 SO Hazard, Ky./Perry County Central HS 54 Daniel Harper RHP 22 Dillon Marsh LHP L/L 6-1 220 SO Elizabethtown, Pa./Lancaster Catholic HS 50 Mason Hazelwood LHP 25 Coltyn Kessler C/IF L/R 6-2 220 JR High Ridge, Mo./Rockwood Summit HS 37 Cam Hill OF 28 Oraj Anu OF S/R 6-1 235 JR Orlando, Fla./Wallace-Dothan CC 8 Tanner Holen C 30 Jaren Shelby OF R/R 5-11 200 SR Lexington, Ky./State College of Florida 13 Brendan Hord C 31 Alex Degen RHP R/R 6-8 200 SO Readington Township, N.J./Hunterdon Central HS 3 Ben Jordan RHP 33 Trae Harmon 1B/OF R/R 6-4 245 SO Somerset, Ky./Somerset HS 25 Coltyn Kessler C/IF 34 Carson Coleman RHP R/R 6-2 190 R-JR Lexington, Ky./Lexington Catholic HS 48 Zack Lee RHP 35 Cole Daniels LHP L/L 6-1 240 SO Ann Arbor, Mich./Saline HS 4 Zeke Lewis IF 36 Ron Cole RHP R/R 6-2 200 FR Neptune City, N.J./Neptune HS 11 Trip Lockhart RHP 37 Cam Hill OF L/R 5-10 185 R-SO Georgetown, Ky./Scott County HS 41 Alex Margot LHP 38 Jimmy Ramsey RHP L/R 6-9 250 JR Tonka Bay, Minn./Minnetonka HS 22 Dillon Marsh LHP 39 Hunter Rigsby RHP R/R 6-4 220 SO Mount Vernon, Ky./Rockcastle County HS 44 Jared Payne C 41 Alex Margot LHP L/L 6-4 200 FR Collingswood, N.J./Collingswood HS 38 Jimmy Ramsey RHP 42 Elliott Curtis IF L/R 6-0 205 SR Waterloo, Ontario, Canada/Columbia State CC 1 John Rhodes IF/OF 44 Jared Payne C R/R 6-0 195 FR New Cumberland, Pa./Red Land HS 39 Hunter Rigsby RHP 46 Sam Wibbels RHP R/R 6-1 205 FR Hastings, Neb./Hastings Senior HS 2 Austin Schultz IF 48 Zack Lee RHP R/R 6-4 200 FR Effingham, Ill./Effingham HS 30 Jaren Shelby OF 49 Cole Stupp RHP R/R 6-4 195 FR Milton, Ga./Milton HS 49 Cole Stupp RHP 50 Mason Hazelwood LHP L/L 6-5 205 JR Salvisa, Ky./Mercer County HS 46 Sam Wibbels RHP 54 Daniel Harper RHP R/R 6-4 225 JR Fairway, Kan./Bishop Miege HS COACHING STAFF PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Head Coach: .................Nick Mingione (Embry-Riddle, 2000) Oraj Anu........................O-raj Uh-new Career Record (all at Kentucky): .....