2017 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

The 2017 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky during the 2017 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games at Cliff Hagan Stadium as a member of the Southeastern Conference. They were led by head coach Nick Mingione, who was in his first year at Kentucky. Following the conclusion of the regular season, the Wildcats were selected to host their second NCAA Regional, the first since 2006.[1] The Wildcats won their regional, and faced Louisville in the super regionals, losing 2 games to none.[2]

2017 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 10
CBNo. 9
2017 record43–23 (19–11 SEC)
Head coachNick Mingione (1st season)
Assistant coaches
  • Jim Belanger (1st season)
  • Roland Fanning (1st season)
  • Todd Guilliams (1st season)
Home stadiumCliff Hagan Stadium
2017 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L T PCT  W L T PCT
Eastern
No. 1 Florida  x‍†‍‍y 21–9–0 .700  52–19–0 .732
No. 10 Kentucky  ‍‍‍y 19–11–0 .633  43–23–0 .652
No. 15 Vanderbilt  ‍‍‍y 15–13–1 .534  36–25–1 .589
Missouri  ‍‍‍ 14–16–0 .467  36–23–0 .610
South Carolina  ‍‍‍ 13–17–0 .433  35–25–0 .583
Georgia  ‍‍‍ 11–19–0 .367  25–32–0 .439
Tennessee  ‍‍‍ 7–21–0 .250  27–25–0 .519
Western
No. 2 LSU  x‍†‍‡‍y 21–9–0 .700  52–20–0 .722
No. 22 Arkansas  ‍‍‍y 18–11–0 .621  45–19–0 .703
No. 13 Mississippi State ‍‍‍y 17–13–0 .567  40–27–0 .597
No. 8 Texas A&M  ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .533  41–23–0 .641
No. 29 Auburn  ‍‍‍y 16–14–0 .533  37–26–0 .587
Ole Miss  ‍‍‍ 14–16–0 .467  32–25–0 .561
Alabama  ‍‍‍ 5–24–1 .183  19–34–1 .361
x – Division champion
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

Roster
2017 Kentucky Wildcats roster[3]
 
Pitchers
  • 9 – Josh Smith – Sophomore
  • 12 – Alec Maley – Junior
  • 14 – Zack Thompson – Freshman
  • 21 – Justin Lewis – Sophomore
  • 22 – Austin Keen – Freshman
  • 24 – Brett Marshall – Freshman
  • 25 – Gunnar McNeill – Senior
  • 28 – Logan Salow – Senior
  • 30 – Sean Hjelle – Sophomore
  • 33 – Chris Machamer – Freshman
  • 34 – Carson Coleman – Freshman
  • 39 – Zach Logue – Junior
  • 42 – Brad Schaenzer – Junior
  • 44 – Colton Cleary – Senior
  • 52 – Zach Pop – Junior
  
Catchers
  • 5 – T.J. Collett – Freshman
  • 13 – Kole Cottam – Sophomore
  • 16 – Troy Squires – Junior
  • 50 – Marshall Gei – Sophomore
Infielders
  • 2 – Riley Mahan – Junior
  • 3 – Tyler Marshall – Junior
  • 4 – Zeke Lewis – Freshman
  • 7 – Connor Heady – Senior
  • 10 – Luke Becker – Junior
  • 20 – Joey Bellini – Freshman
  • 23 – Brayden Combs – Freshman
  • 26 – Luke Heyer – Junior
  
Outfielders
  • 6 – Tristan Pompey – Sophomore
  • 8 – Storm Wilson – Senior
  • 15 – Marcus Carson – Freshman
  • 19 – Evan White – Junior
  • 40 – Zach Reks – Senior
  

Schedule
Legend
 Kentucky win
 Kentucky loss
 Postponement
BoldKentucky team member
2017 Kentucky Wildcats Baseball Game Log
Regular Season
Postseason
NCAA Tournament Louisville Super Regional
Date Opponent Rank Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record Super Regional Record
June 9LouisvilleJim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KYL 2–5[68]McClure (8–3)Thompson (8–3)None6,23543–220–1
June 10LouisvilleJim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KYL 2–6 [69]McKay (10–3)Hjelle (11–4)Bordner (3)6,23743–230–2

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