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Diamond Hawks Blank Kentucky, 8-0

Diamond Hawks Blank Kentucky, 8-0

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UNCW ends Kentucky scoring streak at 127 games

Tom Riordan

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Jac Croom and Cole Weiss both collected three hits as UNCW ran past Kentucky, 8-0, in the series opener on Friday at Kentucky Proud Park.

The Seahawks upped their record to 7-3 while the Wildcats had their five-game winning streak halted and dipped to 5-4. The win for UNCW was the first against a SEC member since 2004 when it knocked off Tennessee at the Kinston Regional.

UNCW starter Zarion Sharpe (2-0) earned the win with seven shutout innings. The lefthander scattered four hits and a pair of walks. Blake Deatherage closed out the shutout win, striking out two in two innings of work.

The shutout win halted Kentucky's scoring streak at 127 games, third longest active streak in the nation.

Croom and Weiss led the UNCW hit parade that also saw Matt Suggs finish with two hits. Croom knocked in three runs on the afternoon while Weiss homered and plated two runs. Suggs also homered as he and Weiss went back-to-back in the sixth inning.

UK's Jimmy Ramsey (1-2) took the loss, allowing three runs on nine hits over five innings.

Chase Estep led the Wildcat lineup with two hits.

Up next: The series continues Saturday with another 1 p.m. start at Kentucky proud Park.

Scoring:
T1: Weiss singles through the right side with none out to score Noah Bridges for a 1-0 lead … Croom adds RBI single to center for a 2-0 lead.
T4: Kip Brandenburg scores on a wild pitch for a 3-0 lead.
T5: Suggs and Weiss hit back-to-back homers to make it 5-0 Seahawks.
T9: Croom doubles down the left field line scoring two runs and make it 7-0 … Sac fly to right for Ron Evans pushes Croom across the plate, 8-0.

Inside the box score: Bridges, Weiss and Trevor Marsh all extended their hitting streaks to four games … Sharpe has not allowed a run over his last 14 innings and has allowed just four hits over that span … The Seahawks beat Tennessee (twice) and Georgia, both in the 2004 season … Evans has reached base in all 10 games to open his career … Randy Hood won his first video challenge of the season after Bridges was originally ruled out to lead off the game but later ruled safe.
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