Lexington: Cats Strike in First

By Chris Glasser - June 04, 2006

After getting the first two batters of the inning fairly easily, Ball State starter Ryan Degeeter got himself into trouble by giving up consecutive walks. Michael Bertram made him pay, knocking a single into center that scored one. John shelby followed that with an RBI single of his own, a liner that scraped off the top of shortstop Eric Earnhart's glove. That makes it 2-0 Kentucky as we enter the bottom of the first.

Possibly more importantly, though, Degeeter needed 32 pitches to get out of the inning.