2021 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

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2021 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
Kentucky Wildcats logo.svg
Conference Southeastern Conference
DivisionEastern Division
Record29-23 (12-18 SEC)
Head coach
Assistant coaches
  • Will Coggin
  • Dan Roszel
Home stadium Kentucky Proud Park
Seasons
  2020
2022  
2021 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
Conf.Overall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Eastern
No. 6 Tennessee  xy2010 .6675018 .735
No. 2 Vanderbilt  y1910 .6554918 .731
Florida  y1713 .5673822 .633
South Carolina  y1614 .5333423 .596
Georgia  1317 .4333125 .554
Kentucky  1218 .4002923 .558
Missouri  822 .2671536 .294
Western
No. 5 Arkansas  xy228 .7335013 .794
No. 1 Mississippi State  y2010 .6675018 .735
No. 13 Ole Miss  y1812 .6004522 .672
No. 18 LSU  y1317 .4333825 .603
Alabama  y1217 .4143226 .552
Auburn  1020 .3332527 .481
Texas A&M  921 .3002927 .518
x Division champion
Conference champion
Tournament champion
y Invited to the NCAA tournament
As of June 30, 2021 [1]
Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. Kentucky was competing in the Eastern Division of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). The Wildcats played their home games at Kentucky Proud Park.

Contents

Previous season

The Wildcats finished 11-6 overall, and 0–0 in the conference. The season was prematurely cut short due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Personnel

Roster

2021 Kentucky Wildcats roster [2]
 

Pitchers

  • 11 - Trip Lockhart - Senior
  • 16 - Cole Stupp - Sophomore
  • 20 - Braxton Cottongame - Junior
  • 21 - Wyatt Hudepohl - Freshman
  • 22 - Dillon Marsh - Junior
  • 24 - Ryan Hagenow - Freshman
  • 31 - Alex Degen - Junior
  • 34 - Sean Harney - Senior
  • 35 - Cole Daniels - Junior
  • 36 - Ron Cole - Sophomore
  • 38 - Jimmy Ramsey - Senior
  • 39 - Hunter Rigsby - Junior
  • 40 - Zach Kammin - Graduate Student
  • 41 - Evan Byers - Freshman
  • 45 - Holt Jones - Senior
  • 46 - Seth Logue - Freshman
  • 48 - Zack Lee - Sophomore
  • 49 - Austin Strickland - Freshman
  • 50 - Mason Hazelwood - Senior
  • 54 - Daniel Harper - Senior
  • 55 - Tyler Burchett - Redshirt.svg Sophomore
 

Catchers

  • 9 - Alonzo Rubalcaba - Junior
  • 13 - Brendan Hord - Sophomore
  • 25 - Coltyn Kessler - Senior
  • 44 - Devin Burkes - Freshman

Infielders

  • 4 - Zeke Lewis - Graduate Student
  • 5 - T.J. Collett - Graduate Student
  • 6 - Reuben Church - Freshman
  • 7 - Drew Grace - Sophomore
  • 10 - Jack Hicks - Freshman
  • 12 - Chase Estep - Sophomore
  • 26 - Jacob Plastiak - Junior
  • 33 - Trae Harmon - Junior
  • 47 - Ryan Ritter - Sophomore
 

Outfielders

  • 1 - John Rhodes - Sophomore
  • 23 - Houston King - Freshman
  • 28 - Oraj Anu - Senior
  • 30 - Jaren Shelby - Graduate Student
  • 37 - Cam Hill - Redshirt.svg Junior
  • 51 - Chase Bryan - Redshirt.svg Junior

Utility

  • 2 - Austin Schultz (INF/OF) - Junior
  • 8 - Kirk Liebert (OF/C) - Junior
  • 19 - Nolan McCarthy (INF/P) - Freshman
 

Coaching staff

2020 Kentucky Wildcats coaching staff [2]
NamePosition
Nick Mingione Head coach
Dan RoszelAssistant coach/Pitching
Will CogginAssistant coach/Recruiting Coordinator
Todd GuilliamsVolunteer Assistant Coach

Schedule and results

Legend
 Kentucky win
 Kentucky loss
 Postponement
BoldKentucky team member
2021 Kentucky Wildcats baseball game log
Regular season (18-4)
May (3-8)
DateOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordSEC record
May 1at Tennessee Lindsey Nelson Stadium 2-11 [43] Tidwell (5-2)Lee (4-4)Walsh (5)SECN+2,10126-1510-11
May 6 Florida Kentucky Proud Park 7-5HarperSECN27-1511-11
May 7FloridaKentucky Proud Park5-8SECN+27-1611-12
May 8FloridaKentucky Proud Park2-9SECN+27-1711-13
May 11 Morehead State CancelledKentucky Proud ParkSECN
May 14 South Carolina Kentucky Proud Park6-12SECN+27-1811-14
May 15South CarolinaKentucky Proud Park0-9SECN+27-1911-15
May 16South CarolinaKentucky Proud Park6-11SECN+27-2011-16
May 18 Tennessee Tech Kentucky Proud Park8-4SECN+28-20
May 20 Vanderbilt Hawkins Field 2-4SECN+28-2111-17
May 21VanderbiltHawkins Field2-8SECN+28-2211-18
May 22VanderbiltHawkins Field7-5SECN+29-2212-18
Postseason (0–1)
SEC Tournament
DateOpponentSeedSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveTVAttendanceOverall recordSECT Record
May 25Florida Hoover Metropolitan Stadium
Hoover, AL
1-4SECN29-230-1

† Indicates the game does not count toward the 2019 Southeastern Conference standings.
*Rankings are based on the team's current ranking in the D1Baseball poll.

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

Source: 2021 SEC baseball game results, 2021 SEC baseball schedule

TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW
ALA 12–171–22–1..1–21–20–33–00–3.1–23–00–2ALAW53–72–2
ARK 22–82–12–13–02–1.2–13–0.2–12–12–12–1.ARKW110–02–0
AUB 10–201–21–21–22–10–31–20–32–10–3..2–1.AUBW63–70–3
FLA 17–13.0–32–12–12–1..3–02–10–31–23–02–1FLAE37–32–2
UGA 13–17.1–21–21–22–1..2–11–21–21–21–22–1UGAE53–70–0
KEN 12–182–1.3–01–21–21–20–32–1.0–31–2.1–2KENE63–71–2
LSU 13–172–11–22–1..2–11–2.2–11–20–32–10–3LSUW45–50–2
MSU 20–103–00–33–0..3–02–11–22–12–1.3–01–2MSUW27–34–1
MIZZ 8–220–3.1–20–31–21–2.2–1.1–20–32–10–3MIZZE72–80–4
MISS 18–123–01–23–01–22–1.1–21–2.3–0.1–22–1MISSW35–53–0
SCAR 16–14.1–2.3–02–13–02–11–22–10–31–2.1–2SCARE45–52–1
TENN 20–102–11–2.2–12–12–13–0.3–0.2–12–11–2TENNE18–22–0
TAMU 9–210–31–21–20–32–1.1–20–31–22–1.1–2.TAMUW72–80–3
VAN 19–102–0..1–21–22–13–02–13–01–22–12–1.VANE27–32–0
TeamW–LALAARKAUBFLAUGAKENLSUMSUMIZZMISSSCARTENNTAMUVANTeamDivSRSW

Updated for entire regular season.

2021 MLB draft

PlayerPositionRoundOverallMLB Team
John RhodesOF376 Baltimore Orioles
Austin SchultzOF10285 Detroit Tigers
Holt Jones Jr.RHP14419 Miami Marlins

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