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Kentucky baseball’s Mitchell Daly walks off NC State at 2024 College World Series

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Kentucky baseball’s Mitchell Daly walks off NC State at 2024 College World Series

OMAHA, Neb. — For the first time in six games since the NCAA Tournament started, Kentucky baseball trailed. But the end result was the same: UK found a way to end on the right side of the scoreboard Saturday.

Kentucky, in its first-ever game at the College World Series, blew a 3-1 lead and trailed N.C. State, 4-3, entering the bottom of the ninth. Then leadoff batter Ryan Nicholson launched a solo home run to knot the game at 4-all. 

UK then went on to earn an extra-innings victory, escaping with a 5-4 win in 10 innings at Charles Schwab Stadium. Mitchell Daly matched Nicholson by hitting a solo homer in the bottom of the 10th.

The come-from-behind victory in extras kept the Wildcats’ six-game win streak intact. (UK hasn’t lost since May 24, when it fell to South Carolina in the SEC Tournament semifinals.

Kentucky (46-14) continues on in the winner’s bracket, with its next game set for 7 p.m. Monday, facing the winner of Saturday’s nightcap between SEC foes Florida and Texas A&M. The season is over for the loser of Monday afternoon’s matchup.

N.C. State (38-22) will take the diamond at 2 p.m. Monday in an elimination game, squaring off with the Florida/Texas A&M loser. The season is over for the loser of Monday afternoon’s matchup.

This story will be updated.

Reach Kentucky men’s basketball and football reporter Ryan Black at rblack@gannett.com and follow him on X at @RyanABlack.

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