Scrimmage observations (10/17): Tharnish homers early, pitching takes over late

The Kentucky baseball team is entering the home stretch of fall practice. Friday night's open scrimmage at Kentucky Proud Park featured a good gathering of fans and former players. It's homecoming week at Kentucky, and many baseball alumni were at the ballpark on Friday night.

An inning-by-inning breakdown was posted last night and can be viewed below. This story will take a little deeper dive into some of the individual performances from the night.

UK baseball intrasquad notes

The Kentucky baseball team scrimmaged on Friday night in front of fans and baseball alumni.

Bat Cats CentralDerek Terry

Blue team

1. SS Caeden Cloud – 1-3
2. C/EH Alex Duffey – 2-3
3. 1B/C Owen Jenkins – 1-3
4. RF/1B Ryan Schwartz – 0-3
5. 3B Ethan Hindle – 0-3
6. CF Scott Campbell – 1-3
7. LF Ryan Foscolo – 0-2; RBI
8. 2B Michael Gardner – 0-2; BB

Pitchers

• RHP Nate Harris: 2.1 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 4 BB, 2 Ks, HR
• LHP Will Coleman: 2.1 IP, H, BB, K
• RHP Jack Bennett: 2 IP, H, 2 Ks

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Black team

1. 1B Hudson Brown – 0-3; BB
2. RF Carson Hansen – 2-3; two RBI, double
3. CF Jayce Tharnish – 1-4; HR, two RBI
4. SS Tyler Bell – 1-3; BB
5. 3B Tyler Cerny – 1-4; double, run
6. C Tagger Tyson – 0-3
7. EH Luke Lawrence – 0-2
8. LF Braxton Van Cleave – 0-2

Pitchers

• RHP Burkley Bounds: 3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, ER, 5 Ks
• RHP Connor Mattison: 3 IP, H, BB, 5 Ks
• RHP Ryan Mullan: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, BB, K

Observations