Sawyer Carroll’s five-RBI performance boosted the No. 16 Kentucky baseball team to a nine-run rally, soaring from a 6-0 deficit and notching a 9-6 win over the red-hot Marshall Thundering Herd – its 23rd non-conference win in the past 24 games - on Wednesday evening at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

After starting every game of his college career – a span of 98 consecutive games – Carroll was scratched from the starting lineup in order to take a final exam, in Italian. Carroll, a National Player of the Year award candidate, completed his final exam around 7 p.m. ET as Kentucky made it through the first 1 ½ innings. By 7:15 p.m., Carroll was standing in the batters box as a pinch hitter, finishing the night 1-for-3 with a career-high five RBI. On the year Carroll, who leads the Southeastern Conference with a .431 average, has totaled 63 RBI in just 45 games, good for a tie for fifth place all-time on the single-season UK record books. A year ago, Carroll finished with 56 RBI in UK’s 54 games.

Carroll was the run-producer in the game but UK got three-hit performances from shortstop Chris Wade and catcher Tyler Howe. Wade added two doubles, his team-best 16th and 17th two-baggers on the year, going 3-for-3 on the night with an RBI. Howe finished 3-for-4 with an RBI. Chris McClendon tallied the other multi-hit game for UK, going 2-for-5 with two runs scored and an RBI.

Kentucky's 34 wins equals the 34 wins the 2007 squad totaled. UK's school-record for wins came during the 44-win SEC Championship season in 2006.

The Wildcats have not lost a home non-conference game since an April 18, 2007 setback vs. Morehead State, a span of 26 games.