3/3/2018 baseball Edit

RECAP: Kentucky moves to 10-1 with win over Sam Houston State

Zack Thompson tossed six shutout innings for the Cats on Saturday. (Jeff Drummond/Cats Illustrated)

Jeff Drummond • CatsIllustrated

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Joined the Cats Illustrated staff in the summer of 2017. Veteran reporter and photographer who has covered UK sports dating back to 1987.

Luke Heyer and T.J. Collett each homered and drove in two runs and Kentucky got a strong start from Zack Thompson en route to a 7-2 win over Sam Houston State on Saturday at the Shriners College Classic in Houston.

Heyer, a senior infielder/outfielder, raised his batting average to .412 and clubbed his team-leading seventh home run of the season. Collett added his sixth long ball for the No. 7 Wildcats (10-1).

Kentucky's 11-hit day also included a pair of hits by Ben Aklinski and an RBI triple by Luke Becker.

Thompson (2-0) worked six scoreless innings on the mound. The sophomore left-hander allowed only four hits and struck out seven.

Sam Houston State (7-3), which opened the event with a thrilling win over Vanderbilt, managed only a single run in the eighth and ninth innings against the UK staff.

Bearkats starter Hayden Wesneski (1-1) took the loss, allowing three runs on seven hits and three walks over five innings of work.

Kentucky will wrap up the three-day event at Minute Maid Park, the home of the World Series champion Houston Astros, on Sunday at noon ET against Louisiana.