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Kentucky walked off NC State 5-4 in its first ever College World Series game Saturday afternoon to advance to the winner’s bracket. Quite the first impression for the Cats in Omaha. Kentucky held a 3-1 lead until the seventh inning, where NC State’s Alec Makarewicz tied the game with a two-run home run. After the Cats failed to respond, the Wolfpack scored a go-ahead run in the top of the ninth on a wild pitch. Down to its final three outs however, Ryan Nicholson belted a solo home run to tie the game in the bottom of the ninth. Mitch Daly then hit Kentucky’s biggest home run in program histor…

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