Kentucky will play another Saturday doubleheader this weekend

Kentucky baseball will hit the road for a second time this weekend. Nick Mingione’s club will be looking to bounce-back after a tough home loss to Morehead State in the first midweek game of the season. The Bat Cats will play two again on Saturday.

Our second schedule change of the season has occurred on the second weekend. Due to some freezing temperatures expected at Charles H. Braun Stadium, Kentucky and Evansville will play a doubleheader on Saturday.

🚨🚨 WEEKEND SCHEDULE UPDATE – We now will play a DH on Saturday at Evansville. First pitch at 1 p.m. ET/noon local with 45 minutes in between games. 🚨🚨

Friday's game remains unchanged. 4 ET/3 CT on ESPN+. This will be the second consecutive weekend we'll play a Saturday DH. pic.twitter.com/gLmU0xn1VH

— Kentucky Baseball (@UKBaseball) February 18, 2026

Date	Opponent	Venue	Time
Feb. 20 (Friday)	Evansville	Charles H. Braun Stadium	4 p.m. ET
Feb. 21 (Saturday)	Evansville	Charles H. Braun Stadium	1 p.m. ET
Feb. 21 (Saturday)	Evansville	Charles H. Braun Stadium	45 minutes after first game

Kentucky posted some crooked numbers on the UNCG Baseball Stadium scoreboard and got quality starts from both Ben Cleaver and Nate Harris last weekend. The Bat Cats will look to keep that winning recipe on Saturday. It’s a officially doubleheader season.

Evansville (0-3) will host Kentucky for this three-game series. Head coach Wes Carroll is now in year 18 with the Purple Aces and led this Missouri Valley program to a Super Regional performance in 2024 before falling back to 17-37 (10-17) in 2025. Evansville started the season with three losses in a three-team series that featured Kennesaw State and Marshall. Carroll’s squad allowed 34 runs across three games. Evansville was picked to finish fifth in the Missouri Valley behind Missouri State, Southern Illinois, Murray State, and Illinois State.

The games should be available for streaming on ESPN+.

Kentucky’s 2026 baseball schedule

Game Date	Opponent	Venue
Feb. 20-21	at Evansville	Charles H. Braun Stadium
Feb. 24	vs. WKU	Kentucky Proud Park
Feb. 27-March 1	vs. St. John’s	Kentucky Proud Park
March 3	at Eastern Kentucky	Turkey Hughes Field
March 4	vs. Eastern Kentucky	Kentucky Proud Park
March 6-8	vs. The Citadel	Kentucky Proud Park
March 10	vs. Ball State	Kentucky Proud Park
March 13-15	vs. Alabama	Kentucky Proud Park
March 17	vs. Marshall	Kentucky Proud Park
March 19-21	at Ole Miss	Swayze Field
March 24	vs. Murray State	Kentucky Proud Park
March 27-29	at LSU	Alex Box Stadium
March 31	vs. Miami (Ohio)	Kentucky Proud Park
April 3-5	vs. Missouri	Kentucky Proud Park
April 7	vs. Louisville	Kentucky Proud Park
April 10-12	at Auburn	Plainsman Park
April 17-19	vs. Vanderbilt	Kentucky Proud Park
April 21	at Louisville	Jim Patterson Stadium
April 24-26	at South Carolina	Founders Park
May 1-3	vs. Tennessee	Kentucky Proud Park
May 8-10	at Florida	Condron Ballpark
May 12	vs. Northern Kentucky	Kentucky Proud Park
May 14-16	vs. Arkansas	Kentucky Proud Park