Bama travels to Lexington to take on the Wildcats this weekend (starters listed below). Kentucky is sitting atop the SEC East right now (8-1), but they've been playing a bit over their heads up to this point and had an easier SEC slate to deal with compared to some. That said, they are really good. The concern for Bama (IMO), is that they do pretty much everything well across the board... hitting, pitching, and fielding... not really a lot of weaknesses. At the plate, they lack the power most other SEC teams have, but they are a run manufacturing machine with small ball, stolen bases, etc. They put a lot of pressure on opposing defenses, and the Tide's defense this year has been lackluster to say the least. They are a team built to win close games and they rarely shoot themselves in the foot. Bama can ill afford to give away outs and put guys on the bases with walks. At the plate, UA needs to try and get into Kentucky's pen as early as possible and put the pressure on their staff starting on Friday. This is a series Bama can absolutely win if the bats show up and they play clean on defense. But if they don't, the Wildcats will win their 4th startight SEC series (2 of the 3 have been sweeps).
