Kentucky pushed across two runs in the bottom of the sixth and held off Indiana the rest of the way to win 4-2 and claim the Lexington regional Monday night, setting up a super regional against LSU this weekend.
The Baton Rouge regional and Lexington regional were paired in the NCAA tournament, with the winners to face each other in the supers.
LSU, the No. 5 overall national seed, earned the right to host the super regional.
Dates and times are to be determined.
The Tigers and Wildcats played a three-game Southeastern Conference series in April. LSU won the opener 16-6 in eight innings. Kentucky answered with six runs in the final three innings to win the second game 13-10. The Tigers claimed the series finale 7-6 after Tommy White was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the eighth.
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