![The baseball field at the University of Kentucky's Stoll Field played host to an exhibition game between the Cincinnati Reds and Boston Red Sox April 9, 1946. It was the first game ever played there by two major-league teams. Cincinnati won 4-2. The crowd was estimated at 7,000-8,000.](https://kyphotoarchive.bluehost.mcclatchy.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2014/07/1.13-145.01A-550x307.jpg)
The University of Kentucky’s Stoll Field hosted a Major League Baseball exhibition game between the Cincinnati Reds and the Boston Red Sox on April 9, 1946. It was first the major league game ever played there. Cincinnati won, 4-2. The crowd was estimated at 7,000 to 8,000.