April 28, 2015

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KENTUCKY BASEBALL

Kentucky at No. 3 Louisville

Postgame Notes

April 28, 2015

Jim Patterson Stadium — Louisville, Ky.

Attendance: 5,056

FINAL SCORE: No. 3 Louisville 2, Kentucky 1 (10 innings)

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 25-18 and Louisville is 35-10.
• Kentucky leads the all-time series with Louisville, 67-37-1, including a 25-18-1 all-time mark in games played in Louisville.
  • UK played its third all-time extra-inning game vs. Louisville and its first since 2013.
• UK coach
  Gary Henderson
  has a 221-169 all-time record in his seventh year.
  • Henderson is 7-7 in his career vs. Louisville.
• Kentucky will return to action on Friday, opening a series with No. 8 Vanderbilt at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

Team Notes

• Kentucky’s stretch of facing eight consecutive top-10 opponents is the toughest stretch in program history, with complete records dating back to 2003.
• UK is 21-7 when scoring first.
• UK has scored 37 runs in the third inning in 2015, its most of any inning on the year.
• UK is 7-7 in April.
• UK is 8-7 in night games.
• UK is 15-8 in non-conference games.
• UK is 5-5 in midweek games.
• UK is 7-12 on the road.
• UK is 18-13 vs. a RHSP.
• UK is 3-3 in extra innings in 2015.
• UK is 7-11 vs. top-20 teams in 2015, including a 4-3 mark against top-five foes.

Individual Notes

• Sophomore second baseman
  JaVon Shelby
  made his team-leading 95th consecutive start.
• Junior centerfielder
  Kyle Barrett
  played in his team-high 134th career game, starting his 117th contest.
  • Barrett has reached base safely in 36 of 42 games in 2015 and in 103 of his 118 career starts.
  • Barrett has 155 career hits, two away from
    Chris Bisson
    (2008-10) for 24th in UK history.
• Freshman first baseman
  Evan White
  has reached base safely in 12 consecutive games.
  • White has reached base safely in 38 of his 40 career NCAA games.
• Sophomore southpaw
  Logan Salow
  made his second start of the year in his 18th appearance.
  • Salow set a new season-high in innings pitched (four) passing the 3.1 frames pitched at No. 16 UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 22.
  • Salow picked off his second runner of the year.
  • Salow started seven of the 13 hitters he faced with first-pitch strikes.
  • UK is 1-1 in Salow’s starts.
  • Salow has appeared in 41 games and made four starts in his career.
• Senior third baseman
  Thomas Bernal
  has played in 133 games in his career with 105 starts.
  • Bernal has 124 hits in his career, one away from Chad Stewart (2003-04) for 33rd in UK history.
  • Bernal was hit by his 39th career pitch, ranking second in UK history and eight away from
    Austin Cousino
    (2012-14).
• Junior leftfielder Ka’ai Tom has reached base safely in 39 of his 43 games in 2015 and in 87 of his 98 career games.
  • Tom has 27 two-out hits in 2015, leading the club.
  • Tom has 131 hits in his career, two away from 29th place and
    Max Kuhn
    (2012-14).
  • Tom’s .347 career average ranks just behind John Wilson (.348; 1998-2000) and seventh in UK history.
• Sophomore rightfielder
  Storm Wilson
  doubled for the fourth time in 2015 and the 10th time in his career.
• Sophomore shortstop
  Connor Heady
  extended his hitting streak to five games.
• Junior catcher
  Greg Fettes
  was plunked by his fourth pitch of the year.
• Junior lefty
  Dylan Dwyer
  appeared in his 14th game of the year and the 42nd of his career.
  • Dwyer worked a season-best 4.1 innings.
• Junior right-hander
  Zach Strecker
  appeared in his team-leading 19th game of the year and the 53rd of his career.
• Senior righty
  Spencer Jack
  appeared in his 17th game of the year and the 43rd in his career.
• Sophomore righty
  Robert Zeigler
  appeared in his 10th game in 2015 and the 16th in his career.
• Freshman lefty
  Zach Logue
  appeared in his 15th game.