April 24, 2015

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KENTUCKY BASEBALL

Kentucky at Florida

Postgame Notes

April 24, 2015

Cliff Hagan Stadium — Lexington, Ky.

FINAL SCORE: Kentucky 3, No. 5 Florida 0

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 24-16, 9-9 in the SEC. Florida is 32-11, 12-7 SEC.
• Florida leads the all-time series 132-62-1, including a 63-20 mark in games played in Gainesville.
  • UK has won six of the last eight meetings.
  • UK hadn’t won a series opener at Florida since 2007.
• UK coach
  Gary Henderson
  has a 220-167 all-time record in his seventh year.
  • Henderson is 10-11 in his career vs. Florida.
• The series will resume on Saturday at 7 p.m. at McKethan Stadium.

Team Notes

• Kentucky is 20-5 when scoring first.
• The Wildcats turned their 41st double play of the year in the bottom of the fifth inning.
• UK is 6-10 on the road.
• UK is 7-6 in night games.
• UK is 17-11 vs. a RHSP
• UK is 3-1 in shutouts
• UK is 6-3 on Fridays.
• UK is 6-3 when not committing an error.
• UK is 3-6 vs. top 10 and 6-9 vs. a top-25 team.
• Under coach
  Gary Henderson
  , UK is 193-8 when staked to an eighth-inning lead and is 21-1 in 2015.
• Under Henderson, UK has 18 wins over top-five foes, 26 wins over top-10 opponents and 58 wins over top-25 foes.

Individual Notes

• Sophomore second baseman
  JaVon Shelby
  made his team-leading 92nd consecutive start.
  • With his fourth career triple in the first inning, and second of 2015, Shelby has reached base safely in 14 consecutive games.
• Junior centerfielder
  Kyle Barrett
  played in his team-high 131st career game, starting his 115th contest.
  • Barrett has reached base safely in 35 of 39 games in 2015 and in 102 of his 115 career starts.
  • Barrett has 22 two-out hits on the year.
  • Barrett has a six-game hitting streak.
• Sophomore righty
  Zack Brown
  made his 10th start of the year and the 26th of his career.
  • UK has a 6-4 record in Brown’s starts.
  • Brown has worked at least six innings in six consecutive starts.
  • Brown’s scoreless streak stands at 15.1 after the seven shutout frames.
  • Brown has worked into the sixth inning in nine consecutive starts.
  • Brown worked his sixth quality start of the year.
• Freshman first baseman
  Evan White
  extended his hitting streak to a club-high eight games and has reached base safely in nine straight.
  • White has 15 two-out hits on the year.
• Junior leftfielder Ka’ai Tom has 25 two-out hits and 21 two-out RBI on the year.
• Junior outfielder
  Dorian Hairston
  collected his fifth two-out hit and third two-out RBI of the year.
• Junior righty
  Zach Strecker
  appeared in his team-high 18th game of the year and the 52nd of his career.
• Senior righty
  Spencer Jack
  appeared in his 16th game and the 42nd of his career.
• Sophomore lefty
  Logan Salow
  appeared in his 16th game of the year and the 39th of his career.
  • Salow picked up his second save in 2015 and the third of his career.