April 6, 2014

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2014 Kentucky Baseball

Post-Game Notes

UK vs. Florida

April 6, 2014 – Lexington, Ky.

Cliff Hagan Stadium

Team Records and Notes

• Kentucky moves to 22-10, 6-6 SEC, while Florida falls to 20-12, 6-6 SEC.
• UK trails the series with Florida 133-61-1.
• Kentucky has faced a ranked opponent in seven straight games and 12 of its last 13 contests.
• UK is 3-1 in its black and white uniform combination.
• UK moves to 16-4 when scoring first.
• Kentucky has collected double-digit hits for the 17th time this season.
• Kentucky is 15-3 at Cliff Hagan Stadium this season.
• UK holds a record of 17-9 in day games.
• UK has a record of 7-5 against teams in the top 25.
• UK moves to 8-3 when facing a left handed starting pitcher.
• UK has a record of 3-3 on Sundays.
• UK turned its 27th double play of the season.
• Kentucky moves to 15-4 when hitting at least one home run.
• UK has an SEC-leading 108 two-out RBI.
• Kentucky has a record of 123-43 at home under Coach Gary Henderson.
• UK continues action against Morehead State on Tuesday, April 8 at Cliff Hagan Stadium with the first pitch set for 6:30 p.m. ET.

Individual Notes

• Junior
  Andrew Nelson made his sixth start of 2014.
  • Nelson worked five innings tossing 87 pitches, 54 for strikes.
• Junior lefty
  A.J. Reed
  cranked the 29th home run of his career.
  • Reed is currently leading the SEC in home runs with 12.
    • Reed is the only player from a BCS conference with at least eight homers, entering Sunday.
  • Reed collected his 13th multi-hit game of the season, the 47th of his career.
  • Reed wore his ninth hit by pitch of the season.
  • Reed hit his eighth double of 2014, the 25th of his career.
  • Reed had three hits for the fourth time this season.
• Senior
  Matt Reida has reached-base safely in four straight games.
• Freshman
  JaVon Shelby
  extended his hit streak to five games.
  • Shelby collected his fifth career RBI in SEC play.
  • Shelby had his seventh career multi-hit game.
• Junior centerfielder
  Austin Cousino
  made his team-leading 143rd consecutive start.
  • Cousino has reached base safely in 135 of 149 career games.
  • Cousino’s RBI single in the sixth inning gives him 42 career SEC RBI.
• Junior
  Max Kuhn extended his hitting streak to a team-high eight games.
  • Kuhn hit his fourth home run of 2014, the ninth of his career.
  • Kuhn collected his sixth multi-RBI game of the season.
• Sophomore
  Kyle Barrett
  extended his hitting streak to five games.
  • Barrett hit for his eighth multi-hit game of 2014.
  • Barrett has reached base safely in 10 straight games.
  • Barrett collected his second three-hit game of the year.
• Sophomore Ka’ai Tom has reached base safely for a team-leading 24th straight time.
  • Tom hit his second career RBI in conference play.
• Junior
  Thomas Bernal
  has got a hit in four straight games.
  • Bernal has reached base safely in six consecutive games.
  • Bernal collected his sixth multi-hit game of 2014.
  • Bernal hit his way to his third three-hit game of the season.
• Senior catcher
  Micheal Thomas
  has got a hit in five consecutive games.
  • Thomas hit his first career triple.
  • Thomas caught a runner stealing for the fifth time this season, the 18th time of his career.
• Sophomore reliever Dylan Dwyer made his eighth appearance of 2014, his second in league play.
• Junior
  Spencer Jack made his 16th appearance of the year.
  • Jack inherited a runner, giving him a total of 16 inherited runners for 2014.
• Sophomore
  Kyle Cody picked up the second save of his career.