March 18, 1998
LEXINGTON, Kty.--Josh Loggins led four different Kentucky players with three hits and freshman Bradd Heyerly pitched a team-high seven innings as the Wildcats beat Toledo 8-2 Wednesday at Cliff Hagan Stadium on the UK campus.
UK (8-11) turned six double plays in the contest, becoming only the 12th team in NCAA Division I to accomplish the feat. Three teams have recorded seven double plays in a game. The last team to turn six double plays in a game was Indiana against Kent in a 13-inning game in 1995. Along with the Wildcats six double plays, Toledo turned three which also ties an NCAA record with two two other teams for most double plays by two teams.
Heyerly (1-0), a freshman, allowed only seven hits and two runs in his first career start, earning his first career victory. Austin Madison and Matt Borne each allowed a hit in one inning of relief.
UK got its bats going in the third with Aaron McGloneis RBI double off the center field wall, giving the Wildcats a 1-0 lead. UK stretched its lead to 3-0 in the fifth thanks in part to three of its season-high six doubles. David Cheatle hit a one-out double and McGlone followed with an RBI double off the scoreboard in right field. Loggins knocked McGlone in with a double to right center. Justin Bunch led off the sixth with a solo home run, his first of the season. Bunch and Cheatle finished the game a perfect 3-for-3.
Toledo (1-11) picked up its only two runs seventh with a double by Brian Hicks and a triple by Greg Cancilla. Loggins continued his hot hitting in the bottom of the seventh, with a three-run homer. Loggins has hit safely in 10 consecutive games and has multiple-hits in eight of the last 10 games.
Cheatle had three runs scored, two doubles and an RBI. John Wilson and Andy Green had the other Wildcat hits. Jason Colemire had his 18-game hitting streak snapped with an 0-for-5 day at the plate.
UK travels to No. 17 Tennessee this weekend for its second SEC road series of the season. UK, 2-4 in the conference, is only a game behind first-place Florida.
