March 15, 2014

Recap | Box Score

2014 Kentucky Baseball

Post-Game Notes

UK at Alabama

March 15 – Tuscaloosa, Ala.

Sewell-Thomas Stadium

Team Records, Series History and Notes

• With the win, Alabama improves to 12-6, 2-1 in the Southeastern Conference and with the loss, Kentucky falls to 14-6, 1-2 in the SEC.
• Alabama leads the all-time series, 59-37, including 30-15 in Tuscaloosa.
• UK is now 3-2 vs. a left-handed starting pitcher.
• UK is now 14-5 in day games.
• UK turned its 18th double play of the year.
• UK will return to action on Tuesday, playing host to Western Kentucky at 6:30 p.m. ET at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

Individual Notes

• Junior centerfielder
  Austin Cousino
  made his team-leading 131st consecutive start.
  • Cousino extended his hitting streak to 15 games.
  • Cousino has reached base safely in 126 of his 137 career games.
  • Cousino has now reached base safely in all 20 games of 2014.
  • Cousino recorded his 13th multi-hit game of 2014 and the 55th of his career.
  • Cousino stole his eighth base of the year and the 37th of his career.
• Junior third baseman
  Max Kuhn
  has now reached base safely in all 20 games of 2014.
  • Kuhn has reached base safely yin 68 of his 74 career games.
  • Kuhn notched his ninth multi-hit game of the year and the 21st of his career.
  • Kuhn was hit by his second pitch of 2014 and the fifth of his career.
• Senior catcher
  Micheal Thomas
  collected hits in five consecutive at bats, dating back to the first game of the doubleheader.
  • Thomas stole his second base of the year and the sixth of his career.
• Freshman shortstop
  Connor Heady
  was hit by his second pitch of 2014.
• Junior
  A.J. Reed
  hit his NCAA-leading ninth homer of the year and the 26th of his career.
  • Reed’s homer against Alabama’s Jon Keller was the first he had allowed since March 2, 2013 vs. Tulane.
  • Reed charted his eighth multi-hit game of 2014 and the 42nd of his three-year career.
  • Reed recorded his second three-hit game of 2014 and the seventh of his career.
  • Reed was intentionally walked for the ninth time of the year.
• Junior
  Andrew Nelson
  made his third career start, his second weekend start and his first career SEC start.
  • Nelson worked his second quality start of the year.
  • Nelson set new career highs with 8.2 innings and five strikeouts.
• Freshman leftfielder
  Storm Wilson
  had a career-high two hits.
• Junior
  Thomas Bernal
  laid down his second sac bunt of the year and the fifth of his career.