2014 Kentucky Baseball

Post-Game Notes

No. 17 UK vs. Tennessee Tech

April 22, 2014 – Lexington, Ky.

Cliff Hagan Stadium

Team Records and Notes

• With the win, Kentucky improves to 27-14. Tennessee Tech drops to 32-11.
  
  
  
• Kentucky leads the series with Tennessee Tech 10-1.
  
  
  
• UK is now 17-6 at Cliff Hagan Stadium this season.
  
  
  
• UK improves to 18-5 in non-conference play.
  
  
  
• UK is now 18-10 vs. a right-handed starting pitcher.
  
  
  
• UK is 23-2 when outhitting its opponent.
  
  
  
• Kentucky produced double-digit hits for the 23rd time of 2014.
  
  
  
• Kentucky is 8-9 when its opponent scores first.
  
  
  
• UK is 9-3 in night games.
  
  
  
• UK is 13-1 when scoring 10 runs or more.
  
  
  
• Kentucky has a record of 5-2 on Tuesday’s in 2014.
  
  
  
• UK holds a record of 8-3 in midweek games.
  
  
  
• UK moves to 10-1 in its blue and white uniform combination.
  
  
  
• Kentucky moves to 4-4 in two-run games.
  
  
  
• UK posted its eighth save of 2014.
  
  
  

• UK is now 26-2 when holding an eighth-inning lead in 2014 and is 166-7 in the Henderson era when holding a lead after the eighth inning.

• UK will return to action on Friday, hosting Ole Miss at 6:30 p.m. ET at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

Individual Notes

• Freshman righty
  Zack Brown
  made his first career start.
  • Brown worked 3.0 innings managing to strike out three batters.
• Junior centerfielder Austin Cousino hit the fourth sacrifice fly of his career, his third this season.
  • Cousino stole the 43rd base of his career, moving him into eighth place in UK history.
  • Cousino collected his team-leading 18th multi-hit game.
• Senior shortstop
  Matt Reida
  cranked his first home since his roundtripper at Indiana on May 8, 2012.
  • Reida’s home run comes 348 at-bats after his last four-bagger.
  • Reida hit a career high four RBI.
  • Reida equaled a career high with four hits.
  • Reida charted his fourth and fifth doubles of the year giving him 21 for his career.
  • Reida notched his sixth multi-hit and multi-RBI games of 2014.
  • Reida was walked multiple times for the third time this year.
  • Reida stole his fifth base of the season, marking the 15th stolen base of his career.
• Senior catcher
  Micheal Thomas
  hit a go-ahead two-run homer in the eighth inning.
  • Thomas’ home run gives him seven on the year, 11 for his career.
• Junior LHP/first baseman
  A.J. Reed
  made his team-leading 97th consecutive start.
  • Reed had multiple RBI for a team-high 14th time this year.
  • Reed notched his 16th multi-hit game of the year.
  • Reed has reached base safely in 37 of his 41 games in 2014.
  • Reed collected his seventh multi-walk game of the season.
  • Reed now has 22 two-out hits and 21 two-out RBI.
• Freshman
  JaVon Shelby
  hit his fourth career home run.
  • Shelby had multiple RBI for the fifth time this season.
  • Shelby collected his 13th walk of the season.
  • Shelby notched his ninth multi-hit game of 2014.
  • Shelby hit for his second career three-RBI game.
• Junior first baseman
  Thomas Bernal
  extended his hitting streak to 13 games.
  • Bernal had multiple hits for the 12th time this season.
  • Bernal charted his sixth double of the year, the ninth of his career.
  • Bernal inked his 15th two-out hit.
  • Bernal wore his 11th hit by pitch this year.
• Sophomore rightfielder
  Kyle Barrett
  was hit by his second pitch of the season.
  • Barrett was walked multiple times for the fifth time this year.
• Junior third baseman
  Max Kuhn
  has reached base safely in 17 consecutive games.
  • Kuhn hit for his 16th multi-hit game of the season.
  • Kuhn has now reached base safely in 87 of his 94 career starts.
  • Kuhn gathered his 22nd two-out hit and his 19th two-out RBI.
  • Kuhn collected his 23rd two-strike hit of 2014.
  • Kuhn has produced three or more hits six times this season.
• Freshman reliever Robert Ziegler made the sixth appearance of his career.
• Sophomore right-hander Zach Strecker made his 12th appearance of 2014.
  • Strecker inherited his fifth runner of the season.
  • Strecker worked his season-long 2.1 innings, tossing 41 pitches and striking out three.
• Reigning SEC pitcher of the week
  Logan Salow
  made his 16th appearance of the year.
• Sophomore leftfielder Ka’ai Tom has got a hit in four straight games.
  • Tom wore his fifth hit by pitch this year.
• Junior reliever
  Spencer Jack
  made his 19th appearance of the year.
  • Jack inherited one runner, giving him a team-high of 22 this season.
• Sophomore right-hander
  Kyle Cody made his 13th appearance of 2014.