May 24, 2014

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2014 Kentucky Baseball

Post-Game Notes

Kentucky vs. Florida

May 24, 2014 — Hoover, Ala.

Hoover Met

Team Records and Notes

• Kentucky played in its second SEC semifinal, with the first appearance coming in 2012.
• Florida leads the all-time series 134-62-1.
  • Kentucky won three of five games in 2014.
• Kentucky has a record of 7-4 vs. teams in the top 10 and 11-9 vs. ranked opponents.
• UK moved to 21-30 all-time in the SEC tournament.
• UK fell to 6-2 in neutral site games.
• UK is 9-6 on Fridays and 8-6 in May.
• Kentucky improved to 11-4 in its blue and white uniform combination.
• UK is now 21-16 in day games.
• Kentucky has hit an SEC-leading 161 two-out RBI in 2014.
• Kentucky is 23-16 when facing a right handed starting pitcher.
• UK is 24-8 when scoring first.
• Kentucky will await its destination for the NCAA tournament with the selection show airing Monday at noon ET on ESPN.

Individual Notes

• Freshman southpaw
  Logan Salow
  made the first start of his career.
  • Salow made his 22nd appearance of 2014.
  • Salow tossed 2.1 innings, allowing two runs, walking one and striking out one.
• Junior LHP/1B 
  

  
    made his team-leading 113th consecutive start.

  • Reed made his first start at first base since April 1 vs. Louisville.
  • Reed has reached base safely in 54 of 58 games in 2014, including a team-high 29 straight.
  • Reed collected his SEC-leading 47th walk.
  • Reed wore his 13th hit by pitch of 2014.
• Sophomore LF Ka’ai Tom picked up his 27th two-out hit and his 17th two-out RBI of 2014.
  • Tom inked his 18th multi-hit game of 2014.
• Senior SS 
  

  
   played in his 209th career game, starting 194 of them.

  • Reida moved to second base in the ninth inning, marking his first appearance there since 2011.

• Junior 3B
  Max Kuhn
  hit his 17th and 18th doubles of 2014, giving him 27 for his career.
  • Kuhn has reached base safely in 103 of his 111 career starts, including 15 straight.
  • Kuhn picked up his team-leading 21st multi-hit game.
  • Kuhn had multiple RBI for 16th time of 2014.
  • Kuhn collected his 29th two-out hit and 26th two-out RBI.
  • Kuhn drew his 41st walk of the season.
• Junior CF
  Austin Cousino
  had multiple RBI for the ninth time this season.

• • Cousino has reached base safely in 158 of 175 career games, including nine consecutive.
  • Cousino hung his team-leading fourth sacrifice fly.
  • Cousino picked up his 22nd two-out hit and 17th two-out RBI of 2014.
  • Cousino stole a base for the 17th time this season, the 46th of his career.

• Senior catcher 
  

  
  
  has inked a hit in five straight games.

  • Thomas caught a runner stealing for the 15th time this year, his third of the SEC tournament.

• Sophomore
  Kyle Barrett
  made his first start since April 25 vs. Ole Miss.
  • It marks Barrett’s first start as a designated hitter in 2014, the third of his career.
  • Barrett collected his sixth double of the season.
  • Barrett was hit by a pitch for the third time this year.
• Sophomore
  Zach Arnold
  laid down his first sacrifice bunt of the season.
• Sophomore reliever
  Taylor Martin
  made his 11th appearance of the season.
  • Martin inherited his second runner of 2014, not allowing him to score.
  • Martin worked 2.1 innings, walking two and striking out three.
  • Martin’s 2.1 innings equals a season-high.
• Junior
  Andrew Nelson
  made his 18th appearance of the season, the eighth in relief.
  • Nelson inherited two runners, giving him a total of five for 2014.
• Junior
  Chandler Shepherd
  made his 14th appearance of 2014, the fifth in relief.
  • Shepherd inherited his 10th runner of the season.
  • Shepherd picked off a runner for the second time this year.
  • Shepherd worked 2.2. innings, allowing one run and one walk, while striking out one.