April 14, 2015

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KENTUCKY POSTGAME NOTES

Western Kentucky at Kentucky
Cliff Hagan Stadium

April 14, 2015

FINAL SCORE: Western Kentucky 5, Kentucky 3 (10 innings)

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 19-16 and Western Kentucky is 17-16.
• UK head coach
  Gary Henderson
  has a 215-167 all-time record in his seventh year.
• UK leads the all-time series with Western Kentucky, 32-28, including a 19-14 mark in Lexington.
• Kentucky will return to action on Thursday, opening a home series with Tennessee at 7 p.m. on the SEC Network.

Team Notes

• UK is 14-7 in non-conference play.
• UK is 3-6 in night games.
• UK is 14-11 vs. right-handed starting pitching.
• UK is 8-6 at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
• UK is 4-4 in midweek non-conference games.
• Kentucky has scored 33 runs in the first inning in 2015, its most of any frame on the year.
• UK is 15-5 when scoring first and 9-5 when scoring in the first inning.
• UK is 5-5 when its opponent hits a home run.
• UK is 5-2 in one-run games and 7-4 in one or two-run games.
• UK is 4-2 in white uniforms.
• UK is 2-3 on Tuesdays.
• UK is playing in its fifth extra-inning game of the year, with UK owning a 3-2 record in extras.
• UK has a 22-21 record in extra-inning games since 2003.

Individual Notes

• Sophomore second baseman
  JaVon Shelby
  made his team-leading 87th consecutive start.
  • Shelby drew his team-leading 26th walk to extend his reach base safely streak to nine games.
• Junior centerfielder
  Kyle Barrett
  played in his team-leading 126th career game, starting his team-best 110th contest.
  • Barrett has now reached base safely in 30 of 34 games in 2015 and in 96 of his 109 career starts.
  • Barrett’s eight-pitch at-bat to open the game was his 15th two-strike hit of the year, equaling him for the team lead.
  • Barrett now has 146 hits in his career, ranking 27th in UK history.
• Senior righty
  Andrew Nelson
  made his first start of the year and the 11th of his two-year career.
  • Nelson worked a season-high three innings, allowing one run on three hits and no walks, striking out one.
    • It was Nelson’s longest outing since working 4.1 in the NCAA Tournament opener in 2014 vs. Kansas.
• Sophomore rightfielder
  Storm Wilson
  hung his seventh sacrifice fly and the fourth of the year.
• Junior leftfielder Ka’ai Tom stole his 12th base in as many attempts in 2015 and is 26-of-30 in his career.
  • With his 121st career hit, Tom passed
    Thomas Bernal
    (2012-15) for 36th in UK history.
  • Tom ripped his 11th double of the year and the 24th of the year.
  • Tom has 18 multi-hit games in 2015 and 37 in his career.
• Junior lefty
  Dylan Dwyer
  made his 11th appearance of the year and the 39th of his career.
• Junior outfielder
  Dorian Hairston
  drove in his 11th run of the year and has 19 RBI in his career.
• Junior righty
  Zach Strecker
  tied for the team lead with his 14th relief appearance.
  • Strecker has a team-high 49 relief outings in his career.
• Junior catcher
  Zach Arnold
  notched his fifth multi-hit game of 2015.
• Freshman first baseman
  Evan White
  notched his 10th multi-hit game of the year.
• Sophomore centerfielder
  Marcus Carson
  doubled for the third time in 2015 and the fifth time in his career.
• Sophomore lefty
  Logan Salow
  appeared in his 13th game of the year and the 36th of his career.
• Senior righty
  Spencer Jack
  appeared in his 14th game of the year and the 40th of his career.
• Freshman lefty
  Brad Schaenzer
  appeared in his 10th game of the year.