April 18, 2015

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KENTUCKY BASEBALL

Tennessee at Kentucky

Postgame Notes

April 18, 2015

Cliff Hagan Stadium — Lexington, Ky.

FINAL SCORE: Kentucky 5, Tennessee 3

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 22-16 and 8-9 in the Southeastern Conference. Tennessee is 15-20, 5-13 in the SEC.
• UK coach
  Gary Henderson
  has a 218-167 all-time record in his seventh year.
  • UK has a 12-9 record under Henderson against Tennessee.
• Tennessee leads the all-time series, 164-146, with UK holding a 76-70 mark in games played in Lexington.
  • UK swept Tennessee in Lexington in a three-game series for the first time in program history.
  • UK’s sweep over UT was its first since 2008 in Knoxville.
• UK swept its first SEC series since blanking Alabama in 2012 in Lexington.
• Kentucky will return to action on Tuesday, playing host to Xavier at 6:30 p.m. at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

Team Notes

• Kentucky turned its 38th double play of the year in the fourth inning.
• UK is 11-5 when scoring in the first inning and 18-5 when scoring first.
• The Wildcats hit back to back homers for the first time since
  AJ Reed
  and
  Cameron Flynn
  vs. Wright State in 2012.
• UK is 10-4 when hitting a home run.
• Kentucky is 8-5 on Saturdays.
• UK is 17-10 in day games
• UK is 3-2 in black and white uniforms.
• UK is 7-5 vs. a left-handed starting pitcher.
• UK is 11-6 at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
• UK is 5-3 in home SEC games.
• Under coach
  Gary Henderson
  , UK is 191-8 (96%) when staked to an eighth-inning lead.

Individual Notes

• Sophomore second baseman
  JaVon Shelby
  made his team-leading 90th consecutive start.
  • Shelby has now reached base safely in a team-high 12 games.
  • Shelby belted his career-high fifth homer of the year and the ninth of his career.
    • In the career of JaVon and
      John Shelby
      (2004-06), the Shelby family has cranked 41 homers for Kentucky.
• Junior centerfielder
  Kyle Barrett
  played in his team-high 129th career game, starting his 113th contest.
  • Barrett has reached base safely in 33 of 37 games in 2015 and in 99 of his 112 career starts.
  • Barrett doubled for the 10th time in 2015 and the 20th time in his career.
• Senior righty
  Andrew Nelson
  made his second start of the year and the week, also marking his 12th career start.
  • It marked Nelson’s second career week with two starts, also pulling the midweek-weekend double start in 2014.
  • Nelson worked a season high 4.1 innings.
• Freshman first baseman
  Evan White
  extended his team-long hitting streak to six games with his eighth double of the year.
  • White notched his 13th multi-hit game.
• Junior leftfielder Ka’ai Tom doubled for the team-leading 12th time of the year and the 25th time in his career.
  • Tom notched his 19th multi-hit game of the year and the 38th of his career.
  • Tom hit his third homer of the year and the fifth of his career.
  • Tom new a new career high with 42 RBI on the year, eclipsing the 41 he drove in in 2014.
  • Tom has 13 multi-RBI games in 2015 and 22 in his career.
• Junior rightfielder
  Dorian Hairston
  was hit by his sixth pitch of the year and the eighth of his career.
  • In gunning out a runner at first base to end the seventh, Hairston recorded his first career outfield assist.
  • Hairston doubled for the fifth time in 2015 and sixth time in his career.
  • Hairston notched his seventh multi-hit game of the year and the 10th of his career.
• Freshman southpaw
  Zach Logue
  appeared in his 13th game of the year.
  • Over his last two outings, at Arkansas and vs. Tennessee, Logue has worked 7.1 innings, allowing six hits and two runs.
• Sophomore lefty
  Logan Salow
  appeared in his 15th game of the year and the 38th of his career.
  • Salow has inherited 12 runners in 2015, allowing five to score.
    • Salow has allowed only eight of 35 inherited runners to score in his career.
• Senior right-hander
  Spencer Jack
  picked up his fifth save of the year and the ninth of his career.
  • Jack passed
    Braden Kapteyn
    (2009-11), Aaron Lovett (2007-08) and Adam Shadburne (1993-96) for sole possession of 10th in UK career history with nine saves.
  • Jack has appeared in 15 games in 2015 and 41 in his career.
• Junior righty
  Zach Strecker
  appeared in his team-high 16th game of the year.
  • Strecker leads the team with 50 career relief appearances.