May 8, 2015

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KENTUCKY BASEBALL

Georgia at Kentucky

Postgame Notes

May 8, 2015

Cliff Hagan Stadium — Lexington, Ky.

FINAL SCORE: Kentucky 6, Georgia 2

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 27-21, with a 12-12 record in the Southeastern Conference. Georgia is 22-26, 7-17 in the SEC.
• Georgia leads the all-time series, 127-91-1, including a 48-44-1 record in games played in Lexington.  
• UK head coach
  Gary Henderson
  has a 223-172 all-time record in his seventh year.
• The series will resume on Saturday at 2 p.m. at Cliff Hagan Stadium, with a broadcast on SEC Network+, with Dick Gabriel and
  Keith Madison
  calling the action.

Team Notes

• Kentucky turned its 45th double play of the year in the second inning.
• UK is 7-4 in its all-white uniform combination.
• UK is 14-9 at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
• UK is 7-5 vs. SEC foes at home.
• UK is 19-16 vs. a right-handed starting pitcher.
• UK is 7-4 on Fridays.
• UK is 2-3 in May.
• UK is 10-10 in night games.
• UK is 22-7 when scoring first.
• UK turned its 46th double play of 2015 in the seventh inning.
• UK turned its 47th double play of the year in the eighth inning.

Individual Notes

• Sophomore second baseman
  JaVon Shelby
  made his team-leading 99th consecutive start.
  • Shelby has reached base safely in 44 of his 48 games in 2015.
  • Shelby has 102 hits in his career, ranking 42nd in UK history.
• Junior leftfielder
  Ka’ai Tom
  has reached base safely in 44 of his 48 games in 2015 and in 92 of his 103 career games.
  • Tom has reached base safely in a team-high 12 consecutive games.
  • Tom belted his fourth home run of the year and the seventh of his career.
  • Tom has a team-leading 46 RBI on the year.
  • Tom has 135 hits in his career, ranking 29th in UK history.
• Freshman first baseman
  Evan White
  has reached base safely in 43 of his 45 career games.
  • White laid down his first career sacrifice bunt.
• Senior third baseman
  Thomas Bernal
  has played in 138 games in his career with 110 starts.
  • Bernal laid down his third sac bunt of the year and the 10th of his career.
• Junior centerfielder
  Kyle Barrett
  played in his team-leading 138th career game.
  • Barrett has reached base safely in 38 of 46 games in 2015 and in 105 of his 123 career starts.
  • Barrett has 161 hits in his career, passing
    Billy Grace
    (2004-07) for 23rd in UK history, tying
    Matt Reida
    (2011-14).
  • Barrett has 24 multi-hit games in 2015 and 47 in his career.
    • Barrett tied his career high with four hits, done three times in 2015.  
  • Barrett doubled for the 12th time in 2015 and the 22nd time in his career.
  • Barrett has 24 two-out hits.
• Sophomore righty
  Zack Brown
  made his 12th start of the year in his 13th appearance.
  • Brown appeared in his 32nd career game and made his 17th career start.
  • Brown is 5-6 in his career.
  • UK is 6-5 in Brown’s starts.
  • Brown has worked at least six innings in eight consecutive starts.
  • Brown has worked at least six innings in 10 of his 12 starts on the year.
• Sophomore rightfielder
  Storm Wilson
  was plunked by his 10th pitch of the year and the 25th of his career.
  • Wilson passed
    Luke Maile
    (2010-12) for 11th in UK history with 25 HBPs.
  • Wilson collected his eighth multi-hit game of the year and the 17th of his career.
• Junior catcher
  Greg Fettes
  extended his hitting streak to a season-high four games.
• Junior outfielder
  Dorian Hairston
  belted his fourth homer of the year.
  • Hairston now has seven two-out hits and six two-out RBI on the year.
  • Hairston has five multi-RBI games on the year and eight on his career.
• Sophomore southpaw
  Logan Salow
  appeared in his 21st game of the year and the 44th of his career.
  • Salow has inherited 22 runners on the year, allowing eight to score.
    • Salow has inherited 45 runners in his two seasons, allowing 11 to score.
• Junior righty
  Zach Strecker
  appeared in his team-high 22nd game of the year and the 56th of his career.
  • Strecker picked up his first career save and the 11th of the year for UK.
  • Strecker inherited two runners, not allowing them to score.
    • He has now inherited 21 runners on the year, allowing only three to score.
• Sophomore shortstop
  Connor Heady
  notched his ninth two-out hit of the year.