May 10, 2015

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KENTUCKY BASEBALL

Georgia at Kentucky

Postgame Notes

May 10, 2015

Cliff Hagan Stadium — Lexington, Ky.

FINAL SCORE: Georgia 3, Kentucky 1 (10 innings)

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 27-23, with a 12-14 record in the Southeastern Conference. Georgia is 24-25, 9-17 in the SEC.
• Georgia leads the all-time series, 129-91-1, including a 50-44-1 record in games played in Lexington.
  • UK and Georgia played its first extra-inning game in the series since 2003.
• UK head coach
  Gary Henderson
  has a 223-174 all-time record in his seventh year.
• Kentucky will return to action on Tuesday, hosting Northern Kentucky in the final home game of the 2015 season, with first pitch at 7 p.m. and the game televised live on the SEC Network.

Team Notes

• Kentucky turned its 48th, 49th and 50th double plays of the year.
• UK is 8-7 when hitting a home run.
• UK is 22-9 when scoring first.
• UK is 14-11 at Cliff Hagan Stadium.
• UK is 17-14 in day games.
• UK is 19-17 vs. a right-handed starting pitcher.
• UK is 0-1 in its blue BP tops and white pants uniform combination.
• UK is 4-6 on Sundays.
• UK is 7-7 vs. SEC foes at home.
• UK is 2-5 in May.
• UK is 3-4 in extra-inning games in 2015 and 22-22 in extra-inning games since 2003.

Individual Notes

• Sophomore second baseman
  JaVon Shelby
  made his team-leading 102nd consecutive start.
  • Shelby has reached base safely in 46 of his 50 games in 2015.
  • Shelby hit his eighth homer of the year and the 12th of his career.
    • UK has hit four full-count homers in 2015, with Shelby accounting for three.
    • The Shelby family, including John T. Shelby (2004-06), have combined to hit 45 homers in their UK baseball careers.
    • UK is 5-3 when Shelby hits a homer.
    • Shelby his hit three go-ahead homers on the year.
  • Shelby has 103 career hits, ranking 42nd in UK baseball history.
• Junior leftfielder Ka’ai Tom has reached base safely in 46 of his 50 games in 2015 and in 94 of his 105 career games.
  • Tom has reached base safely in a team-high 14 consecutive games.
  • Tom was caught stealing for the first time in 2015 on his 16th try.
• Senior third baseman
  Thomas Bernal
  has played in 140 games in his career with 112 starts.
• Junior centerfielder
  Kyle Barrett
  played in his 140th career game.
• Junior righty
  Kyle Cody
  appeared in his 13th game of the year and made his 11th start.
  • Cody has appeared in 46 games with 27 starts in his career.
  • UK is 5-6 in Cody’s starts.
  • Cody worked a career-high eight innings.
• Freshman first baseman
  Evan White
  has reached base safely in 44 of his 47 career games.
  • White has 18 multiple-hit games on the year.
• Sophomore southpaw
  Logan Salow
  appeared in his 22nd game of the year and the 45th of his career.
• Junior righty
  Zach Strecker
  appeared in his team-high 23rd game of the year and the 57th of his career.
• Freshman lefty
  Zach Logue
  appeared in his 18th game of the year.
• Senior righty
  Spencer Jack
  pitched in his 19th game of the year and the 45th of his career.