KENTUCKY BASEBALL POSTGAME NOTES No. 22 Kentucky at Auburn April 30, 2016 Plainsman Park, Auburn, Ala.
FINAL SCORE: Auburn 10, Kentucky 6
Team Records and Series Notes
Kentucky is now 26-17 overall, 10-10 in the Southeastern Conference. Auburn is 20-23 overall, 7-13 in the SEC
UK head coach Gary Henderson is 252-191 in his eighth season
Auburn leads the series, 77-42
Next for UK: the Auburn series wraps up Sunday at 2 p.m. EDT, televised on SEC Network +, broadcast on UK Radio Network
Team Notes
Kentucky had five extra-base hits tonight, most for UK in an SEC game since the Wildcats had six extra-basers in the win at Georgia on March 20
Kentucky is 6-8 in away games this season
UK is 8-10 in April
UK is 18-16 when facing a right-handed starting pitcher
UK has a 6-10 record in night games
UK is 9-3 on Saturdays
Game Notes
Senior righthander Dustin Beggs made his 11th start of the season. Beggs went seven innings, battling back after some early adversity, allowing six runs on seven hits, striking out four. He had no decision
Senior reliever Zach Strecker made his team-leading 18th appearance of the season and retired the only batter he faced
It is his fourth consecutive appearance without allowing an earned run, totaling 2.2 innings
Sophomore first baseman Evan White opened the game with a single, extending his hitting streak to five games
He added a single in the seventh inning. It is his third-consecutive multi-hit game and team-leading 18th multi-hit game of the season
He has made a team-leading 95 consecutive starts
Junior third baseman JaVon Shelby hit a pair of RBI doubles, his 10th and 11th two-baggers of the season and his team-leading 20th extra-base hit of the season
Shelby also singled in the ninth inning, giving him his fourth three-hit game of the season
He made his team-leading 146th career start
In the second inning, junior leftfielder Zach Reks smacked his second home run of the season, a two-run blast to right-center field
Reks also singled twice, his fourth three-hit game of the season
Sophomore second baseman Connor Heady hit his first triple of the season in the fourth inning
Freshman catcher Kole Cottam hit his fourth double of the year in the eighth inning.
