Baseball

KENTUCKY BASEBALL POSTGAME NOTES
Missouri at Kentucky
May 19, 2016
Cliff Hagan Stadium, Lexington, Ky.

FINAL SCORE: Missouri 9, Kentucky 3

Team Records and Series Notes

  • Kentucky is now 30-24 overall, 13-15 in the Southeastern Conference. Missouri is 26-27 overall, 9-19 in the SEC
  • UK head coach Gary Henderson is 256-198 in his eighth season
  • Missouri leads the series, 6-5
  • Next for UK: Kentucky continues the series vs. Missouri.
   * Friday at noon (*note this is a time change*)
   * Saturday at 1 p.m. – Senior Day
   * The games will be broadcast on the UK Sports Radio Network.
 

Team Notes

  • Kentucky is 20-10 in home games this season
  • UK is 19-21 when facing a right-handed starting pitcher
  • UK has a 7-15 record in night games.

Game Notes

  • Junior right-hander Zack Brown made his 14th start of the season. He pitched seven innings, allowing eight runs with four strikeouts.
  • Junior left fielder Zach Reks singled in the sixth inning and hit a two-run homer in the eighth inning.
   * It extended his hitting streak to a season-long nine games.
   * Reks’ home run was his seventh of the season and his sixth long ball in the last 12 games.
  • Sophomore first baseman Evan White had an RBI single in the eighth inning.
   * It extended White’s current hitting streak to 12 games. It is his second double-digit hit streak of the season as he had a 21-game string from March 4 to April 3.
  • Senior right fielder Dorian Hairston doubled in the seventh inning, his fourth two-bagger and ninth extra-base hit of the season.

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