On the Prowl: Hunter Gilliam Blasts Kentucky to Run-Rule Win

Gilliam, fresh off two National Player of the Week and co-SEC Player of the Week honors, continued to be nightmare fuel for pitchers.  In the last six games he is 16-for-2 (.640) with six runs, six doubles, a triple, one home run, 16 RBI, two walks and an HBP for the week. He has reached base safely in all 17 games this season, has an 11-game hit streak and had multiple hits in six straight games.

The Cats avenged a 20-7 loss in Bloomington last season, dropping a six-run sixth inning as they held an opponent to three or fewer runs for the 13^th time in 17 games, striking out 11 of 21 Indiana batters.

NOTES

• UK Coach Nick Mingione is in his seventh season at the helm and now owns a 191-131 career record.
• Kentucky is 124-38 in non-conference games under Coach Mingione.
  • UK is 77-33 in the month of March under Coach Mingione.
• UK pitchers have struck out 168 through 17 games.
• UK has held its opponents to three runs or fewer in 13 of 17 games.
• UK has scored in 316 of 322 games under Coach Mingione.
• UK has scored 33 runs in the past 16 innings.
• UK drew six hit by pitch, including two by Ryan Waldschmidt.
• First baseman Hunter Gilliam has started 130 consecutive games at the collegiate level.
  • He has reached safely in all 17 games this season and owns an 11-game hit streak.
  • He has a team-high nine multi-RBI games and eight multi-hit games.
  • He was 3-for-4 with two runs, five RBI, a double and three-run home run.
  • In the last six games he is 16-for-2 (.640) with six runs, six doubles, a triple, one home run, 16 RBI, two walks and an HBP for the week.
• Infielder Grant Smith has started all 133 games of his collegiate career.
  • He went 2-for-4 with a two-run single.
• Catcher Devin Burkes was 2-for-3 with three runs and an RBI.
  • He had the game-winning, walk-off single in the seventh.
• Infielder Emilien Pitre has reached base safely in 15 consecutive games.
• Catcher Chase Stanke notched his 100^th career hit.

ON DECK

Kentucky begins Southeastern Conference play vs. Mississippi State on Friday night at 6:30 p.m. ET at Kentucky Proud Park. The game will be streamed on SECN+. The radio call will be on the UK Sports Network