Baseball vs. Austin Peay -- Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY BASEBALL Austin Peay at Kentucky Postgame Notes March 2, 2016 Cliff Hagan Stadium -- Lexington, Ky.

FINAL SCORE: Kentucky 3, Austin Peay 2

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 4-3 and Austin Peay is 4-4.
• Kentucky leads the all-time series between the two schools, winning six consecutive games.
• UK head coach Gary Henderson has a 231-178 all-time record in his eighth year. He is the fastest coach to reach 200 wins in program history.
• Kentucky will return to action on Friday with its first home weekend of 2016, welcoming Buffalo at 4 p.m. ET at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

Team Notes

• Kentucky has a 663-371-2 all-time record at Cliff Hagan Stadium and 1-0 in 2016.
• Under Henderson, UK is 202-10 when staked to an eighth-inning lead and since he arrived in Lexington to direct the pitching staff, UK is 355-22 when owning an eighth-inning lead.
• In the Henderson era, UK has won eight consecutive home openers.
• Dating back to 1979, Kentucky is 30-6 in home openers, winning 17 straight.
• UK is 3-1 when scoring first.
• UK is 2-0 vs. a left-handed starter.
• UK is 3-3 in day games.
• Kentucky is 3-0 in its blue uniform top and white pants uniform combination.
• UK turned its fifth and sixth double plays of the year.

Individual Notes

• Sophomore righty Zach Pop made his first start of the year and the third of his career.
• UK has a 2-1 in Pop’s career starts.
• Pop tied his career high with 54 pitches.
• Sophomore shortstop Riley Mahan has reached base safely in 23 of his 29 career starts.
• Mahan has doubled three times in 2016 and eight time in his career.  
• Junior JaVon Shelby made his team-leading 112th consecutive start.
• Shelby has reached base safely in 97 of his 114 career starts.
• Shelby was hit by his 17th career pitch.
• Sophomore first baseman Evan White had his team-leading nine game hitting streak snapped.  
• White has reached base safely in 53 of his 59 career starts.
• Junior centerfielder Storm Wilson has reached base safely in 62 of his 73 career starts.
• Wilson has 18 career two-out hits.
• Wilson has 16 multi-hit games in his career and one in 2016.
• Junior Connor Heady made his first start of the season and the 70th of his career.
• Heady has made 12 career starts at second base.
• Sophomore lefty Zach Logue appeared in his third game of the year and the 22nd of his career.
• Logue has inherited 20 runners, allowing eight to score.  
• Redshirt freshman righty Justin Lewis made his Cliff Hagan Stadium debut, appearing in his second career game.
• Lewis worked a career-high two innings.
• Lewis inherited the bases loaded, marking his first career inherited runners.
• He allowed one runners to score.
• Freshman southpaw Daniel Tillo appeared in his second career game.
• Tillo has inherited three runners, allowing one to score.
• Senior righty Zach Strecker appeared in his team-high third appearance of the year and the 62nd of his career.
• Strecker has a 4-4 record in his career.
• Junior DH Gunnar McNeill collected his third multi-hit game.
• McNeill has reached base safely in 15 of his 21 career starts.
• Freshman righty Sean Hjelle appeared in his third game of the year.
• Hjelle recorded his first career save.