Baseball vs. Buffalo (3/4/16) -- Postgame Notes

KENTUCKY BASEBALL Buffalo at Kentucky Postgame Notes March 4, 2016 Cliff Hagan Stadium -- Lexington, Ky.

FINAL SCORE: Kentucky 5, Buffalo 1

Team Records and Series Notes

• Kentucky is 5-3 and Buffalo is 4-3.
• UK leads the series between the two teams, 7-0.
• UK head coach Gary Henderson has a 232-178 all-time record in his eighth year. He is the fastest coach to reach 200 wins in program history.
• The series will resume on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET at Cliff Hagan Stadium.

Team Notes

• Kentucky has a 664-371-2 all-time record at Cliff Hagan Stadium and 2-0 in 2016.
• Under Henderson, UK is 203-10 when staked to an eighth-inning lead and since he arrived in Lexington to direct the pitching staff, UK is 356-22 when owning an eighth-inning lead.
• UK is 4-3 in day games.
• UK is 3-3 vs. a right-handed starting pitcher.
• UK is 5-1 when it scores first and 2-0 when scoring in the first inning.
• UK is 4-1 when committing one error.
• Kentucky turned its seventh double play of the year.

Individual Notes

• Junior JaVon Shelby made his team-leading 114th consecutive start.
• Shelby has reached base safely in 98 of his 115 career starts.
• Shelby was hit by his 18th career pitch.
• Shelby stole his first base of the year and the fifth of his career.
• Sophomore second baseman Luke Becker doubled for the second time of 2016.
• Becker has four multi-hit games on the year.
• Becker set a new career high with three hits.
• Junior righty Zack Brown made his 22nd career start also appearing in his 37th game.
• Brown picked off his fourth and fifth career runners and his first two of 2016.
• Brown worked a season-high seven innings.
• Brown tossed his ninth career quality start of the first of 2016.
• Sophomore first baseman Evan White has reached base safely in 54 of his 60 career starts.
• White hit his first homer of the year and the third of his career.
• UK is 2-1 in White’s career when he homers.
• White has 24 career multi-hit games.
• White stole his second base of the year and the sixth of his career.
• Junior centerfielder Storm Wilson has reached base safely in 69 of his 79 career starts.
• Junior DH Gunnar McNeill has reached base safely in 16 of his 22 career starts.
• Sophomore shortstop Riley Mahan has reached base safely in 24 of his 30 career starts.
• Mahan doubled for the fourth time in 2016 and the ninth time in his career.
• Junior rightfielder Marcus Carson hung his first career sacrifice fly.
• Freshman leftfielder Tristan Pompey hung his first career sacrifice fly.
• Sophomore lefty Brad Schaenzer appeared in his third games of the year and the 17th of his career.
• Senior right-hander Bo Wilson made his 59th career pitching appearance, his 12th at Kentucky and his second of the year.