2014 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

2014 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
2014 Kentucky Wildcats baseball
Conference	Southeastern Conference
Record	37–25 (14–16 SEC)
Head coach	Gary Henderson (6th season);
Assistant coaches	Brian Green (6th season); Brad Bohannon (10th season); Keith Vorhoff (7th season);
Home stadium	Cliff Hagan Stadium
	Seasons ← 2013 2015 →

2014 Southeastern Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf						Overall
Team	W		L		T	PCT	W		L		T	PCT
Eastern
No. 24 Florida ^x‍†‍‍^y	21	–	9	–	0	.700	40	–	23	–	0	.635
No. 25 South Carolina ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	44	–	18	–	0	.710
No. 1 Vanderbilt ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	–	0	.567	51	–	21	–	0	.708
Kentucky ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16	–	0	.467	37	–	25	–	0	.597
Tennessee ‍‍‍	12	–	18	–	0	.400	31	–	23	–	0	.574
Georgia ‍‍‍	11	–	18	–	1	.383	26	–	29	–	1	.473
Missouri ‍‍‍	6	–	24	–	0	.200	20	–	33	–	0	.377
Western
No. 4 Ole Miss ^x‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	–	0	.633	48	–	21	–	0	.696
No. 21 LSU ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	11	–	1	.603	46	–	16	–	1	.738
No. 28 Mississippi State ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	–	0	.600	39	–	24	–	0	.619
No. 30 Arkansas ‍‍‍^y	16	–	14	–	0	.533	40	–	25	–	0	.615
Alabama ‍‍‍^y	15	–	14	–	0	.517	37	–	24	–	0	.607
Texas A&M ‍‍‍^y	14	–	16	–	0	.467	36	–	26	–	0	.581
Auburn ‍‍‍	10	–	20	–	0	.333	28	–	28	–	0	.500

x – Division champion † – Conference champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The 2014 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team represented the University of Kentucky in the 2014 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Wildcats played their home games in Cliff Hagan Stadium. The team was coached by Gary Henderson, who was in his sixth season at Kentucky.

Consensus All-American A. J. Reed (pitcher - first baseman) won numerous awards: Golden Spikes Award, Dick Howser Trophy, SEC Player of the Year, and John Olerud Award (two-way player).

Roster

2014 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

Players

Coaches

#	Pos.	Name	B/T	Height	Weight	Year	Previous school	Home town
2	INF	Tyler Tipton	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Jr	Martha Layne Collins/Itawamba JC	Shelbyville, KY
4	OF	Kyle Barrett	L/L	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Chapel Hill	Douglasville, GA
5	INF	JaVon Shelby	R/R	2 ft 2 in (0.66 m)	188 lb (85 kg)	So	Tates Creek	Lexington, KY
6	INF	Matt Reida	L/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	178 lb (81 kg)	RS Sr	Western	Russiaville, IN
7	INF	Conner Heady	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	North Oldham	Prospect, KY
9	INF	Max Kuhn	R/R	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Jr	Zionsville	Zionsville, IN
11	LHP	Matt Snyder	L/L	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	RS So	Colonie Central/Virginia Tech/Fulton-Montgomery CC/Temple	Albany, NY
14	RHP	Chandler Shepherd	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Lawrence County	Louisa, KY
15	OF	Marcus Carson	L/L	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)	165 lb (75 kg)	Fr	North Laurel	London, KY
16	C	Troy Squires	L/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Central Hardin	Elizabethtown, KY
17	RHP	Taylor Martin	R/R	6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	RS So	Lexington Catholic	Lexington, KY
18	LHP	A.J. Reed	L/L	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	240 lb (109 kg)	Jr	Terre Haute South	Terre Haute, IN
19	OF	Austin Cousino	L/L	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Jr	Dublin Coffman	Dublin, OH
21	RHP	Robert Ziegler	R/R	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	215 lb (98 kg)	Fr	Defiance	Defiance, OH
23	RHP	Kyle Cody	R/R	6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	So	McDonnell Central	Chippewa Falls, WI
24	LHP	Dylan Dwyer	L/L	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	So	Calloway County	Murray, KY
25	LHP	Ryne Combs	L/L	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	So	Bryan Station	Lexington, KY
28	LHP	Logan Salow	L/L	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fr	Paul G. Blazer	Ashland, KY
29	RHP	Zach Strecker	R/R	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	RS So	Eastern	Louisville, KY
30	LHP	Sam Mahar	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	175 lb (79 kg)	RS So	Tremper	Kenosha, WI
33	RHP	Zack Brown	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Seymour	Seymour, IN
35	C	Zach Arnold	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	So	Franklin County	Frankfort, KY
37	RHP	Austin Perry	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	190 lb (86 kg)	Fr	Martha Layne Collins	Shelbyville, KY
40	C	Greg Fettes	R/R	6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)	225 lb (102 kg)	RS So	Lamphere	Madison Heights, MI
42	C	Michael Thomas	R/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Sr	Elizabethtown	Elizabethtown, KY
44	OF	Dorian Hairston	R/R	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	So	Tates Creek	Lexington, KY
46	INF	Thomas Bernal	R/R	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)	210 lb (95 kg)	RS Jr	Paso Robles	Paso Robles, CA
47	INF	Tyler Marshall	L/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Fr	Trinity	Louisville, KY
49	RHP	Logan Parrett	R/R	6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	170 lb (77 kg)	Fr	Woodford County	Versailles, KY

Head coach

Gary Henderson

Assistant coach(es)

Brad Bohannon
Brian Green
Keith Vorhoff

Legend

(C) Team captain
(S) Suspended
(I) Ineligible

Injured
Current redshirt

Roster
Last update: January 16, 2014

Schedule

2014 Kentucky Wildcats baseball game log: 37–25

Regular season: 32–22

February: 7–2

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
1	February 14	No. 12 Virginia	Brooks Field	W 8–3	Reed (1–0)	Waddell (0–1)	none		1–0	–
2	February 15	@ UNC Wilmington	Brooks Field	W 10–4	Shepherd (1–0)	Ramsey (0–1)	none	1,513	2–0	–
3	February 16	VMI	Brooks Field	L 9–10	Thomas (1–0)	Strecker (0–1)	none		2–1	–
4	February 17	@ USC Upstate	Cleveland S. Harley Baseball Park	L 6–8	Mitchell (1–0)	Zeigler (0–1)	Samples (1)	117	2–2	–
5	February 21	St. Josephs	Bud Metheny Baseball Complex	W 16–2	Reed (2–0)	Carter (0–1)	none		3–2	–
6	February 22	@ Old Dominion	Bud Metheny Baseball Complex	W 7–5	Combs (1–0)	Ali (0–1)	none	772	4–2	–
7	February 23	St. John's	Bud Metheny Baseball Complex	W 13–0	Cody (1–0)	McCormick (0–1)	none		5–2	–
8	February 25	Wright State	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 7–1	Salow (1–0)	Braun (0–1)	none	1,469	6–2	–
9	February 26	Dayton	Cliff Hagan Stadium	Canceled
10	February 28	Eastern Michigan	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 8–2	Reed (3–0)	Andrews (1–1)	none	1,461	7–2	–

March: 12–7

#	Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
11	March 1	Eastern Michigan		Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 9–5	Shepherd (2–0)	Russell (0–1)	none		8–2	–
12	March 1	Eastern Michigan		Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 13–2	Cody (2–0)	Land (0–1)	none	1,668	9–2	–
13	March 5	Cincinnati	No. 23	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 7–0	Dwyer (1–0)	Walsh (1–2)	none		10–2	–
14	March 5	Cincinnati	No. 23	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 11–4	Jack (1–0)	Walker (0–2)	none	1,460	11–2	–
15	March 7	Ball State	No. 23	Cliff Hagan Stadium	L 8–10¹⁰	Bautista (1–0)	Combs (1–1)	none	1,911	11–3	–
16	March 8	Ball State	No. 23	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 24–1	Shepherd (3–0)	Baker (1–2)	none	2,091	12–3	–
17	March 9	Ball State	No. 23	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 26–3	Nelson (1–0)	Manering (1–2)	none	1,596	13–3	–
18	March 11	@ Indiana	No. 21	Bart Kaufman Field	L 2–7	Hart (2–1)	Dwyer (1–1)	none	2,746	13–4	–
19	March 12	Northern Kentucky	No. 21	Cliff Hagan Stadium	Canceled
20	March 14	@ Alabama	No. 21	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	L 0–3	Turnbull (2–1)	Reed (3–1)	none	4,258	13–5	0–1
21	March 15	@ Alabama	No. 21	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	W 7–2	Shepherd (4–0)	Kamplain (2–2)	none		14–5	1–1
22	March 15	@ Alabama	No. 21	Sewell-Thomas Stadium	L 3–5¹⁰	Burrows (3–0)	Salow (1–1)	none	4,142	14–6	1–2
23	March 18	WKU		Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 10–3	Mahar (1–0)	Bartley (2–2)	none	1,633	15–6	1–2
24	March 21	No. 1 South Carolina		Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 13–5	Reed (4–1)	Montgomery (3–2)	none	1,937	16–6	2–2
25	March 22	No. 1 South Carolina		Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 2–1	Shepherd (5–0)	Wynkoop (4–1)	Salow (1)	2,220	17–6	3–2
26	March 23	No. 1 South Carolina		Cliff Hagan Stadium	L 3–8	Crowe (5–0)	Nelson (1–1)	Seddon (7)	1,870	17–7	3–3
27	March 26	Xavier	No. 17	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 9–6	Cody (3–0)	Astle (1–2)	Jack (1)	1,424	18–7	3–3
28	March 28	@ No. 5 Vanderbilt	No. 17	Hawkins Field	W 4–2	Reed (5–1)	Beede (4–3)	Cody (1)	2,545	19–7	4–3
29	March 29	@ No. 5 Vanderbilt	No. 17	Hawkins Field	L 3–9	Miller (6–1)	Shepherd (5–1)	none	2,885	19–8	4–4
30	March 30	@ No. 5 Vanderbilt	No. 17	Hawkins Field	L 2–6	Ferguson (5–0)	Nelson (1–2)	Fulmer (8)	2,869	19–9	4–5

April: 8–8

#	Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
31	April 1	No. 8 Louisville	No. 21	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 8–3	Dwyer (2–1)	Rogers (0–1)	Jack (2)	3,742	20–9	4–5
32	April 4	No. 12 Florida	No. 21	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 17–1	Reed (6–1)	Hanhold (3–3)	none	2,133	21–9	5–5
33	April 5	No. 12 Florida	No. 21	Cliff Hagan Stadium	L 10–11	Shore (3–1)	Shepherd (5–2)	Puk (1)	1,992	21–10	5–6
34	April 6	No. 12 Florida	No. 21	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 9–8	Dwyer (3–1)	Poyner (3–3)	Cody (2)	1,920	22–10	6–6
35	April 8	Morehead State	No. 18	Cliff Hagan Stadium	L 4–6	Schneider (2–2)	Combs (1–2)	none	1,618	22–11	6–6
36	April 11	Missouri	No. 18	Cliff Hagan Stadium	L 7–8	Williams (2–1)	Jack (1–1)	Steele (8)	1,950	22–12	6–7
37	April 12	Missouri	No. 18	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 12–0	Dwyer (4–1)	Miles (2–4)	none	2,458	23–12	7–7
38	April 13	Missouri	No. 18	Cliff Hagan Stadium	L 3–8	Anderson (2–2)	Nelson (1–3)	Steele (9)	2,063	23–13	7–8
39	April 15	@Louisville		Jim Patterson Stadium	W 4–2	Salow (2–1)	Rogers (0–2)	Cody (S)	2,597	24–13	7–8
40	April 18	@ Texas A&M		Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park	W 6–3	Reed (7–1)	Ray (4–3)	Cody (4)	4,339	25–13	8–8
41	April 19	@ Texas A&M		Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park	W 11–4	Dwyer (5–1)	Mengden (2–6)	none	5,311	26–13	9–8
42	April 20	@ Texas A&M	No. 21	Olsen Field at Blue Bell Park	L 2–14	Long (5–1)	Nelson (1–4)	none	3,308	26–14	9–9
43	April 22	Tennessee Tech	No. 21	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 15–13	Jack (2–1)	Tolle (3–1)	Cody (5)	1,830	27–14	9–9
44	April 25	No. 12 Ole Miss	No. 21	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 12–4	Ellis (6–0)	Reed (7–2)	none	2,247	27–15	9–10
45	April 26	No. 12 Ole Miss	No. 21	Cliff Hagan Stadium	L 5–18	Trent (6–0)	Dwyer (5–2)	Weathersby (1)	2,474	27–16	9–11
46	April 27	No. 12 Ole Miss	No. 21	Cliff Hagan Stadium	L 6–9	Massie (3–2)	Salow (2–2)	none	2,380	27–17	9–12

May: 5–5

#	Date	Opponent	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SEC record
47	May 1	@ Tennessee	Lindsey Nelson Stadium	W 15–1	Reed (8–2)	Martin (3–3)	none	1,894	28–17	10–12
48	May 2	@ Tennessee	Lindsey Nelson Stadium	L 2–8	Williams (5–4)	Dwyer (5–3)	Serrano (1)	2,089	28–18	10–13
49	May 3	@ Tennessee	Lindsey Nelson Stadium	L 1–5	Cox (4–1)	Nelson (1–5)	none	1,991	28–19	10–14
50	May 9	Auburn	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 6–3	Reed (9–2)	Dedrick (1–3)	Jack (3)	2,239	28–19	11–14
51	May 10	Auburn	Cliff Hagan Stadium	L 1–8	Ortman (9–3)	Shepherd (5–3)	none	2,492	29–20	11–15
52	May 11	Auburn	Cliff Hagan Stadium	W 6–5¹⁰	Jack (3–1)	Tella (0–1)	none	2,279	30–20	12–15
53	May 13	Murray State	Brooks Stadium	L 3–4¹²	Lollar (1–1)	Salow (2–3)	none	502	30–21	12–15
54	May 15	@ Georgia	Foley Field	W 13–0	Reed (10–2)	Lawlor (4–6)	none	2,003	31–21	13–15
55	May 16	@ Georgia	Foley Field	W 10–0	Nelson (2–5)	Sosebee (1–4)	none	1,933	32–21	14–15
56	May 17	@ Georgia	Foley Field	L 10–11	Tyler (6–4)	Brown (0–1)	Cheek (3)	2,507	32–22	14–16

Post-season: 5–3

SEC Tournament: 3–1

#	Date	Opponent	Seed/Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	SECT record
57	May 20	vs. (8) Alabama	(9)	Hoover Met	W 7–1	Reed (11–2)	Eicholtz (3–2)	Nelson (1)		33–22	1–0
58	May 21	vs. (1) No. 11 Florida	(9)	Hoover Met	W 4–2	Cody (4–0)	Shore (7–3)	Shepherd (1)		34–22	2–0
59	May 22	vs. (5) No. 17 Mississippi State	(9)	Hoover Met	W 7–6¹²	Jack (4–1)	Brown (4–3)	none	8,501	35–22	3–0
60	May 24	vs. (1) No. 11 Florida	(9)	Hoover Met	L 5–6	Hanhold (4–3)	Shepherd (5–4)	none	8,116	35–23	3–1

NCAA tournament: Louisville Regional: 2–2

#	Date	Opponent	Seed/Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	NCAAT record
61	May 30	vs. (3) Kansas	(2) No. 26	Jim Patterson Stadium	L 6–10	Drew (10–4)	Shepherd (5–5)	none	2,365	35–24	0–1
62	May 31	vs. (4) Kent State	(2) No. 26	Jim Patterson Stadium	W 4–2	Reed (12–2)	Fasola (2–2)	none	2,258	36–24	1–1
63	June 1	vs. (3) Kansas	(2) No. 26	Jim Patterson Stadium	W 8–6	Brown (1–1)	Kahana (4–7)	Jack (4)	2,275	37–24	2–1
64	June 1	@ (1) No. 12 Louisville	(2) No. 26	Jim Patterson Stadium	L 1–4	Rogers (3–3)	Salow (2–4)	Burdi (16)	4,319	37–25	2–2

2014 Kentucky Wildcats Baseball Schedule

Record vs. conference opponents

Last two do not qualify for conf. tourn. Blank are not scheduled. Blue are home games, otherwise away.

2014 SEC baseball records v t e Source: 2014 SEC baseball game results
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW
ALA	15–14		1–2	2–1	0–3	.	2–1	1–1	1–2	.	3–0	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	ALA	W5	5–4	1–1
ARK	16–14	2–1		1–2	1–2	.	.	1–2	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–1	.	2–1	2–1	ARK	W4	5–5	1–0
AUB	10–20	1–2	2–1		.	.	1–2	0–3	0–3	1–2	0–3	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	AUB	W7	3–7	0–3
FLA	21–9	3–0	2–1	.		3–0	1–2	3–0	.	3–0	.	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	FLA	E1	7–3	4–0
UGA	11–18	.	.	.	0–3		1–2	0–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	2–1	2–1	2–1	0–3	UGA	E6	4–6	0–2
KEN	14–16	1–2	.	2–1	2–1	2–1		.	.	1–2	0–3	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	KEN	E4	5–5	0–1
LSU	17–11	1–1	2–1	3–0	0–3	2–0	.		3–0	.	2–1	.	2–1	1–2	1–2	LSU	W2	6–3	2–1
MSU	18–12	2–1	2–1	3–0	.	2–1	.	0–3		3–0	1–2	.	2–1	1–2	2–1	MSU	W3	7–3	2–1
MIZZ	6–24	.	0–3	2–1	0–3	1–2	2–1	.	0–3		0–3	0–3	1–2	.	0–3	MIZZ	E7	2–8	0–6
MISS	19–11	0–3	2–1	3–0	.	2–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	3–0		1–2	.	2–1	.	MISS	W1	7–3	3–1
SCAR	18–12	2–1	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	.	.	3–0	2–1		3–0	.	2–1	SCAR	E2	6–4	2–0
TENN	12–18	1–2	.	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	.	0–3		.	2–1	TENN	E5	3–7	0–1
TAMU	14–16	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	1–2	1–2	2–1	2–1	.	1–2	.	.		2–1	TAMU	W6	4–6	0–0
VAN	17–13	.	1–2	.	2–1	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–2	3–0	.	1–2	1–2	1–2		VAN	E3	5–5	2–0
Team	W–L	ALA	ARK	AUB	FLA	UGA	KEN	LSU	MSU	MIZZ	MISS	SCAR	TENN	TAMU	VAN	Team	Div	SR	SW

Updated for entire regular season. Georgia at LSU had a tie game.

References

External links

Kentucky Baseball official website

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