2014 Kentucky Wildcats baseball team

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.

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 x‍‍‍y	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

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 Rank 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 Rank 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.

See also

• Kentucky Wildcats baseball