FB Recruiting RECAP: Cats move to 10-1 with win over Sam Houston State

[Jeff Drummond]

RECAP: Kentucky moves to 10-1 with win over Sam Houston State
Jeff Drummond | Managing Editor

Zack Thompson tossed six shutout innings for the Cats on Saturday.
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Luke Heyer and T.J. Collett each homered and drove in two runs and Kentucky got a strong start from Zack Thompson en route to a 7-2 win over Sam Houston State on Saturday at the Shriners College Classic in Houston.

Heyer, a senior infielder/outfielder, raised his batting average to .412 and clubbed his team-leading seventh home run of the season. Collett added his sixth long ball for the No. 7 Wildcats (10-1).

Kentucky's 11-hit day also included a pair of hits by Ben Aklinski and an RBI triple by Luke Becker.

Thompson (2-0) worked six scoreless innings on the mound. The sophomore left-hander allowed only four hits and struck out seven.

Sam Houston State (7-3), which opened the event with a thrilling win over Vanderbilt, managed only a single run in the eighth and ninth innings against the UK staff.

Bearkats starter Hayden Wesneski (1-1) took the loss, allowing three runs on seven hits and three walks over five innings of work.

Kentucky will wrap up the three-day event at Minute Maid Park, the home of the World Series champion Houston Astros, on Sunday at noon ET against Louisiana.

 

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RECAP: Kentucky moves to 10-1 with win over Sam Houston State
Jeff Drummond | Managing Editor

Zack Thompson tossed six shutout innings for the Cats on Saturday.
Jeff Drummond/Cats Illustrated

Luke Heyer and T.J. Collett each homered and drove in two runs Saturday and Kentucky got a strong start from Zack Thompson en route to a 7-2 win over Sam Houston State on Saturday at the Shriners College Classic in Houston.

Heyer, a senior infielder/outfielder, raised his batting average to .412 and clubbed his team-leading seventh home run of the season. Collett added his sixth long ball for the No. 7 Wildcats (10-1).

Kentucky's 11-hit day also included a pair of hits by Ben Aklinski and an RBI triple by Luke Becker.

Thompson (2-0) worked six scoreless innings on the mound. The sophomore left-hander allowed only four hits and struck out seven.

Kentucky will wrap up the three-day event at Minute Maid Park, the home of the World Series champion Houston Astros, on Sunday at noon ET against Louisiana.

Thompson took nearly 4 off of his ERA today.

 

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Baseball...may be my sanity savior this Spring!

 

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NOTES

·Kentucky’s 10-1 start to the season is the best for the program since the 2013 opened up 11-1.

·The offense has …

oHit a home run in all 11 games this season.

oScored 67 runs in the past six games.

oRecorded 55 extra base hits this season.

oScored 21 runs on 23 hits in two games in Houston.


·Sophomore LHP Zack Thompson got the win by going 6.0 innings with four hits, no runs, one walk and seven strikeouts.

oThompson is now 10-3 in his career for a .769 winning percentage, ranking fourth on UK’s career win-loss percentage list.


·Senior 3B/OF Luke Heyer went 2-for-2 with a run, two RBI, two walks and a two-run home run.

oHeyer leads the team with seven home runs.

oHe has three home runs in two games in Houston.

oHis seven homers in 34 official at bats is one in every 4.86 at bats on the season.


·Sophomore C/1B T.J. Collett went 2-for-3 with two runs, two RBI and a walk.

oCollett’s two-run HR gives him six on the season.

oCollett has a career-long 10-game hitting streak.


·Junior OF Tristan Pompey pinch hit in the seventh inning and drew a walk.

oThe walk extended his reached base safely streak to 43 games.


·Junior OF Ben Aklinski went 2-for-3 with two runs, two walks and an RBI.

oAklinski has five RBI in the past two games.

oHe has five multi-hit games.


·Senior C/1B Troy Squires had a pair of SAC bunts, including a perfectly executed squeeze bunt to score a run.

oSquires now has 25 SAC bunts in his career, moving him from seventh to fourth place on the career SAC bunts list. He is currently tied with Justin Scutchfield (2003-06) and two behind Matt Reida (2011-14) for third.