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posted 02-23-2014 09:16 PM
Reed is playing unbelievable baseball so far this season.
Junior first-team preseason All-American A.J. Reed belted a two-run home run and a grand slam in the fifth inning – becoming the first player in school history with two homers in one inning – and worked seven innings on the mound, leading Kentucky to a 16-2 win over St. Joseph’s on Friday afternoon at Bud Methany Complex on the campus of Old Dominion.
A native of Terre Haute, Ind., Reed had a historic game with his damage in the fifth inning marking a first in the over 100-year history of the program. The 6-foot-4, 240-pound southpaw belted a two-run homer with no outs in the fifth, before coming back up with the bases juiced later in the frame and ripping his second career grand slam over the centerfield fence.
“The most striking thing about it is that they were both hit to the center of the park,” UK head coach Gary Henderson said. “A.J. has hit three home runs now and they have all been centerfield or middle-opposite field. That has been great to see. His swing has been good. His at bats have been good. It is nice to see him get rewarded for what he was doing.”
With game-by-game box scores complete back to the 2002 season, Reed becomes the first Wildcat to homer twice in an inning, with his six RBI also a record for one frame. Since 2002, UK has had a player with two or three home runs in a game 38 times, with the last coming from Michael Williams and Cameron Flynn in 2012.
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