Baseball Hosts Georgetown for Weekend Series
April 28, 2011 | Baseball
April 28, 2011
2011 Louisville Baseball Game Notes in PDF Format
Game 1: Friday, April 29 | 6 p.m. ET | CardsTV Video |
Game 2: Saturday, April 30 | 1 p.m. ET | CardsTV Video |
Game 3: Sunday, May 1 | 1 p.m. ET | CardsTV Video |
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Louisville baseball team returns to BIG EAST Conference action with a three-game home series against Georgetown, which opens on Friday at 6 p.m., ET at Jim Patterson Stadium.
The Cardinals (22-18, 8-7 BIG EAST) and Hoyas (20-23, 2-13) will continue their series on Saturday at 1 p.m., while Sunday's series finale is set for 1 p.m. Admission is free for the entire weekend series.
Live play-by-play of the series can be heard on KOOL 1570 AM, while CardsTV, available to subscribers at www.UofLSports.com, will stream live video for all three games. Fans can also follow live pitch-by-pitch scoring online through the Gametracker feature at www.UofLSports.com.
Series Overview
Louisville and Georgetown have met 12 previous times with the Cardinals owning a 9-3 lead. This will be only the second series ever between the two programs with Louisville owning a 2-1 edge at Jim Patterson Stadium after earning a series win in 2009. Most recently, the Cardinals won two of three on the road against the Hoyas on May 7-9, 2010 in Bethesda, Md. Louisville opened the series with a 5-0 win, while Georgetown took game two with a 2-1 triumph in 10 innings. The Cardinals clinched the series victory with a 10-3 in the Sunday afternoon series finale.
Cardinals Tied for Fifth in BIG EAST with Four Weeks Left
The Louisville Cardinals earned their fourth BIG EAST series win of the season with a pair of wins over USF last weekend to move into a fifth-place tie in the league standings. At 8-7, the Cardinals are tied with Cincinnati and USF in league play, five games behind first-place Connecticut and three games out of second place. Louisville does own the tiebreaker with the Bearcats and Bulls thanks to series victories over both earlier this season.
Pitchers Lead the Way for Louisville
Through 40 games, the Louisville pitching staff has led the way with six shutout wins and an ERA of 3.06. The Cardinals have 272 strikeouts and only 130 walks in 353.1 innings. The opening weekend included a stretch of 23.2 consecutive shutout innings and 25.2 straight innings without an earned run and included the Cardinals' first back-to-back shutouts since 2007. U of L followed that early stretch with a streak of 22.0 straight scoreless innings and 24 straight innings without an earned run to end the series at Pepperdine. Overall, the Louisville pitching staff has allowed two earned runs or fewer in 22 games this season.
Louisville Baseball Notes and Trends to Follow...
The Cardinals have been outscored 37-12 in the first inning this season and nearly half (74 of 158) of the runs Louisville has allowed this year have come in the first three innings. After the third inning this season, the Cardinals are outscoring their foes 134-84... The Cardinals are 16-4 this season when scoring first and just 6-14 when their opponent scores first... In 13 of their 18 losses this season, Louisville has allowed its opponents to score in the first inning... The Cardinals have six shutout wins in 2011, which ranks as the second most in school history... Louisville is 21-1 when leading entering the ninth inning... Louisville is 9-1 this season when going error-free... Justin Amlung has provided 10-straight quality starts (6.0 innings or more, three earned runs or fewer), the longest streak by a Cardinal hurler over the last 11 seasons... Louisville starting pitchers have allowed two earned runs or fewer in 30 of 40 games this season... The Cardinals are 0-10 when allowing six or more runs in 2011.
About Louisville Head Coach Dan McDonnell
In his fifth season as the Cardinals' head coach, Dan McDonnell is 207-95 for a .685 winning percentage. In his first four seasons, he led Louisville to impressive heights, including its first ever College World Series appearance in 2007, four consecutive 40-win seasons, a school record 50 wins in 2010 and a school record four straight NCAA Championship appearances. Louisville has also hosted NCAA post-season games in three of the last four seasons.
About Georgetown
Georgetown enters the series at 20-23 overall and 2-13 in BIG EAST Conference action. Most recently, the Hoyas earned a 17-2 win over Navy on Wednesday. GU is led by Pete Wilk, who is 244-443 in his 12th season as head coach of the Hoyas. Last year, Georgetown was 24-31 overall, including a 5-22 league record to finish 12th in the BIG EAST.
Traffic Alert for Early Arriving Fans for Saturday's Game
On Saturday morning, the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon and Mini Marathon will be running and many of the roads around Jim Patterson Stadium will be closed from 7 a.m., ET to 11:30 a.m., ET for the races. Anyone planning to arrive early at Jim Patterson Stadium should follow the directions below to do so.
From the West on the Watterson Expressway
- Take Watterson Expressway to Exit 11 Crittenden Dr. (Stay in right lane) - Immediately get back on the Watterson Expressway going West. (Stay in right lane) - Exit Watterson at Exit 10 Southern Pkwy/3rd Street - Turn Right at bottom of ramp on 3rd Street. - Turn Right at first stop light which is Whitney (Kroger) follow all the way to Brook Street. - Turn Left on Brook Street and follow all the way to baseball stadium.
From the East on the Watterson Expressway
- Exit Watterson at Exit 10 Southern Pkwy/3rd Street - Turn Right at bottom of ramp on 3rd Street. - Turn Right at first stop light, which is Whitney (Kroger) follow all the way to Brook Street. - Turn Left on Brook Street and follow all the way to baseball stadium.
