Louisville Baseball Post-Game Notes
February 24, 2012 | Baseball
Feb. 24, 2012
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- Friday was the first ever baseball meeting between Louisville and Oakland.
- Cole Sturgeon and Jeff Gardner have hit safely in each of the Cardinals' five games this season.
- With his single in the fifth inning, Gardner extended his career-best hitting streak to nine games dating back to last season.
- Derek Self made his third two-inning relief appearance on the season to earn his second save of 2012 and the fourth of his career.
- Overall, Self has pitched 6.0 shutout innings of relief this season with three strikeouts and four hits.
- With the win, Justin Amlung improved to 16-5 in his career on the mound.
- Friday marked the 12th time in his career Amlung has pitched at least 7.0 innings and the right-hander is 9-1 in those outings.
- The five-run fourth inning is the Cardinals' highest scoring inning of the season and their first inning with at least five runs since scoring six in the eighth inning of their win over Pittsburgh at the 2011 BIG EAST Championship on May 27, 2011.
- The Cardinals have put together back-to-back error-free games for the first time since May 20-21, 2011 against Notre Dame.
- Following his two-hit day to extend his hitting streak to four games, Adam Engel is hitting .455 with five runs scored and three RBI through five games.
- Ty Young has hit safely in three straight games and is hitting .600 overall (6-for-10) with five runs and three RBI.
- For the second straight game, freshman Sutton Whiting came off the bench as a pinch runner and for the second straight game, he found his way home. After stealing second and third, he scored on an RBI single by Kyle Gibson in the eighth.
- With his two RBI on Friday, Alex Chittenden is tied for the team-lead in the category with Gardner at four each.
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