Louisville Baseball Postgame Notes
March 20, 2012 | Baseball
March 20, 2012
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- After Tuesday's game, Louisville holds an 8-3 lead in the all-time series with Ohio State and has won seven straight in the series.
- The Cardinals have shutout the Buckeyes in back-to-back games and three times in the last four games between the two programs.
- Louisville has a 12-3 record this season at Jim Patterson Stadium and is 167-64 (.722) all-time in the ballpark, which opened in April 2005.
- The Cardinals have scored in the first inning in eight straight games and nine of their last 10 overall.
- Louisville is outscoring its opponents 34-4 in the first inning this season and 58-13 in the first two innings.
- Tuesday marked the 15th time in 21 games this season Louisville has finished with 10 or more hits, while last season, they achieved that total just 16 times in 61 games.
- With Tuesday's 20-run output, Louisville has scored seven or more runs 12 times in the first 21 games, while in 2011, they did it just 15 times overall.
- With 14 runs on Saturday, 13 runs on Sunday and 20 runs today, the Cardinals have scored in double-figures in three straight games for the first time since May 15-20, 2010 in wins over USF (12-1), Cincinnati (12-2) and Notre Dame (12-2).
- The 20 runs on Tuesday were the most for Louisville since a 24-6 win over Rutgers on May 1, 2010.
- The 20-run margin was the Cardinals' largest margin of victory since a 23-1 win over Capitol on April 3, 1980.
- The 19 hits on Tuesday were the most for the Cardinals since they had 20 against Notre Dame on May 22, 2010.
- Tuesday's game featured the largest margin of victory in a shutout for the Cardinals since their 26-0 win over Georgetown College on April 29, 1947.
- The Cardinals earned their first shutout of the season and their first overall since a 3-0 win over Xavier on March 19, 2011.
- With his first inning single on Tuesday, junior Nick Ratajczak extended his career-best hitting streak to 12 games.
- During his 12-game hitting streak, Ratajczak is hitting .583 (28-for-48) with 18 runs and eight RBI.
- Ratajczak has reached base safely in all 21 Louisville baseball games this season.
- The five hits for Ratajczak on Tuesday were a career-high and the most for a Louisville player since Andrew Clark's five against Villanova on April 1, 2010.
- The four hits and four RBI for sophomore Jeff Gardner were both career highs.
- With his second career home run in the first inning on Tuesday, sophomore Ty Young has hit home runs in each of the Cardinals' last two games.
- In his last six games, Young is hitting .550 with two home runs, eight RBI and 10 runs scored.
- With his single in the second inning, sophomore Adam Engel has hit safely in a career-best 10 straight games.
- With his swipe of second in the second inning on Tuesday, Engel is now 16-for-17 on stolen bases this season.
- As a team, Louisville is 42-of-50 on the season on stolen bases.
- Freshman Zach Lucas hit his first career home run on Tuesday, a two-run shot to left field, and has hit safely in all six of his starts this season.
- Freshman righty Jared Ruxer has won each of his first three career starts. In those three starts, he has a 1.72 ERA with eight strikeouts in 15.2 innings. In his last 10.2 innings, he has allowed only one run on nine hits.
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