Louisville Baseball Postgame Notes
March 24, 2012 | Baseball
March 24, 2012
Recap | Box Score | Photo Gallery 
- After Saturday, Louisville holds an 89-80 advantage in the all-time series with Cincinnati. The Cardinals have won 11 of the last 13 overall.
- Louisville has a 14-3 record this season at Jim Patterson Stadium and is 169-64 (.724) all-time in the ballpark, which opened in April 2005.
- The Cardinals have won six straight games overall, which matches a season-high.
- The Cardinals have scored in the first inning in 10 straight games and 11 of their last 13 overall.
- Louisville is outscoring its opponents 45-4 in the first inning this season and 69-15 in the first two innings.
- With his seventh inning single on Saturday, junior Nick Ratajczak extended his career-best hitting streak to 14 games.
- During his 14-game hitting streak, Ratajczak is hitting .536 (30-for-56) with 19 runs and eight RBI.
- Ratajczak has reached base safely in all 23 Louisville baseball games this season.
- With his single in the third inning, sophomore Adam Engel has hit safely in a career-best 12 straight games.
- During the completion of the series-opener on Saturday, Engel extended his hitting streak with his first career home run, a solo shot to left field in the eighth inning.
- With his swipe of third in the third inning on Saturday, Engel is now 18-for-19 on stolen bases this season.
- As a team, Louisville is 45-of-54 on the season on stolen bases while their opponents are just 17-of-27.
- The 11 strikeouts for sophomore righty Jeff Thompson were a career high and the most for a Louisville player since former All-American Thomas Royse had 11 against Georgetown on May 7, 2010.
- In the fifth inning of Saturday's game, Thompson struck out the side on nine pitches to become the first Cardinal to accomplish the rare feat since March 16, 2002 when Grant Williams did it against Memphis.
- With his first inning home run on Saturday, senior Stewart Ijames leads the Cardinals with eight this season.
- Ijames now has 41 career home runs, which is tied for ninth on Louisville's all-time list with Darren Oppel (1990-93).
- Senior Derek Self recorded the final four outs of the game for his team-leading sixth save of the season.
- The Cardinals improved to 17-0 this season when leading after the seventh inning.
Players Mentioned
IF
/ Baseball
OF
/ Baseball
2B
/ Baseball
RHP
/ Baseball
RHP
/ Baseball
RHP
/ BaseballDrafted: Patrick Forbes
Monday, July 14
BSB: 2025 Louisville Baseball Super Regional Recap
Wednesday, June 11
Road to Omaha: 2025 Super Regionals
Tuesday, June 10
BSB: 2025 Louisville Baseball Regional Recap
Friday, June 06
