Louisville Baseball Postgame Notes
March 25, 2012 | Baseball
March 25, 2012
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- With Sunday's win, Louisville holds a 90-80 advantage in the all-time series with Cincinnati. The Cardinals have won 12 of the last 14 overall.
- Louisville has a 15-3 record this season at Jim Patterson Stadium and is 170-64 (.726) all-time in the ballpark, which opened in April 2005.
- The Cardinals have won a season-high seven straight games overall, their longest streak since they won seven from May 15-26, 2010.
- With Sunday's win, the Cardinals completed a sweep of the opening weekend of BIG EAST Conference play for the first time since 2006, their first season in the league.
- The Cardinals have scored in the first inning in 11 straight games and 12 of their last 14 overall.
- Louisville is outscoring its opponents 49-4 in the first inning this season and 73-15 in the first two innings.
- Sunday marked the 17th time in 24 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 12-run output, Louisville has scored seven or more runs 14 times in the first 24 games, while in 2011, they did it just 15 times overall.
- The Cardinals improved to 18-0 this season when leading after the seventh inning.
- During the Cardinals 4-0 week, they outscored their opponents 47-10 overall. As a team, they hit .353 while their pitching staff had an ERA of just 1.75.
- The four hits and five RBI were both career highs for sophomore Cole Sturgeon.
- On the mound, the three strikeouts matched a career high for Sturgeon.
- In the Cardinals' four game this week, Sturgeon hit .538 (7-for-13) with seven RBI.
- With his single in the first inning, sophomore Adam Engel has hit safely in a career-best 13 straight games.
- With his 3-for-5 performance on Sunday, freshman Zach Lucas has hit safely in all nine of his starts and extended his hitting streak to nine games overall.
- Senior Stewart Ijames successfully reached base in all five plate appearances on Sunday finishing with a single, three walks and an HBP. He also scored three runs.
- Making his first start since Feb. 18, sophomore Ryan Seiz was 2-for-4 with two RBI and two runs scored as the Cardinals' designated hitter.
- In the four games this week, Louisville's bullpen did not allow an earned run in 12.1 innings of work while striking out 15.
- Junior Nick Ratajczak had his career-best 14-game hitting streak halted on Sunday and for the first time this season, he did not reach base.
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