Louisville Baseball Postgame Notes
May 11, 2012 | Baseball
May 11, 2012
- With Friday's win, the Cardinals improved to 23-7 at home this season and are 178-68 (.723 winning percentage) all-time at Jim Patterson Stadium since it opened in April 2005.
- With their two runs on Friday, the Cardinals increased their scoring advantage in the first inning this season to 82-10 overall.
- Louisville improved to 20-8 this season when scoring in the first inning and 28-8 when scoring first.
- Friday marked the Cardinals' fourth shutout win of the season.
- Friday's announced crowd of 3,058 was the Cardinals' second largest at home this season.
- Louisville, which entered the week ranked second in the nation in hit-by-pitch, added three more to the total on Friday taking the season total to 99.
- Junior Justin Amlung earned career win No. 23, which placed him in sole possession of second on the Cardinals' all-time list behind only Justin Marks' 29 from 2007-09.
- With his six strikeouts on Friday, Amlung moved into sixth on the Cardinals' career list with 226 and into a tie for seventh on the single season list with Zack Pitts (2007) at 91.
- The four hits on Friday for sophomore Ty Young were a career-high. After Friday's action, he leads the Cardinals in hitting at .364.
- With his two RBI on Friday, senior Stewart Ijames moved into a third-place tie on the Cardinals' career list at 201 with Richie Hawks (1988-91). Ijames leads the Cardinals this season with 54 RBI.
- Sophomore outfielder Adam Engel returned to the Cardinals' starting lineup on Friday for the first time since he suffered an injured thump on his left (non-throwing) hand against Seton Hall on April 15. Overall, he missed 12 games and was out of the lineup for 13 games.
- After Friday's action, Louisville (15-7) sits alone in second in the BIG EAST standings, one game behind first-place St. John's (16-6). USF and Connecticut are tied for third at 14-8, while Seton Hall is fifth at 13-9 with five BIG EAST games left in the regular season race.
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