Baseball Notebook: Recruiting Class Ranked 13th by Baseball America
September 13, 2017 | Baseball
Cardinals to host second week of fall scrimmages on Friday (2:30 p.m.) and Saturday (2:30 p.m.) at Jim Patterson Stadium
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville baseball team's 2017 recruiting class, currently enrolled and participating in fall workouts, was ranked 13th nationally by Baseball America on Tuesday.
The 2017 class ranking marked the eighth time in the last 10 years Louisville has earned a top 25 national recruiting ranking. The class includes four players ranked in the Baseball America 500 – righthanded pitcher Bobby Miller (McHenry, Ill./No. 372 overall), lefthanded pitcher Reid Detmers (Chatham, Ill./No. 422), lefthander Michael Kirian (New Riegel, Ohio/No. 425) and junior college righthander Liam Jenkins (Mokena, Ill./Wabash Valley College/No. 496). The Cardinals also added speedy junior college outfielder Drew Campbell (Jeffersonville, Ind./Olney Central College).
CARDINALS TO HOST OPEN SCRIMMAGES FRIDAY, SATURDAY AT PATTERSON STADIUM
Louisville's second week of fall workouts will conclude with a pair of open scrimmages on Friday and Saturday at Jim Patterson Stadium. First pitch is set for 2:30 p.m., ET each day, while batting practice will begin at 1:15 p.m. Both scrimmages are open to the public and free of charge allowing fans to visit with the Cardinals baseball team during an exciting weekend in The Ville.
LOUISVILLE CLOSES OPENING WEEK OF FALL WITH TWO SCRIMMAGES
The first week of fall workouts of the Cardinals were capped by a pair of scrimmages last Friday and Saturday at Jim Patterson Stadium. On the mound, junior righthander Bryan Hoeing twirled two scoreless innings with one strikeout on Saturday, while senior lefthander Rabon Martin did not allow a run and had one strikeout in two innings of relief. Sophomore righty Austin Dickey (2.0 IP, 2 SO, 0 H, 0 R), sophomore righthander Phillip Sanderson (2.0 IP, 3 SO, 0 H, 0 R), sophomore righty Stewart Currie (2.0 IP, 1 SO, 2 H, 0 R) and freshman lefty Connor Adams (2.0 IP, 0 H, 0 R) also had strong outings in the opening weekend.
At the plate, sophomore third baseman Justin Lavey was 4-for-9 with a double, three RBIs and six stolen bases in the two scrimmages, while freshman infielder Cameron Masterman was 4-for-7 with three doubles and two walks. Sophomore outfielder Ethan Stringer was 5-for-8 with a double and one RBI, sophomore infielder Logan Wyatt finished 3-for-9 with two doubles and one RBI and sophomore outfielder Danny Oriente had three hits, including one double, with two RBIs and two stolen bases.
"We're excited to be back on the field. It was a busy summer for our team with most of our guys jumping into summer baseball as soon as we returned from Omaha," said Cardinals head coach Dan McDonnell. "Everyone in the program is aware of the talented and experienced players we lost from last year's squad to professional baseball and through graduation, so the level competition this fall could be as high as we've seen in a long time. There is no entitlement in this program, so what happens on and off the field during fall ball will play an important role in the process of determining the roles on this team in the spring."
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