Friday, May 4
Brighton, MA
6:00 PM
University of Louisville
at
Boston College
Nick Bennett is slated to start game two of the weekend series at Boston College.
Photo by: Jeff Reinking | Louisville Athletics
No. 29 Baseball Opens Boston College Series Friday Night
May 03, 2018 | Baseball
Cardinals and Eagles set for 6 p.m., ET on Friday, 1 p.m., on Saturday and noon on Sunday
| GAME DAY INFORMATION #29 Louisville (30-14, 10-11) at Boston College (15-28, 6-18) Location: Brighton, Mass. Venue: Brighton Field Twitter Updates: @UofLBaseball Game Notes: Louisville | Boston College | Media Center Friday, May 4 | 6 p.m. ET | Live Stats TV: ACC Network Extra | Radio: 1450 WXVW LOU: Jr. LHP Adam Wolf (4-2, 2.39 ERA) BC: Jr. RHP Jacob Stevens (3-5, 5.01 ERA) Saturday, May 5 | 4 p.m. ET | Live Stats TV: ACC Network Extra | Radio: 1450 WXVW LOU: So. LHP Nick Bennett (5-1, 2.32 ERA) BC: Jr. LHP Dan Metzdorf (1-6, 4.81 ERA) Sunday, May 6 | Noon ET | Live Stats TV: ACC Network Extra | Radio: 93.9 The Ville LOU: Fr. RHP Bobby Miller (4-1, 0.92 ERA) BC: Sr. RHP Brian Rapp (3-5, 3.81 ERA) |
ABOUT THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS
Louisville improved to 30-14 on the season with Tuesday's 8-4 win at No. 15 Vanderbilt. With three weeks remaining in the regular season, the Cardinals have a 10-11 conference mark and are fourth in the Atlantic Division. The nation's last unbeaten team for the second straight year after winning 14 straight games to open the 2018 season, Louisville is ranked in one of six major national polls this week, 29th in the Collegiate Baseball poll.
Sophomore Logan Wyatt has a .335 average with three home runs, 43 RBIs, 19 doubles and 42 walks to pace the offense. Wyatt is ranked seventh in the nation in walks, seventh in doubles and 24th in on-base percentage (.485). Danny Oriente hit safely in a career best 14 straight games from March 31-April 24 and has lifted his batting average to .373, while Josh Stowers ranks 12th in the nation with his 25 stolen bases.
The pitching staff is led by junior Adam Wolf, sophomore Nick Bennett and freshman righthander Bobby Miller. Wolf has a 4-2 record, 2.39 ERA and 76 strikeouts in 67.2 innings and 11 series-opening starts. Bennett has registered a 5-1 record, 2.32 ERA and 43 strikeouts in 42.2 innings, including six straight weekend starts. Miller has four consecutive weekend starts, a 4-1 record and 0.92 ERA in 39.1 innings this season. The bullpen is paced by All-American righty Sam Bordner, who ranks 19th in the nation with his 10 saves in 2018.
Louisville is guided by head coach Dan McDonnell, who is in his 12th season in The Ville following a record-setting campaign in 2017 when the Cardinals ranked fifth in every major national poll after advancing to the College World Series for the fourth time in school history. UofL set a school record for wins with a 53-12 mark and earned the program's third straight ACC Atlantic Division title.
ABOUT THE BOSTON COLLEGE EAGLES
Boston College is 15-28 overall and 6-18 in the ACC after dropping two of three games last weekend at Notre Dame. The Eagles are hitting .247 as a team with a 5.24 ERA. Led by head coach Mike Gambino, Boston College was 25-28 overall last season and sixth in the ACC Atlantic with an 11-19 conference record.
SERIES HISTORY
Louisville leads 7-2 in the all-time series with Boston College, which dates back to the Cardinals' first season in the ACC in 2015. UofL has won four straight against the Eagles, including a series sweep last season at Jim Patterson Stadium. In Louisville's only previous visit to Boston College, the Cardinals dropped two of three games at Pellagrini Field in 2016.
TEAM NOTES AND TRENDS
• Louisville is ranked No. 38 in the official NCAA RPI released on May 3. The Cardinals are among seven ACC teams in the top 52 of the most recent RPI.
• From March 9 to April 8, the Cardinals played 15 of 19 games against ranked opponents, including 12 against top 10 foes. Overall, UofL has an 8-9 record against ranked teams this season.
• Louisville has started 20 different defensive lineups and submitted 38 different batting orders through its 44 games this season.
• Seven UofL pitchers have made weekend series starts this season but the Cardinals have used the same trio each of the last four weeks -- Adam Wolf, Nick Bennett and Bobby Miller.
• The Cardinals are 26-4 this season when entering the ninth inning with a lead. From 2012-17, Louisville accumulated a six-year record of 266-3 when entering the ninth with a lead, including a 50-0 mark in 2017.
• On the mound, Louisville is 4th in the nation in hits allowed per 9 IP (7.12), 13th in strikeouts per 9 IP (9.9) and 20th in ERA (3.29). UofL leads the ACC in ERA and hits allowed per 9 IP.
• Offensively, the Cardinals are 13th in the NCAA in walks, 14th in sacrifice flies and 39th in on-base percentage.
• Louisville is ranked 8th in the nation and No. 1 in the ACC in stolen bases in 2018 with 90 in 105 attempts after ranking 17th in 2017 (98-of-123). The Cardinals were 12th in the NCAA in 2016 with 101 stolen bases, fourth nationally with 127 stolen bases in 2015, second in the nation in 2014 with 133 and second in 2013 with 150.
• UofL has won 28 of its 37 ACC series since joining the league and is 31-5 in its series finales during that span, including an 11-4 record in rubber games.
• The Cardinals have won 15 of their 19 ACC series at home since debuting in the conference.
• From March 16 through April 8, UofL suffered four straight series losses for the first time since 2004 when they had seven straight series losses.
• While at Louisville, coach Dan McDonnell has guided the Cardinals to four College World Series berths, seven NCAA Super Regional appearances, 10 NCAA Regional bids, eight regular season conference championships and two conference tournament titles with 34 All-Americans.
PLAYER NOTES AND TRENDS
• Logan Wyatt is 7th in the nation in walks, 7th in doubles and 24th in on-base percentage.
• Wyatt is No. 1 in the ACC in doubles and on-base percentage and No. 2 in walks.
• Wyatt leads the team in RBIs (43), on-base percentage (.485), slugging percentage (.529) and multi-hit performances (16).
• Josh Stowers ranks 12th in the nation with his 25 stolen bases in 29 attempts. Overall, Stowers has 49 career stolen bases in 61 total attempts.
• In the 16 games since moving to the 5th spot in the Cardinals lineup, Stowers has a .340 average (17-for-50), 19 runs scored, 11 walks (.469 OB%) and is 12-for-14 on stolen bases.
• Over his last 18 games, Danny Oriente has a .500 batting average (29-for-58) with 23 RBIs.
• Devin Mann is Louisville's active career leader in games played (147), doubles (28), home runs (10), RBIs (93), runs scored (103) and walks (94).
• Mann is 2nd in the nation and No. 1 in the ACC with his 47 walks this season. He is also 9th nationally and leading the ACC in sac flies with seven.
• In his 17 games as the leadoff hitter in the lineup, Tyler Fitzgerald has a .319 average (23-of-72), 15 runs scored, 7 RBIs and 9-for-9 on stolen bases.
• Adam Wolf has started all 11 series-openers this season and the junior has allowed two or fewer earned runs in eight of those outings.
• Wolf is ranked No. 4 in the ACC in ERA (2.39) and No. 5 in WHIP (1.09).
• In his 6 weekend starts this season, Nick Bennett has a 4-1 record, 2.15 ERA (9 earned runs) with 36 strikeouts in 37.2 innings.
• During his four starts this season (all on the weekend), Bobby Miller has a 0.74 ERA (2 ER) with 18 strikeouts and just 15 hits in 24.1 innings.
• In his 12 relief appearances in 2018, Shay Smiddy has a 3-0 record, 1.31 ERA (3 ER), 31 strikeouts and just five walks in 20.2 innings.
• Sam Bordner ranks 19th in the nation with his 10 saves in 2018.
• Bordner had his scoreless streak halted at 23.1 innings at WKU on March 21. His career long scoreless streak is 31.2 innings spanning the end of 2016 and much of 2017.
LOUISVILLE IN NATIONAL POLLS EVERY WEEK SINCE START OF 2012
Louisville, which surpassed its previous high national ranking of No. 2 (in 2016) with the No. 1 ranking on March 13 and March 20 during the 2017 season, has enjoyed a historic run by remaining ranked in at least one major national poll every week since the release of the 2012 preseason rankings -- the longest such span in school history. Ranked in the top 25 in all six major preseason polls for 2018, the Cardinals have earned a preseason national ranking in 11 straight seasons (2008-2018) overall. Louisville is ranked in one national poll this week landing at No. 29 in the Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll.
FITZGERALD, WOLF NAMED TO COLLEGE BASEBALL FOUNDATION AWARDS WATCH LISTS
Infielder Tyler Fitzgerald and lefthander pitcher Adam Wolf were named April 19 to watch lists for a pair of 2018 College Baseball Foundation awards. Fitzgerald was on the watch list for this year's Brooks Wallace Award, which honors the nation's top shortstop, while Wolf was on the watch list for the 2018 National Pitcher of the Year.
A native of Rochester, Illinois, Fitzgerald was among 53 players named to the season's first watch list for the Brooks Wallace Award, named for former the Texas Tech shortstop, who played for the Red Raiders from 1977 to 1980. Named among 78 players on the Pitcher of the Year watch list, Wolf has anchored Louisville's pitching staff in 2018.
The Brooks Wallace Award and the National Pitcher of the Year Award by the College Baseball Foundation following the season. For more information on the Brooks Wallace Award, the National Pitcher of the Year Award or the College Baseball Hall of Fame's Night of Champions, visit www.collegebaseballhall.org.
BORDNER NAMED TO STOPPER OF THE YEAR MIDSEASON WATCH LIST
Righthanded pitcher Sam Bordner was named April 26 to the midseason watch list for the 14th Annual National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association Stopper of the Year Award. Bordner was among 41 players on the watch list for the award given annually to the top relief pitcher in NCAA Division I baseball. The Stopper of the Year Award is a familiar honor for Louisville, which has produced two winners in the first 13 years of the award – righthander Nick Burdi in 2014 and righty Lincoln Henzman in 2017.
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2018 LOUISVILLE BASEBALL TICKETS
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