Tuesday, May 8
LOUISVILLE, KY
6:00 PM
University of Louisville
vs
WRIGHT STATE
Photo by: Jeff Reinking | Louisville Athletics
No. 28 Louisville Hosts Wright State, Cincinnati for Midweek Pair
May 07, 2018 | Baseball
Cardinals and Raiders on Tuesday at 6 p.m., ET; UofL and Bearcats on Cancer Awareness Night Wednesday at 6 p.m.,
| GAME DAY INFORMATION Location: Louisville, Kentucky Venue: Jim Patterson Stadium (4,000) Twitter Updates: @UofLBaseball Game Notes: Louisville | Media Center #28 Louisville (32-15) vs. Wright State (31-14) Tuesday, May 8 | 6 p.m. ET | Live Stats TV: ACC Network Extra | Radio: 93.9 The Ville LOU: Fr. LHP Reid Detmers (3-1, 4.54 ERA) WSU: Jr. RHP Jason Foster (3-2, 2.75 ERA) #28 Louisville vs. Cincinnati (Cancer Awareness Night) Wednesday, May 9 | 6 p.m. ET | Live Stats TV: ACC Network Extra | Radio: 93.9 The Ville LOU: TBD CIN: TBD |
HALF-PRICED TICKETS FOR FINAL SIX HOME GAMES ON SALE TUESDAY
The nationally-ranked Louisville baseball team has just six regular season home games remaining in 2018 and the Cardinals are offering half-priced tickets for each of those games at Jim Patterson Stadium during a two-day, online flash sale starting Tuesday (May 8) at 10 a.m., ET. The flash sale includes all reserved chairback tickets and general admission tickets for Louisville's final six home games -- May 8 vs. Wright State, May 9 vs. Cincinnati, May 15 vs. Indiana and May 17-19 vs. Notre Dame. The limited time offer is only valid online and runs from Tuesday at 10 a.m., until Thursday (May 10) at 10 a.m.
ABOUT THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS
Louisville enters the week at 32-15 overall after winning three of our road games week, including a series win at Boston College. With two weeks remaining in the regular season, the Cardinals have a 12-12 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 two of six major national polls this week -- 28th in the NCBWA poll and 29th in the Collegiate Baseball poll.
Sophomore Logan Wyatt has a .327 average with three home runs, 45 RBIs, 20 doubles and 47 walks to pace the offense. Wyatt is ranked fifth in the nation in walks, 11th in doubles and 26th in on-base percentage (.484). Danny Oriente hit safely in a career best 14 straight games from March 31-April 24 and has lifted his batting average to .354, while Josh Stowers ranks 13th in the nation with his 26 stolen bases.
The pitching staff is led by junior Adam Wolf, sophomore Nick Bennett and freshman righthander Bobby Miller. Wolf has a 5-2 record, 2.26 ERA and 86 strikeouts in 75.2 innings and 12 series-opening starts. Bennett has registered a 6-1 record, 2.17 ERA and 46 strikeouts in 49.2 innings, including seven straight weekend starts. Miller has five consecutive weekend starts, a 4-1 record and 0.97 ERA in 46.1 innings this season.
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 OPPONENTS
Wright State enters the week at 31-14 overall and 18-6 in the Horizon League after winning two of three games at Illinios-Chicago last weekend. The Raiders were 38-21 last season, including 21-9 in the Horizon. Cincinnati enters the week at 24-21 and 10-8 in the American Conference after taking two of three at Wichita State last week. Last season, the Bearcats were 28-30 overall and 10-14 in the conference.
SERIES HISTORY
Louisville leads 8-7 in the all-time series with Wright State, which dates back to 1988. The Cardinals have won four straight against the Raiders, including 3-1 in the 2016 NCAA Regional final at Jim Patterson Stadium. Louisville leads 98-81 in the all-time series with Cincinnati, which dates back to 1924. The most frequently played series in school history, the Cardinals have won 19 of the last 22 against the Bearcats.
TEAM NOTES AND TRENDS
• Louisville is ranked No. 41 in the official NCAA RPI released on May 7. The Cardinals are among seven ACC teams in the top 46 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 39 different batting orders through its 47 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 five weeks -- Adam Wolf, Nick Bennett and Bobby Miller.
• The Cardinals are 28-4 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 3rd in the nation in hits allowed per 9 IP (7.06), 15th in strikeouts per 9 IP (9.7) and 17th in ERA (3.22). UofL leads the ACC in ERA and hits allowed per 9 IP.
• Louisville is ranked 8th in the nation and No. 1 in the ACC in stolen bases in 2018 with 97 in 113 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.
• Offensively, the Cardinals are 11th in the NCAA in walks (255), 14th in sacrifice flies (28), 37th in on-base percentage (.389) and 38th in doubles (92).
• UofL has won 29 of its 38 ACC series since joining the league and is 31-6 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 5th in the nation in walks, 11th in doubles and 26th in on-base percentage.
• Wyatt is No. 1 in the ACC in doubles, on-base percentage and walks.
• Wyatt leads the team in RBIs (45), on-base percentage (.484), slugging percentage (.515) and multi-hit performances (16).
• Josh Stowers ranks 13th in the nation with his 26 stolen bases in 30 attempts. Overall, Stowers has 50 career stolen bases in 62 total attempts.
• In the 19 games since moving to the 5th spot in the Cardinals lineup, Stowers has a .333 average (20-for-60), 21 runs scored, 13 walks (.468 OB%) and is 13-for-15 on stolen bases.
• Over his last 21 games, Danny Oriente has a .449 batting average (31-for-69) with 24 RBIs.
• Devin Mann is Louisville's active career leader in games played (150), doubles (29), home runs (10), RBIs (96), runs scored (106) and walks (94).
• Mann is 5th in the nation and No. 1 in the ACC with his 47 walks this season. He is also 12th nationally and leading the ACC in sac flies with seven.
• In his 20 games as the leadoff hitter in the lineup, Tyler Fitzgerald has a .302 average (26-of-86), 16 runs scored, 7 RBIs and 9-for-9 on stolen bases.
• Adam Wolf has started all 12 series-openers this season and the junior has allowed two or fewer earned runs in nine of those outings.
• Wolf is ranked No. 4 in the ACC in ERA (2.26) and No. 5 in WHIP (1.09).
• In his 7 weekend starts this season, Nick Bennett has a 5-1 record, 2.01 ERA (10 earned runs) with 39 strikeouts in 44.2 innings.
• Bennett is ranked No. 2 in the ACC in ERA (2.17) and No. 2 in WHIP (1.03).
• During his 5 starts this season (all on the weekend), Bobby Miller has a 0.86 ERA (3 ER) with 22 strikeouts and just 20 hits (.175 opponents average) in 31.1 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 two national polls this week landing at No. 28 in the NCBWA poll and No. 29 in the Collegiate Baseball newspaper poll.
WOLF NAMED ACC PITCHER OF THE WEEK ON MAY 7
Adam Wolf was named May 7 as the ACC Pitcher of the Week following his victorious start at Boston College. Wolf had 10 strikeouts and allowed only one run on three hits in a career-high 8.0 innings in the series-opening win at Boston College. The 10 strikeouts were just one shy of his career best total of 11 achieved earlier this season at Wake Forest (March 16). Five of his eight innings against the Eagles were 1-2-3 frames and the only run he surrendered came with two outs in the eighth inning. Wolf became the second Louisville player to earn an ACC weekly honor this season as Logan Wyatt was chosen as the Player of the Week on March 12.
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.
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.
FEELING AT HOME INSIDE JIM PATTERSON STADIUM
Since opening the gates at Jim Patterson Stadium in 2005, the Cardinals have won more than 77 percent of their games in the ballpark posting a 366-106 record (.775 winning percentage), including an impressive 33-4 mark during the 2017 season at the corner of Third and Central. Louisville set a school record for home wins with 36 in 2016 and the Cardinals have registered 30 or more wins at home in four of the last five seasons.
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.
FOLLOWING THE CARDINALS ON SOCIAL MEDIA
Fans can follow Louisville baseball on Twitter at @UofLBaseball and on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/ulbaseball.
2018 LOUISVILLE BASEBALL TICKETS
Season ticket packages as well as single game tickets for the 2018 University of Louisville baseball season are on sale now and can be purchased online at GoCards.com/bsbtickets, by phone at 502-GO-CARDS or by visiting the Louisville Cardinals Ticket Office, located near Gate 2 at Papa John's Cardinal Stadium (2800 South Floyd Street) on weekdays from 9 a.m., until 5 p.m., ET.
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