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No. 12 Louisville Baseball Hits Road to Take On No. 2 NC State
April 11, 2019 | Baseball
The series begins Friday at 6:30 p.m., ET in Raleigh, N.C.
| GAME DAY INFORMATION #12 Louisville at #2 NC State Location: Raleigh, N.C. Venue: Doak Field at Dail Park (3,100) Twitter Updates: @LouisvilleBSB Game Notes: Louisville | NC State Friday, April 12 | 6:30 p.m. ET | Live Stats TV: ACC Network Extra | Radio: 93.9 The Ville LOU: So. LHP Reid Detmers (5-2, 1.65 ERA) NCSU: Jr. RHP Jason Parker (3-1, 1.98 ERA) Saturday, April 13 | 2:00 p.m. ET | Live Stats TV: ACC Network Extra | Radio: 93.9 The Ville LOU: Jr. LHP Nick Bennett (4-2, 3.40 ERA) NCSU: So. RHP Reid Johnston (5-0, 2.47 ERA) Sunday, April 14 | 1:00 p.m. ET | Live Stats TV: ACC Network Extra | Radio: 93.9 The Ville LOU: So. RHP Bobby Miller (1-0, 4.80 ERA) NCSU: TBA |
ABOUT THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS
After dropping a pair of games to open the series at Clemson last weekend, the Cardinals have won consecutive games as they get set to travel to North Carolina State. Louisville has played 11 games against ranked opponents this season, with a 7-4 mark overall.
The Cardinals put 11 runs on the board in Tuesday's victory over Northern Kentucky at Jim Patterson Stadium. It was the 11th time this season that Louisville has tallied double digit runs. Tyler Fitzgerald went 3-for-5 with two doubles and a triple, becoming the first Cardinal to record three extra-base hits in a game in 2019.
The Cardinals began head coach Dan McDonnell's 13th season ranked as high as fourth in the national polls. UofL is coming off a 45-19 record in 2018, its seventh straight 40-win season and the 11th in 12 seasons under McDonnell. The Cardinals advanced to the championship round of an NCAA Regional for the seventh straight season.
ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA STATE
North Carolina State is a consensus top five team nationally, ranking top five in all six polls this week, but has lost three of its last five games after a loss to Coastal Carolina on Wednesday. The Wolfpack are currently atop the ACC Atlantic Division standings at 12-3 in conference play entering the weekend, two games ahead of the Cardinals.
NC State features one of the top offenses in the country, leading the ACC and ranking top 20 in the country in hits, doubles, runs, runs per game and slugging percentage.
SERIES HISTORY
Louisville is 9-4 all-time against NC State, with 12 of the 13 meetings coming since the Cardinals joined the ACC in 2015. Louisville won eight of the first 10 between the two programs as members of the ACC, but the Wolfpack took the final two games of the 2018 series.
The Cardinals are 4-2 at Doak Field, winning two out of three games in 2015 and 2017.
TEAM NOTES AND TRENDS
- Louisville pitching currently leads the ACC and ranks top 15 in the country in ERA (2.97), WHIP (1.10), shutouts (4), strikeout-to-walk ratio (3.25), strikeouts per nine innings (10.4) and hits allowed per nine innings (6.66).
- Louisville's starting pitcher has pitched five innings or more with one earned run or fewer allowed in 15 games this season.
- UofL has had a starting pitcher throw seven no-hit innings on three occasions this season, with Reid Detmers doing it against Brown and James Madison, and Bobby Miller against Wake Forest.
- The Cardinals have been active offensively in the first inning this season, plating at least one run in the opening inning of 19 games. Louisville has scored 32 first inning runs overall and is 16-3 when scoring in the first.
- Louisville pitchers set a Jim Patterson Stadium record with 18 strikeouts against Georgia Tech on March 22. The Cardinals have struck out 10 or more in 20 games this season, with a 17-3 record when doing so.
- Logan Wyatt is tied for the national lead with 42 walks through 33 games and is currently on pace for 71 this season. The UofL single season record in 69 by Kevin Malone in 1980. Wyatt moved to ninth all-time on Louisville's career walk list with three walks Tuesday vs. NKU.
- Louisville swiped a season-high nine bases on March 6 against Morehead State. It was the most since the Cardinals finished with 10 stolen bases against Eastern Kentucky on Feb. 20, 2013. UofL is currently second in the ACC with 67 stolen bases on the year. Louisville has finished in the top five in the country in stolen bases in four of the last six seasons.
- In the victory over Morehead State on March 6, the Cardinals set a program record with eight different players recording a stolen base.
- The Cardinals are 21-0 this season when leading after eight innings. 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.
- UofL has won 34 of its 45 ACC series since joining the league and is 37-7 in its series finales during that span, including an 11-4 record in rubber games.
- The Cardinals have won 18 of their 23 ACC series at home since debuting in the conference.
- Twelve different Cardinals have made their Louisville debuts this season (Albanese, Binelas, Davis, Leonard, Lohman, Masterman, Metzinger, Perkins, Poland, Schmeltz, Smith and Wright). It was the collegiate debut for 11 of the 12.
- While at Louisville, coach Dan McDonnell has guided the Cardinals to four College World Series berths, seven NCAA Super Regional appearances, 11 NCAA Regional bids, eight regular season conference championships and two conference tournament titles with 37 All-Americans.
LOUISVILLE AGAINST TOP FIVE OPPONENTS
Of Louisville's 33 games this season, 11 have been against teams that were ranked at the time of the game. The Cardinals will add three more to that number this weekend with the series at second-ranked North Carolina State.
Louisville was 3-5 in 2018 against teams ranked in the top five, including a 1-2 mark against then No. 4 NC State. Under Dan McDonnell, the Cardinals are 8-17 versus top five competition.
UofL's last game against a team ranked second or better came in the 2013 Super Regional at No. 2 Vanderbilt, when the Cardinals swept the Commodores 5-3 and 2-1 to advance to the College World Series. Louisville's last weekend series against a top-two team was March 25-26, 2005 versus top-ranked Tulane, a series in which the Cardinals won two of three.
DETMERS NAMED TO GOLDEN SPIKES AWARD MIDSEASON WATCH LIST
Reid Detmers drew more recognition on Wednesday, as USA Baseball named him to the Golden Spikes Award midseason watch list.
Detmers is the 12th player in Louisville program history to appear on the midseason watch list and the first since Brendan McKay in 2017. McKay went on to win the Golden Spikes Award that season.
Since the inception of the midseason watch list in 2012, Louisville is tied for fourth nationally with the 12 players selected. Only the Cardinals and Oregon State have had at least one representative on the list in seven of the eight years.
LOUISVILLE'S BACK END BULLPEN RESURGENCE
Louisville has consistently produced top of the line bullpen arms, many of which are spread across pro baseball. This season is no different, with the Cardinals a perfect 20-0 when leading after eight innings.
Michael Kirian and Michael McAvene have been key pieces at the end of games in 2019 with marked improvement from their 2018 numbers. Kirian held a 12.71 ERA in 11.1 innings as a freshman last season, while McAvene had a 4.55 ERA over his two-year career entering 2019. This season, Kirian is 2-0 with a save and has given up just one run in 16.2 innings for a 0.54 ERA. McAvene is 1-0 with three saves and three runs allowed in 14.0 innings. The duo has combined to strike out 41 batters with just six walks.
In Sunday's win over Clemson, McAvene and Kirian pitched the final six innings of the game, striking out eight with no runs and just three hits allowed.
LOUISVILLE'S CONTINUED FLIRTATIONS WITH NO-HITTERS
The Cardinals have taken a no-hitter into the eighth inning on three separate occasions this season. Reid Detmers tossed seven no-hit innings against Brown on February 22 before the Bears spoiled things against the UofL bullpen with two outs in the ninth. Detmers followed it up with seven hitless innings the next week versus James Madison, only to see the bid end in the eighth.
In the finale against Wake Forest, Bobby Miller made his own run at history with seven hitless innings in his second start of the season. However, the Demon Deacons broke through against the relievers in the eighth.
It has been more than 35 years since Louisville last tossed a no-hitter, going all the way back to Dave McCormick's gem against Cincinnati on March 26, 1983. The Cardinals have five in program history.
DETMERS EARNS MIDSEASON HONORS
Sophomore Reid Detmers has racked up midseason honors this season, being named the Midseason Pitcher of the Year by Perfect Game, Midseason Top Pitcher by D1Baseball and the March National Pitcher of the Month by the NCBWA.
Detmers has been dominant through eight starts this season, holding a 5-2 record with a 1.65 ERA. The southpaw ranks second in the country with 86 strikeouts and has walked just 10 batters in 54.2 innings.
Of his eight starts in 2019, three have ended with a career high in strikeouts. Detmers worked seven hitless innings with a then-career best 11 strikeouts against Brown on Feb. 22. His next start out against James Madison, he once again carried a no-hitter through seven innings, finishing with 14 punchouts on the night.
Following victories over Boston College and Duke, Detmers set the Jim Patterson Stadium record striking out 16 Georgia Tech hitters over 7.2 innings on March 22. The lefty gave up just one run in 7.1 innings against Wake Forest on March 29 while tallying double digit strikeouts for the fifth time on the year.
FOUR FORMER CARDS ON MLB OPENING DAY ROSTERS
The Major League Baseball season opened up on Thursday and four former Louisville baseball players were on Opening Day rosters.
Nick Burdi (Pittsburgh Pirates), Adam Engle (Chicago White Sox), Chad Green (New York Yankees) and Matt Koch (Arizona Diamondbacks) were each on the roster to start the 2019 season.
Since the hiring of head coach Dan McDonnell prior to the 2007 season, 64 Louisville players have signed professional contracts after being selected in the Major League Baseball Draft, including a school-record nine Cardinals in 2010.
CARDINALS CONTINUE TO FIND SUCCESS IN ACC PLAY
Since joining the ACC before the 2015 season, Louisville has seen its success at the conference level spill over into its new league. The Cardinals won regular season titles in each of their first three seasons in the ACC and were voted the preseason favorite in 2019.
Louisville has won 34 of 45 conference series since joining the league. With sweeps this season against Wake Forest and at Duke, the Cardinals have tallied nine conference road sweeps over the last four-plus seasons and 19 sweeps in ACC play altogether.
Louisville is currently third in the Atlantic Division with a 10-5 start at the midway point in conference action.
LOUISVILLE FRESHMEN HAVE BIG WEEK AT THE PLATE
On a roster that returned seven of its position starters from the 2018 season, Louisville had three freshmen with memorable moments at the dish the week of March 11-17.
Alex Binelas was the first of three to hit his first collegiate home run, doing so in the third inning against Ole Miss. The two-run shot was part of a 2-for-4 showing with four RBIs for the Oak Creek, Wis. native.
Henry Davis, who has split time behind the plate this season, launched his first collegiate home run with a towering shot in the seventh inning of Louisville's opening win at Duke. He then added a second long ball in the finale, when he was 3-for-5 with three RBIs. Two batters after Davis hit his second homer of the weekend, Jared Poland got in on the act with a two-run blast that tied the game at four as the Cardinals rallied back for the victory.
DETMERS EARNS BACK-TO-BACK ACC PITCHER OF THE WEEK HONORS
Sophomore lefthander Reid Detmers was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week in consecutive weeks after dominant starts against Brown and James Madison.
Detmers tossed seven no-hit innings with 11 strikeouts against Brown. The southpaw retired the first 16 batters he faced before issuing a walk with one out in the sixth inning. Detmers then retired the next five hitters to finish off his outing.
He then followed it up with seven more hitless innings against James Madison before allowing the only hit of the game to lead off the eighth. Detmers finished his eight innings with a career-high 14 strikeouts.
Through eight starts, Detmers has a 1.65 ERA with 86 strikeouts and just 10 walks.
LOUISVILLE LEADS COUNTRY IN WINS SINCE 2007
Dan McDonnell took the reins of the Louisville baseball program in 2007. Louisville entered 2019 with the most wins of any Division I program from 2007-18 with 554.
| Most Wins Since 2007 | ||
|---|---|---|
| 1. Louisville | 578 | |
| 2. LSU | 574 | |
| North Carolina | 574 | |
| 4. Florida State | 571 | |
| 5. Vanderbilt | 562 | |
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 390-111 record (.778 winning percentage), including an impressive 33-4 mark during the 2017 season at the corner of Third and Central. The Cardinals are 19-4 on their home field this season. 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 six seasons.
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 2019, the Cardinals have earned a preseason national ranking in 11 straight seasons (2008-2018) overall. Louisville entered the 2019 season ranked fourth in the D1Baseball rankings, eighth in the Perfect Game and USA Today polls, ninth in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper and NCBWA rankings and 11th by Baseball America.
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