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Photo by: Jeff Reinking | Louisville Athletics
Records Tumble as No. 6 Cardinals Race Past Alabama A&M 32-1
April 26, 2019 | Baseball
The Cardinals took the opening game of the weekend series Friday at Jim Patterson Stadium.
LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The sixth-ranked Louisville baseball team had its offense on full display Friday night, defeating Alabama A&M 32-1 in the opening game of the series at Jim Patterson Stadium.
Louisville (33-9) kept its offensive fireworks rolling with the second-most runs in school history on 28 hits, the most for the program since at least 2000.
Alex Binelas stole the show on Friday, recording the sixth cycle in program history and first since 1998. Binelas laced an RBI single in the first inning before a three-run homer in the second. The freshman then added a double in the third to get three-fourths of the way to the cycle through three innings.
Binelas grounded out for a RBI in the fourth and was hit by a pitch in the sixth. The Oak Creek, Wisconsin, native lined a ball to the wall in the seventh, but stopped at second for his second double of the night. In his final at bat of the evening, Binelas drove a pitch to right that rolled to the wall and ended with him standing on third to complete the cycle.
For the night, Binelas was 5-for-6 with five runs scored and eight RBIs.
Louisville led 18-0 after four innings on Friday, plating four runs in the first and fourth innings and five in the second and third. The Cardinals then exploded for 10 runs in the seventh, before capping the night with four more in the eighth.
Thirteen different Cardinals had at least one hit in the game, with nine players registering multiple knocks.
Tyler Fitzgerald was 3-for-3 with two doubles, four runs scored and four RBIs. Jared Poland replaced Fitzgerald in the fifth inning and proceeded to rack up a 3-for-4 night of his own with four RBIs. Danny Oriente was 3-for-4 as well with three doubles, two runs scored and four driven in.
Lucas Dunn reached in all four of his trips to the plate, scoring four times, while Ethan Stringer and Ben Metzinger came off the bench to each go 2-for-3 with a pair of runs scored.
Reid Detmers (8-2) was the beneficiary of the offensive output Friday night. The lefthander struck out 12 of the 16 batters he faced over five innings, allowing just a single in the fourth as the only batter to reach. Kerry Wright, Shay Smiddy and Austin Dickey each struck out a pair in scoreless innings of relief, while Carter Lohman added a strikeout in the eighth.
As a staff, the Cardinals set a Jim Patterson Stadium record with 19 strikeouts overall, surpassing the previous high of 18 done three times, including earlier this season against Georgia Tech.
The series continues on Saturday, with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 p.m., ET. Third Street will be closed for part of Saturday for the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon. Fans are encouraged to park at Cardinal Stadium and walk across the Central Avenue bridge to enter Jim Patterson Stadium.
Notes
Louisville (33-9) kept its offensive fireworks rolling with the second-most runs in school history on 28 hits, the most for the program since at least 2000.
Alex Binelas stole the show on Friday, recording the sixth cycle in program history and first since 1998. Binelas laced an RBI single in the first inning before a three-run homer in the second. The freshman then added a double in the third to get three-fourths of the way to the cycle through three innings.
Binelas grounded out for a RBI in the fourth and was hit by a pitch in the sixth. The Oak Creek, Wisconsin, native lined a ball to the wall in the seventh, but stopped at second for his second double of the night. In his final at bat of the evening, Binelas drove a pitch to right that rolled to the wall and ended with him standing on third to complete the cycle.
For the night, Binelas was 5-for-6 with five runs scored and eight RBIs.
Louisville led 18-0 after four innings on Friday, plating four runs in the first and fourth innings and five in the second and third. The Cardinals then exploded for 10 runs in the seventh, before capping the night with four more in the eighth.
Thirteen different Cardinals had at least one hit in the game, with nine players registering multiple knocks.
Tyler Fitzgerald was 3-for-3 with two doubles, four runs scored and four RBIs. Jared Poland replaced Fitzgerald in the fifth inning and proceeded to rack up a 3-for-4 night of his own with four RBIs. Danny Oriente was 3-for-4 as well with three doubles, two runs scored and four driven in.
Lucas Dunn reached in all four of his trips to the plate, scoring four times, while Ethan Stringer and Ben Metzinger came off the bench to each go 2-for-3 with a pair of runs scored.
Reid Detmers (8-2) was the beneficiary of the offensive output Friday night. The lefthander struck out 12 of the 16 batters he faced over five innings, allowing just a single in the fourth as the only batter to reach. Kerry Wright, Shay Smiddy and Austin Dickey each struck out a pair in scoreless innings of relief, while Carter Lohman added a strikeout in the eighth.
As a staff, the Cardinals set a Jim Patterson Stadium record with 19 strikeouts overall, surpassing the previous high of 18 done three times, including earlier this season against Georgia Tech.
The series continues on Saturday, with first pitch scheduled for 1:00 p.m., ET. Third Street will be closed for part of Saturday for the Kentucky Derby Festival Marathon. Fans are encouraged to park at Cardinal Stadium and walk across the Central Avenue bridge to enter Jim Patterson Stadium.
Notes
- 32 runs were the second-most in program history (42 vs. Georgetown on April 18, 1947)
- 28 hits are the most since at least 2000
- Most total bases since at least 2000 (46)
- Most doubles since at least 2000 (11)
- Third-most runs scored in Division I this season
- Tied for the second-most hits in Division I this season
- Third-largest margin of victory in Division I this season
- The 19 strikeouts by the Louisville pitching staff are a Jim Patterson Stadium record
- Most strikeouts in a game since recording 21 in an 18-inning game at Notre Dame on March 21, 2015
- Alex Binelas' eight RBI and 12 total bases are the most since Brendan McKay finished with nine and 16 on April 25, 2017 at Eastern Kentucky
- Binelas' five runs were the most since Devin Mann scored five times against Cincinnati on May 9. 2018
- Binelas is the first player to have five hits since Corey Ray on February 23, 2016 against Eastern Kentucky
- Danny Oriente is the first Cardinal with three doubles since Sutton Whiting at Virginia on April 6, 2015
- The Cardinals scored 10 runs in the seventh inning for their first 10-run inning since March 27, 2016 against Virginia (10 in the fifth)
Team Stats
Pitching:
W: Detmers, Reid (8-2)
L: Michael Hovermill (4-5)
Batting:
RBI: Kyle Redmond 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Will Hampson 1
Batting:
2B: Dunn, Lucas 1 ; Stringer, Ethan 1 ; Fitzgerald, Tyler 2 ; Britton, Zach 1 ; Oriente, Danny 3 ; Binelas, Alex 2 ; Metzinger, Ben 1
3B: Poland, Jared 1 ; Binelas, Alex 1
HR: Binelas, Alex 1
RBI: Stringer, Ethan 2 ; Fitzgerald, Tyler 4 ; Poland, Jared 4 ; Wyatt, Logan 1 ; Britton, Zach 2 ; Oriente, Danny 4 ; Masterman, Cameron 1 ; Binelas, Alex 8 ; Davis, Henry 1 ; Metzinger, Ben 3 ; Campbell, Drew 1
Base Running:
RUNS: Dunn, Lucas 4 ; Leonard, Trey 2 ; Snider, Jake 1 ; Stringer, Ethan 2 ; Fitzgerald, Tyler 4 ; Poland, Jared 1 ; Wyatt, Logan 3 ; Britton, Zach 1 ; Oriente, Danny 2 ; Masterman, Cameron 1 ; Binelas, Alex 5 ; Metzinger, Ben 2 ; Rumoro, Pat 2 ; Lavey, Justin 2
SB: Dunn, Lucas 3 ; Fitzgerald, Tyler 2
HBP: Britton, Zach 1 ; Binelas, Alex 1
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RBI
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