No. 2 Cardinals Gear Up for Eastern Kentucky on Tuesday

GAME DAY INFORMATION
#2 Louisville vs. Eastern Kentucky
Location: Louisville, Ky.
Venue: Jim Patterson Stadium
Twitter Updates: @LouisvilleBSB
Game Notes: Louisville

Tuesday, February 23 | 3:00 p.m. ET | Live Stats
TV: ACCNX | Radio: 1450 WXVW
LOU: So. LHP Luke Seed (2020: N/A)
EKU: Sr. LHP Brennan Kelly (2021: 1-0, 11.57 ERA)

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Following a season-opening sweep against Bellarmine, the second-ranked University of Louisville baseball team takes on Eastern Kentucky on Tuesday at Jim Patterson Stadium. First pitch is scheduled for 3 p.m. The game will be televised on ACC Network Extra, with radio coverage on 1450 WXVM.

JIM PATTERSON STADIUM ATTENDANCE UPDATE
General public admission will be permitted for Tuesday's game. Socially distant seating will be limited to the reserved seating sections and handled on a first-come, first-served basis.

The berm area will be closed due to stadium conditions as a result of inclement weather.

ABOUT THE CARDINALS
The Cardinals started the season with a bang, taking all three games from Bellarmine over the weekend. Louisville outscored the Knights 26-5 in the series with UofL pitchers allowing just 14 hits in 27 innings of work with 36 strikeouts.

Louisville's offense was on full display on the opening weekend. The Cardinals hit .317 as a team in the three wins, pounding out six home runs and swiping 11 bases.

SERIES HISTORY
Louisville and Eastern Kentucky will meet for the 120th time on Tuesday. The Cardinals are 70-48-1 all-time against the Colonels and 18-1 during Dan McDonnell's tenure. UofL has won 13 straight over EKU, the third-longest active streak for the Cardinals against a single opponent. The two teams have met in all but four seasons since 1980.

MASTERMAN NAMED ACC CO-PLAYER OF THE WEEK
It was a weekend to remember for junior Cameron Masterman in the opening series against Bellarmine. The outfielder went 6-for-11 (.545) with three home runs and six RBIs and was named the ACC co-Player of the Week.

Masterman entered the 2021 season with two home runs and eight RBIs in his Louisville career before homering in each game of the series. He was the first Louisville player to homer in three consecutive games since Alex Binelas in May of 2019, and the first Cardinal to do so in the first three games of the season since records are available in 2000.

FEELING AT HOME INSIDE JIM PATTERSON STADIUM
Since opening the gates at Jim Patterson Stadium in 2005, the Cardinals have won 78 percent of their games in the ballpark posting a 417-116 record (.782 winning percentage), including an impressive 33-4 mark during the 2017 season at the corner of Third and Central. The Cardinals are 46-9 on their home field over the last three seasons, winning the 2019 NCAA Regional and Super Regional rounds at home to secure their fifth NCAA College World Series berth. Louisville set a school record for home wins with 36 in 2016 and the Cardinals have registered 30 or more wins at home in five of the last seven full seasons.

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No. 2 Cardinals Gear Up for Eastern Kentucky on Tuesday

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Players Mentioned

Alex Binelas

Cameron Masterman

Luke Seed

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