Cardinals Host Lipscomb, Oakland in Midweek Contests

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville baseball team will play a pair of midweek games, taking on Lipscomb on Tuesday at 3 p.m. ET and Oakland Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET. Tuesday's game will be televised on ACC Network Extra, while the Wednesday game will air on ACC Network. 970 WGTK will carry both games, while 93.9 The Ville will have the Wednesday game only.

WEEKEND SWEEP EXTENDS WIN STREAK TO FIVE
Louisville completed a three-game sweep of UIC over the weekend, outscoring the Flames 28-7 in the series. The Cardinals have now won five straight and are 10-1 on their current homestand.

LIPSCOMB SERIES HISTORY
Louisville and Lipscomb meet for the fourth consecutive season on Tuesday night. Lipscomb leads the all-time series 4-2, but the Cardinals took a pair of midweek games from the Bisons last March.

OAKLAND SERIES HISTORY
Louisville and Oakland have only met on one previous occasion, with the Cardinals sweeping a three-game series against the Golden Grizzlies at home in February of 2012.

TEAM NOTES

Louisville has an .820 winning percentage (182-40) in regular season non-conference games since the start of 2016.
The Cardinals head into the week second in the ACC and eighth nationally with a .338 batting average.
Louisville pitchers have struck out nine or more hitters in 11 of 14 games this season and rank 23rd in the country in strikeouts-per-nine innings at 10.9.
The Cardinals cranked up the running game last week, swiping 16 bases in the four victories. Louisville is currently third in the ACC with 31 overall.
The Louisville offense has tallied double digit hits in nine of 13 games to start the season, going 8-1 in those contests. The Cards notched at least 10 hits 29 times in 2024, posting a 22-7 mark when doing so.
Louisville hitters have kept their strikeouts to a minimum on the homestand, striking six times or less in all 11 games.
The Cardinals have nearly equal walk and strikeout numbers this season, taking 70 free passes to just 72 strikeouts.

PLAYER NOTES

Jake Munroe has acclimated himself well to playing at Louisville. The junior college All-American has a hit in 13 of 14 games to start his Louisville career, including a team-best nine multi-hit games. Munroe is currently second in the ACC with a .473 batting average and ranks top five in hits per game, total hits and on-base percentage.
Tague Davis came to Louisville as a highly touted prospect and has lived up to the billing early. The freshman leads the Cardinals with five homers, and has driven in a team-leading 18 runs through 14 games, including his walk-off two-run homer to defeat St. John's in the opening game of the weekend series. Davis is second in the ACC with an .838 slugging percentage and is one homer shy of the national lead among freshmen.
Matt Klein had a breakout summer in the Cape Cod League that saw him hit .375 for the Cotuit Kettleers. His hitting ways have continued to start the spring, as he has recorded multiple hits in seven games and multiples RBIs in six.
Zion Rose was a freshman All-American in 2024 after hitting .380, the top mark of any Power Five freshman during the regular season. He has started the 2025 season by picking up right where he left off. Through 14 games, Rose is hitting .345 with six doubles, a triple, two home runs and 14 RBIs.
Patrick Forbes has been dominant in his first four starts of 2025. The right-hander has surrendered just three earned runs over 21 innings, striking out 39 batters to just three walks. Opponents have managed just 14 hits against Forbes, who is currently leading the ACC in strikeout-to-walk ratio and second in strikeouts. His 39 punchouts are the third-most by a Louisville pitcher through the first four weekends, trailing only Reid Detmers in 2020 (48) and 2019 (41).
Peter Michael transferred to Louisville with a career 13.25 ERA after one year each at San Diego and Northwestern. However, the right-hander has turned it around as the Sunday starter for the Cards. Michael is 2-0 with a 2.45 ERA through four starts with 21 strikeouts in 18.1 innings.
Brennyn Cutts has been excellent through his first five appearances in a Louisville uniform. The 2024 Missouri Valley Conference Pitcher of the Year has allowed just two runs in 11.2 innings across five relief appearances. Cutts earned victories with 3.2 shutout frames against Western Michigan and 2.0 more versus St. John's.
Wyatt Danilowicz missed all of the 2024 season due to injury, but has been outstanding in his return to the mound. In six relief appearances, the southpaw has allowed just one unearned run over 6.2 innings with 12 strikeouts. Danilowicz earned his first career save in the weekend finale against UIC, recording the final four outs.

CARDINALS MAKE RETURN TO NATIONAL RANKINGS
The Louisville baseball team returned to the national rankings this week, sitting at No. 25 in the Baseball America poll.

The Cardinals were not ranked in any national poll during the 2024 season and were last in the national rankings on May 1, 2023.

Louisville was ranked in at least one poll every week from the start of 2012 until the middle of May 2021, a stretch of 155 consecutive rankings. The Cardinals were also ranked for the majority of the 2022 and 2023 seasons.

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Players Mentioned

Brennyn Cutts

Wyatt Danilowicz

Tague Davis

Patrick Forbes

Matt Klein

Peter Michael

Jake Munroe

Zion Rose

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