Cardinals Head to Lexington to Take On EKU

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The University of Louisville baseball team starts a five-game road swing on Tuesday with a game against Eastern Kentucky at Legends Field in Lexington. First pitch is scheduled for 1 p.m. ET. There will be no video broadcast of the game, but radio coverage will be available on 970 WGTK.

TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets for the game start at $10 each and are available through the Lexington Legends at the following link: https://mlb.tickets.com/?agency=LEXV_PL_MPV&orgId=52892&eventId=68528.

Premium experience hospitality in the Lexington Lounge is available for $30 and includes your game ticket, indoor/outdoor seating and all you can eat buffet with unlimited Pepsi products. Suites are available for $250 and hold up to 20 people.

Legends Field is a cashless facility.

EASTERN KENTUCKY SERIES HISTORY
Tuesday's matchup will be the 127^th all-time meeting between the two programs and the second this season. The Cardinals are 76-49-1 all-time against the Colonels, including a 24-2 mark during Dan McDonnell's tenure. Louisville and EKU have met in all but four seasons dating back to 1980.

THE LAST TIME THEY MET
Louisville defeated Eastern Kentucky 6-5 on Feb. 25 at Jim Patterson Stadium. Jax Hisle and Jimmy Nugent combined to drive in five of the six runs, while Tague Davis hit a solo homer. Jake Schweitzer earned the win with 1.1 innings of scoreless relief work. Ty Starke, Jack Brown and Aaron England all had scoreless appearances as well.

TEAM NOTES

The Cardinals are 105-26 (.802) under Dan McDonnell against teams from the state of Kentucky (Bellarmine, EKU, Kentucky, Morehead State, Murray State, NKU and WKU).
Louisville has an .811 winning percentage (202-47) in regular season non-conference games since the start of 2016.

PLAYER NOTES

Tague Davis set the Louisville freshman home run record with 18 long balls in his first season. The first baseman tied for the ACC regular season lead in home runs and was the first Louisville freshman to hit double-digit homers since Alex Binelas in 2019. Davis homered in five consecutive games from March 6-11, joining Mark Jurich in 2004 as the only Cards to homer in five straight since 2000. Davis heads into Tuesday as the national leader in RBIs at 55. The sophomore is also second nationally and leading the ACC in total bases and home runs. Davis ranks second in the league in hits, third in slugging, sixth in runs and ninth in batting average.
Bayram Hot split time at second base in 2025 in his first season with the Cardinals after transferring from Marist, hitting .326 with three doubles and three homers in 92 at-bats. The senior has started every game this spring at third base and has been excellent at the plate. Hot ranks fifth in the ACC in hits and seventh in batting average, and has recorded multiple hits in eight of the last 12 games. Hot also has more walks and HBPs (23) than strikeouts (21).
Ben Slanker turned in an All-MAC season at Ohio in 2025, hitting .302 with 21 homers and 69 RBIs. He homered in each of the first two games of the season, but struggled to the tune of 1-for-16 from Feb. 15 through March 8. He found his form again recently however, going 13-for-35 (.371) with four homers, 18 RBIs and a .540 on-base percentage since March 10.

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Players Mentioned

Jack Brown

Tague Davis

Aaron England

Jax Hisle

Bayram Hot

Jimmy Nugent

Jake Schweitzer

Ben Slanker

Ty Starke

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