2019 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

American college baseball season

2019 Louisville Cardinals baseball

ACC regular-season champions NCAA Louisville Regional champion NCAA Louisville Super Regional champion
College World Series, 3rd (tie)
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
CB	No. 3
Record	51–18 (21–9 ACC)
Head coach	Dan McDonnell (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Roger Williams (13th season) Eric Snider (5th season) Adam Vrable (5th season)
Home stadium	Jim Patterson Stadium
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
Atlantic
No. 3 Louisville ^x‍‍‍^y	21	–	9	.700	51	–	18	.739
NC State ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	.600	42	–	19	.689
No. 8 Florida State ‍‍‍^y	17	–	13	.567	42	–	23	.646
Clemson ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15	.500	35	–	26	.574
Wake Forest ‍‍‍	14	–	16	.467	31	–	26	.544
Notre Dame ‍‍‍	13	–	17	.433	24	–	30	.444
Boston College ‍‍‍	12	–	18	.400	31	–	27	.534
Coastal
No. 17 Georgia Tech ^x‍‍‍^y	19	–	11	.633	43	–	19	.694
No. 19 Miami (FL) ‍‍‍^y	18	–	12	.600	41	–	20	.672
No. 15 North Carolina ‍‍‡‍^y	17	–	13	.567	46	–	19	.708
No. 16 Duke ‍‍‍^y	15	–	15	.500	35	–	27	.565
Virginia ‍‍‍	14	–	16	.467	32	–	24	.571
Virginia Tech ‍‍‍	9	–	21	.300	26	–	27	.491
Pittsburgh ‍‍‍	8	–	22	.267	21	–	34	.382

x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 27, 2019^[1]^[2] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2019 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represents the University of Louisville during the 2019 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals play their home games at Jim Patterson Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Dan McDonnell, in his thirteenth year at Louisville.

Roster

2019 Louisville Cardinals roster^[3]

Pitchers

4 – Adam Elliott – Junior
5 – Shay Smiddy – Junior
8 – Nick Bennett – Junior
15 – Bobby Miller – Sophomore
26 – Kerry Wright – Freshman
27 – Bryan Hoeing – Senior
28 – J.D. Mundt – Senior
30 – Austin Dickey – Junior
31 – Carter Lohman – Freshman
33 – Michael Kirian – Sophomore
35 – Garrett Schmeltz – Freshman
36 – Glenn Albanese – Senior
39 – Jack Perkins – Freshman
40 – Danny Zimmerman – Freshman
41 – Michael McAvene – Junior
42 – Reid Detmers – Sophomore
44 – Gavin Sullivan – Sophomore
45 – Luke Smith – Junior

Catchers

6 – Ben Bianco – Sophomore
11 – Zeke Pinkham – Senior
18 – Pat Rumoro – Senior
22 – Ben Metzinger – Freshman
32 – Henry Davis – Freshman
34 – Zach Britton – Sophomore

Infielders

2 – Tyler Fitzgerald – Junior
7 – Lucas Dunn – Sophomore
10 – Tim Borden II – Freshman
13 – Alex Binelas – Freshman
16 – Justin Lavey – Junior
24 – Cameron Masterman – Sophomore
25 – Jared Poland – Freshman
29 – Andrew Benefield – Freshman
43 – Logan Wyatt – Junior

Outfielders

1 – Drew Campbell – Junior
9 – Danny Oriente – Junior
14 – Trey Leonard – Sophomore
17 – Ethan Stringer – Junior
20 – Jake Snider – Junior

Schedule

Legend
	Louisville win
	Louisville loss
Bold	Louisville team member

2019 Louisville Cardinals baseball game log^[4]

Regular season

February (5–3)
Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	ACC
February 15	6:00 pm		UConn*	#9	Joker Marchant Stadium • Lakeland, FL	L 2–3	Gardner (1–0)	Elliott (0–1)	Wallace (1)	247	0–1	–
February 16	3:00 pm		UConn*	#9	Joker Marchant Stadium • Lakeland, FL	W 12–2	Bennett (1–0)	Dunlop (0–1)	–	457	1–1	–
February 17	12:30 pm		UConn*	#9	Joker Marchant Stadium • Lakeland, FL	L 3–8	Santos (1–0)	Hoeing (0–1)	Wallace (2)	368	1–2	–
February 19	3:00 pm	ACCN Extra	Eastern Kentucky*	#12	Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 5–1	Smith (1–0)	Jackson (0–2)	–	369	2–2	–
February 22	2:00 pm	ACCN Extra	Brown*	#12	Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 7–0	Detmers (1–0)	Garner (0–1)	–		3–2	–
February 22	5:10 pm	ACCN Extra	Brown*	#12	Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 5–4¹⁰	Poland (1–0)	Wilder (0–1)	–	952	4–2	–
February 23	1:45 pm	ACCN Extra	Brown*	#12	Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 13–2	Hoeing (1–1)	Delano (0–1)	–	568	5–2	–
February 26	3:00 pm	ACCN Extra	Xavier*	#12	Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 4–5¹⁰	Flamm (1–1)	Poland (1–1)	–	718	5–3	–

March
Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	ACC
March 1	4:00 pm	ACCN Extra	James Madison*	#12	Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 5–0	Detmers (2–0)	Kelly (2–1)	–	321	6–3	–
March 2	12:00 pm	ACCN Extra	James Madison*	#12	Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 11–1	Bennett (2–0)	Stewart (0–2)	–		7–3	–
March 2	4:00 pm	ACCN Extra	James Madison*	#12	Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 1–0	Hoeing (2–1)	Ayer (2–1)	Miller (1)	592	8–3	–

April
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	ACC record

May
Date	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall record	ACC record

Postseason (8–5)

ACC Tournament (0–2)
Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Tourney
May 22	11:00 am	ACCN Extra	(12) Boston College	(1)	Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC	L 1–5	Metzdorf (8–2)	Hoenig (3–3)	–		43–14	0–1
May 23	11:00 am	ACCN Extra	(8) Clemson	(1)	Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC	L 1–7	Clark (9–2)	Detmers (11–3)	–		43–15	0–2

Louisville Regional (4–1)
Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Regional
May 31	6:00 pm	ESPN3	(4) UIC	(1)	Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 5–3	Bennett (7–3)	Key (7–9)	McAvene (7)	3,092	44–15	1–0
June 1	4:00 pm	ESPN3	(3) Illinois State	(1)	Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY	L 2–4	Walker (5–8)	Detmers (11–3)	–	2,843	44–16	1–1
June 2	12:00 pm	ESPN3	(2) Indiana	(1)	Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 9–7	Miller (6–1)	Gordon (6–6)	Kirian (4)	2,339	45–16	2–1
June 2	6:00 pm	ESPN3	(3) Illinois State	(1)	Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 11–2	Smith (6–0)	Lindgren (5–5)	–	2,345	46–16	3–1
June 3	1:00 pm	ESPN3	(3) Illinois State	(1)	Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 4–3	Kirian (3–1)	Gilmore (2–2)	–	2,878	47–16	4–1

Louisville Super Regional (2–0)
Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	Super Regional
June 7	12:00 pm	ESPN2	#8 East Carolina	#6	Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 14–1	Detmers (12–4)	Agnos (11–3)	–	2,955	48–16	1–0
June 8	12:00 pm	ESPN2	#8 East Carolina	#6	Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY	W 12–0	Miller (7–1)	Burleson (6–2)	–	4,458	49–16	2–0

College World Series (2–2)
Date	Time (ET)	TV	Opponent	Rank	Site/stadium	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Overall	CWS
June 16	2:00 pm	ESPN	#1 Vanderbilt	#4	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE	L 1–3	Fellows (13–1)	Hoeing (3–4)	Brown (15)	22,704	49–17	0–1
June 18	2:00 pm	ESPN	#7 Auburn	#4	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE	W 5–3	Elliott (3–2)	Horn (4–2)	Kirian (5)	14,481	50–17	1–1
June 20	8:00 pm	ESPN2	#3 Mississippi State	#4	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE	W 4–3	Detmers (13–4)	Gordon (5–1)	–	24,201	51–17	2–1
June 21	7:00 pm	ESPN	#1 Vanderbilt	#4	TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE	L 2–3	Eder (2–0)	Smith (6–1)	Brown (17)	24,673	51–18	2–2

"#" represents ranking. All rankings from Collegiate Baseball on the date of the contest.
"()" represents postseason seeding in the ACC Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.

References

^ "Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings, teams, and schedules". D1Baseball. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
^ "2019 Baseball Standings". theacc.com. The Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved June 27, 2019.
^ "Official Baseball Roster". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved June 9, 2019.
^ "2019 Baseball Schedule". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved June 13, 2019.

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