2019 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

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2019 Louisville Cardinals baseball
Louisville Cardinals wordmark.svg
ACC regular-season champions
NCAA Louisville Regional champion
NCAA Louisville Super Regional champion
Conference Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
CoachesNo. 3
CB No. 3
Record51–18 (21–9 ACC)
Head coach
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
ConfOverall
TeamW L PCTW L PCT
Atlantic
No. 3 Louisville  xy219 .7005118 .739
NC State  y1812 .6004219 .689
No. 8 Florida State  y1713 .5674223 .646
Clemson  y1515 .5003526 .574
Wake Forest  1416 .4673126 .544
Notre Dame  1317 .4332430 .444
Boston College  1218 .4003127 .534
Coastal
No. 17 Georgia Tech  xy1911 .6334319 .694
No. 19 Miami (FL)  y1812 .6004120 .672
No. 15 North Carolina  y1713 .5674619 .708
No. 16 Duke  y1515 .5003527 .565
Virginia  1416 .4673224 .571
Virginia Tech  921 .3002627 .491
Pittsburgh  822 .2672134 .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.

Contents

Roster

2019 Louisville Cardinals roster [3]
 
Pitchers
  • 4 – Adam Elliott – Junior
  • 5 – Shay Smiddy – Junior
  • 8 – Nick Bennett – Junior
  • 15 – Bobby MillerSophomore
  • 26 – Kerry Wright – Freshman
  • 27 – Bryan HoeingSenior
  • 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 DetmersSophomore
  • 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 DavisFreshman
  • 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 WyattJunior
 
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
BoldLouisville team member
2019 Louisville Cardinals baseball game log [4]
Regular season
Postseason (8–5)
College World Series (2–2)
DateTime (ET)TVOpponentRankSite/stadiumScoreWinLossSaveAttendanceOverallCWS
June 162:00 pm ESPN #1 Vanderbilt #4 TD Ameritrade ParkOmaha, NE L
1–3
Fellows
(13–1)
Hoeing
(3–4)
Brown
(15)
22,70449–170–1
June 182:00 pmESPN#7 Auburn #4TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEW
5–3
Elliott
(3–2)
Horn
(4–2)
Kirian
(5)
14,48150–171–1
June 208:00 pmESPN2#3 Mississippi State #4TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEW
4–3
Detmers
(13–4)
Gordon
(5–1)
24,20151–172–1
June 217:00 pmESPN#1 Vanderbilt#4TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NEL
2–3
Eder
(2–0)
Smith
(6–1)
Brown
(17)
24,67351–182–2

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

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