2021 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

2021 Louisville Cardinals baseball
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Record	28–22 (16–16 ACC)
Head coach	Dan McDonnell (15th season)
Assistant coaches	Roger Williams (15th season) Eric Snider (7th season) Adam Vrable (7th season)
Home stadium	Jim Patterson Stadium
Seasons ←  2020 2022  →

2021 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
No. 10 Notre Dame  x‍‍‍y	25	–	10		.714			34	–	13		.723
No. 4 NC State  ‍‍‍y	19	–	14		.576			37	–	19		.661
Florida State  ‍‍‍y	20	–	16		.556			31	–	24		.564
Louisville  ‍‍‍	16	–	16		.500			28	–	22		.560
Clemson  ‍‍‍	16	–	20		.444			25	–	27		.481
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	10	–	22		.313			20	–	27		.426
Boston College  ‍‍‍	10	–	23		.303			21	–	28		.429
Coastal
Georgia Tech  x‍‍‍y	21	–	15		.583			31	–	25		.554
Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y	20	–	15		.571			33	–	21		.611
Virginia  ‍‍‍y	18	–	18		.500			36	–	27		.571
North Carolina  ‍‍‍y	18	–	18		.500			28	–	27		.509
Duke  ‍‍‡‍y	16	–	17		.485			33	–	22		.600
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	16	–	17		.485			23	–	20		.535
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	16	–	20		.444			27	–	25		.519
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of July 1, 2021 [1] Rankings from D1Baseball

The 2021 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals played their home games at Jim Patterson Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Dan McDonnell, in his 15th season at Louisville.

With a record of 28–22, the Cardinals missed the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2011. Four potential resume building games were cancelled. The series finale against Notre Dame was postponed and then cancelled due to weather and then a three-game series against Pittsburgh was cancelled due to COVID-19. ^[2]

Previous season

Main article: 2020 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

The 2020 Louisville Cardinals baseball team notched a 13–4 (2–1) regular season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.

2020 MLB Draft

The Cardinals had three players drafted in the 2020 MLB draft. ^[3]

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Reid Detmers	Pitcher	1	10	Los Angeles Angels
Bobby Miller	Pitcher	1	29	Los Angeles Dodgers
Zach Britton	Outfielder	5	136	Toronto Blue Jays

Personnel

Roster

2020 Louisville Cardinals roster [4]
	Pitchers 4 – Adam Elliott – Senior 15 – Alex Galvan – Freshman 17 – Shane Harris – Freshman 19 – Ryan Hawks – Freshman 26 – Kerry Wright – Sophomore 27 – Evan Webster – Freshman 28 – Kellan Tulio – Freshman 30 – Michael Prosecky – Freshman 31 – Carter Lohman – Sophomore 33 – Michael Kirian – Junior 34 – Ben Wiegman – Freshman 35 – Garrett Schmeltz – Sophomore 36 – Glenn Albanese – Junior 39 – Jack Perkins – Sophomore 40 – Tate Kuehner – Freshman 41 – Riley Phillips – Freshman 43 – Duncan Hall – Freshman 44 – Gavin Sullivan – Junior 45 – Luke Smith – Senior 48 – J.R. Langworthy – Sophomore 54 – Kaleb Corbett – Freshman 55 – Seamus Barrett – Freshman 56 – Trevor Amburgey – Freshman		Catchers 22 – Ben Metzinger – Sophomore 32 – Henry Davis – Sophomore 46 – Jack Payton – Freshman Infielders 2 – Cooper Bowman – Sophomore 9 – Christian Knapczyk – Freshman 10 – Tim Borden II – Sophomore 13 – Alex Binelas – Sophomore 16 – Justin Lavey – Senior 18 – Wyatt Stevenson – Freshman 47 – Drake Wescott – Freshman		Outfielders 5 – Levi Usher – Sophomore 8 – Luke Brown – Junior 11 – Chris Seng – Sophomore 14 – Trey Leonard – Junior 29 – Tyeler Hawkins – Freshman 51 – Isaac Humphrey – Freshman 52 – JT Benson – Freshman Utility 6 – Ben Bianco (C/1B) – Junior 7 – Lucas Dunn (INF/OF) – Junior 20 – Dalton Rushing (C/1B) – Freshman 24 – Cameron Masterman (INF/OF) – Junior 25 – Jared Poland (INF/P) – Sophomore

Coaching staff

2020 louisville cardinals coaching staff [4]
Name	Position	Seasons at Louisville	Alma Mater
Dan McDonnell	Head coach	15	The Citadel (1992)
Roger Williams	Associate head coach/Pitching	15	East Carolina (1997)
Eric Snider	Assistant Coach/recruiting coordinator	7	Northern Iowa (1987)
Adam Vrable	Assistant Coach	7	Coastal Carolina (2007)
Brian Mundorf	Director of Operations	26	American International (1992)

Game log

2021 Louisville Cardinals Baseball Game Log
Legend:       = Win       = Loss       = Canceled      Bold = Louisville team member     * Non-conference game
Regular Season (27–21)
February (6–1) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC Sources February 20 1:00 p.m. ACCNX Bellarmine* No. 5 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, Kentucky W 5–1 Albanese (1–0) Barringer (0–1) 210 1–0 – February 21 12:00 p.m. ACCNX Bellarmine* No. 5 Jim Patterson Stadium W 13–1 Elliott (1–0) Miley (0–1) 2–0 – February 21 3:30 p.m. ACCNX Bellarmine* No. 5 Jim Patterson Stadium W 8–3 Smith (1–0) Davis (0–1) 188 3–0 – February 23 3:00 p.m. ACCNX Eastern Kentucky* No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium W 6–2 Corbett (1–0) Kelly (1–1) 445 4–0 – February 26 1:00 p.m. ACCNX Western Illinois* No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium L 3–8 Sears (1–0) Kuehner (0–1) Raymond (1) 255 4–1 – February 27 1:00 p.m. ACCNX Western Illinois* No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium W 4–1 Kirian (1–0) Warkentien (0–1) Perkins (1) 5–1 – February 27 4:30 p.m. ACCNX Western Illinois* No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium W 9–4 Smith (2–0) Fochs (0–1) Corbett (1) 6–1 –
March (11–5) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC Sources March 2 3:30 p.m. ACCNX Morehead State* No. 5 Jim Patterson Stadium L 2–5 Herron (1–0) Lohman (0–1) 312 6–2 – March 5 4:00 p.m. ACCNX at No. 12 Georgia Tech No. 5 Russ Chandler Stadium Atlanta, Georgia W 13–6 Kirian (2–0) Hurter (1–1) 713 7–2 1–0 March 6 2:00 p.m. ACCNX at No. 12 Georgia Tech No. 5 Russ Chandler Stadium L 6–19 Archer (1–1) Elliott (1–1) 7–3 1–1 March 7 3:00 p.m. ACCN at No. 12 Georgia Tech No. 5 Russ Chandler Stadium L 9–13 Finley (2–0) Smith (2–1) 713 7–4 1–2 March 9 3:00 p.m. ACCNX Morehead State* No. 10 Jim Patterson Stadium W 8–3 Kuehner (1–1) Vernon (0–1) 606 8–4 – March 12 6:00 p.m. ACCNX No. 22 Boston College No. 10 Jim Patterson Stadium W 7–3 Kirian (3–0) Pelio (2–2) Elliott (1) 880 9–4 2–2 March 13 1:00 p.m. ACCNX No. 22 Boston College No. 10 Jim Patterson Stadium W 5–0 Albanese (2–0) Sheehan (2–2) 880 10–4 3–2 March 14 1:00 p.m. ACCNX No. 22 Boston College No. 10 Jim Patterson Stadium W 8–6 Perkins (1–0) Gieg (0–1) Corbett (2) 880 11–4 4–2 March 16 5:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Eastern Kentucky* No. 8 Turkey Hughes Field Richmond, Kentucky L 3–6 Travis (1–0) Kuehner (1–2) Brian (4) 270 11–5 – March 19 6:30 p.m. ACCNX at NC State No. 8 Doak Field Raleigh, North Carolina W 13–1 Kirian (4–0) Justice (1–2) 346 12–5 5–2 March 20 2:00 p.m. ACCNX at NC State No. 8 Doak Field W 6–3 Albanese (3–0) Highfill (0–1) Corbett (3) 353 13–5 6–2 March 21 11:00 a.m. ACCNX at NC State No. 8 Doak Field W 8–3 Elliott (2–1) Feeney (0–1) 304 14–5 7–2 March 23 6:00 p.m. ACCNX Western Kentucky* No. 7 Jim Patterson Stadium W 13–6 Barrett (1–0) Shiflet (0–2) 548 15–5 – March 26 4:00 p.m. ACCNX at No. 14 Notre Dame No. 7 Frank Eck Stadium South Bend, Indiana W 7–4 Elliott (3–1) Sheridan (0–1) Corbett (4) 301 16–5 8–2 March 27 2:00 p.m. ACCNX at No. 14 Notre Dame No. 7 Frank Eck Stadium L 3–5 Brannigan (1–0) Kuehner (1–3) 315 16–6 8–3 March 28 1:00 p.m. ACCNX at No. 14 Notre Dame No. 7 Frank Eck Stadium – (–) (–) – – March 30 6:00 p.m. ESPN+ at Cincinnati* No. 7 UC Baseball Stadium Cincinnati, Ohio L 12–13 Keathley (1–0) Corbett (1–1) 815 16–7 –
April (7–5) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC Sources April 2 6:00 p.m. ACCN Wake Forest No. 7 Jim Patterson Stadium W 5–3 Kirian (5–0) Cusick (1–1) Elliott (2) 880 17–7 9–3 April 3 1:00 p.m. ACCN Wake Forest No. 7 Jim Patterson Stadium W 9–7 Elliott (4–1) Minacci (0–1) 880 18–7 10–3 April 4 12:30 p.m. ESPN2 Wake Forest No. 7 Jim Patterson Stadium L 3–6 Lowder (1–1) Smith (2–2) Adler (5) 880 18–8 10–4 April 6 6:00 p.m. ACCN Kentucky No. 7 Jim Patterson Stadium L 7–11 Harney (2–0) Perkins (1–1) Rigsby (1) 880 18–9 – April 9 6:00 p.m. ACCN No. 17 Florida State No. 7 Jim Patterson Stadium W 4–310 Elliott (5–1) Scolaro (0–1) 880 19–9 11–4 April 10 5:00 p.m. ACCN No. 17 Florida State No. 7 Jim Patterson Stadium L 5–8 Anderson (1–0) Albanese (3–1) 880 19–10 11–5 April 11 4:00 p.m. ESPN2 No. 17 Florida State No. 7 Jim Patterson Stadium W 11–4 Kuehner (2–3) Scolaro (0–2) 880 20–10 12–5 April 16 6:00 p.m. ACCN at Virginia No. 7 Davenport Field Charlottesville, VA L 7–810 Schoch (1–0) Elliott (5–2) 477 20–11 12–6 April 17 4:00 p.m. ACCN at Virginia No. 7 Davenport Field W 9–5 Kuehner (3–3) Vasil (5–3) 522 21–11 13–6 April 18 1:00 p.m. ACCN at Virginia No. 7 Davenport Field W 8–2 Smith (3–2) Savino (1–2) 522 22–11 14–6 April 20 5:00 p.m. ESPNU at Kentucky No. 7 Kentucky Proud Park Lexington, KY W 12–5 Lohman (1–1) Kammin (1–1) 1,730 23–11 – April 23 3:00 p.m. ACCN Pittsburgh No. 7 Jim Patterson Stadium – (–) (–) – – April 24 1:00 p.m. ACCN Pittsburgh No. 7 Jim Patterson Stadium – (–) (–) – – April 25 1:00 p.m. ACCN Pittsburgh No. 7 Jim Patterson Stadium – (–) (–) – – April 30 6:00 p.m. ACCN at Clemson No. 7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium Clemson, SC L 3–11 Anglin (2–2) Kirian (5–1) 1,782 23–12 14–7
May (4–9) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC Sources May 1 3:00 p.m. ACCN at Clemson No. 7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 4–5 Gilbert (3–4) Kuehner (3–4) Hoffmann (2) 1,912 23–13 14–8 May 2 2:00 p.m. ESPNU at Clemson No. 7 Doug Kingsmore Stadium L 5–15 Hughes (1–0) Smith (3–3) 1,873 23–14 14–9 May 4 4:00 p.m. ESPNU No. 2 Vanderbilt No. 15 Jim Patterson Stadium W 7–2 Lohman (2–1) Little (2–1) Elliott (3) 880 24–14 – May 7 6:00 p.m. ACCNX Duke No. 15 Jim Patterson Stadium L 3–13 (–) (–) 24–15 14–10 May 8 1:00 p.m. ACCNX Duke No. 15 Jim Patterson Stadium W 5–1 (–) (–) 25–15 15–10 May 8 4:30 p.m. ACCNX Duke No. 15 Jim Patterson Stadium W 15–6 (–) (–) 26–15 16–10 May 14 6:00 p.m. ACCNX at North Carolina Boshamer Stadium Chapel Hill, NC L 1–5 (–) (–) 26–16 16–11 May 15 2:00 p.m. ACCNX at North Carolina Boshamer Stadium L 0–5 (–) (–) 26–17 16–12 May 16 1:00 p.m. ACCNX at North Carolina Boshamer Stadium L 5–10 (–) (–) 26–18 16–13 May 18 3:00 p.m. ACCN USC Upstate Jim Patterson Stadium W 8–6 (–) (–) 27–18 – May 20 6:00 p.m. ACCN Miami (FL) Jim Patterson Stadium L 1–6 (–) (–) 27–19 16–14 May 21 6:00 p.m. ACCN Miami (FL) Jim Patterson Stadium L 0–2 (–) (–) 27–20 16–15 May 22 12:00 p.m. ACCN Miami (FL) Jim Patterson Stadium L 2–3 (–) (–) 27–21 16–16
Post-Season (1–1)
ACC Tournament (1–1) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Postseason Sources May 25 11:00 a.m. ACCNX vs. Clemson Truist Field Charlotte, NC W 15–10 (–) (–) 28–21 1–0 May 27 3:00 p.m. ACCNX vs. Georgia Tech Truist Field L 8–912 (–) (–) 28–22 1–1

Rankings

Main article: 2021 NCAA Division I baseball rankings

Ranking movements
Legend:██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes

	Week
Poll	Pre	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Final
Coaches' [5]	6 (1)	6 (1)*	3	12	7	7	5	10	9	9	7	15	15	23	—	—	—*	—*	—*	—
Baseball America [6]	7	5	4	15	8	7	6	5	2	4	5	12	11	19	—	—	—*	—*	—*	—
Collegiate Baseball^ [7]	11	6	4	14	11	7	5	7	7	8	8	13	8	18	—	—	—	—	—	—
NCBWA† [8]	6	4	3	12	9	7	5	7	9	11	9	15	13	23	—	—	—	—	—	—
D1Baseball	5	4	5	10	8	7	7	7	7	7	7	15	15	—	—	—	—	—	—	—

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

2021 MLB draft

Player	Position	Round	Overall	MLB Team
Henry Davis	C	1	1	Pittsburgh Pirates
Alex Binelas	3B	3	86	Milwaukee Brewers
Cooper Bowman	2B	4	122	New York Yankees
Michael Kirian	RHP	6	173	Washington Nationals
Lucas Dunn	INF/OF	8	250	San Diego Padres
Luke Brown	OF	9	253	Pittsburgh Pirates
Glenn Albanese	RHP	15	441	Los Angeles Angels

References

1. "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
2. Teague Robinson, Cameron (May 13, 2021). "Louisville baseball misses NCAA Tournament for first time since 2011". Courier Journal. Courier Journal. Retrieved January 3, 2025.
3. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from".
4. "Official Baseball Roster". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
5. "Baseball Coaches Poll". usatoday.com. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
6. "College Top 25". Baseball America. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
7. "Collegiate Baseball Div 1 Poll (12–21–20)". baseballnews.com. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
8. "NCBWA > News > Division I Poll". sportswriters.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2021.

External links

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