Louisville Cardinals
ACC (43-16, 25-5)
Big Wins: 3/7 Miami FL (9-6), 3/10 Mississippi (5-3), 5/9 Florida State (7-0)
Bad Losses: 2/20 vs Arkansas State (2-8), 2/28 Xavier (1-2), 4/22 Western Kentucky (3-7)
Coach: Dan McDonnell
Key Field Players:
Nick Solak, Sophomore, OF/IF, .327 BA, 37 RBI, 18 SB
Corey Ray, Sophomore, OF, .324 BA, 11 HR, 48 RBI, 32 SB
Brendan McKay, Freshman, P/1B, .319 BA, 31 RBI
Sutton Whiting, Senior, IF, 25 RBI, 14 SB
Zach Lucas, Senior, IF, .245 BA, 5 HR, 25 RBI, 17 SB
Key Pitchers:
Brendan McKay, Freshman, P/1B, 1.76 ERA, 8-3 W/L, 82.0 IP, 103 SO
Kyle Funkhouser, Junior, P, 3.29 ERA, 7-5 W/L, 98.1 IP, 93 SO
Josh Rogers, Sophomore, P, 3.62 ERA, 7-1 W/L, 79.2 IP, 70 SO
Zack Burdi, Sophomore, P, 0.75 ERA, 5-0 W/L, 24.0 IP, 23 SO, 9 SV
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .275 (141st in nation, 6th in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.59 (256, 13)
Doubles per Game: 1.80 (89, 5)
Earned Run Average: 2.65 (7, 1)
Fielding Percentage: .966 (153, 10)
Home Runs per Game: 0.52 (149, 12)
Scoring Offense: 5.5 (134, 9)
Slugging Percentage: .387 (138, 9)
Stolen Bases per Game: 2.09 (7, 1)
Triples per Game: 0.21 (154, 8)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2014 Regional defeated Kent State, defeated Kansas, defeated Kentucky
2014 Super Regional defeated Kennesaw State, defeated Kennesaw State
2014 CWS lost to Vanderbilt, eliminated by Texas
2013 Regional defeated Bowling Green, defeated Miami (FL), defeated Oklahoma State
2013 Super Regional defeated Vanderbilt, defeated Vanderbilt
2013 CWS lost to Indiana, eliminated by Oregon State
2012 Regional defeated New Mexico State, lost to Arizona, defeated Missouri, eliminated by Arizona
2010 Regional defeated St. Louis, defeated Vanderbilt, lost to Vanderbilt, eliminated by Vanderbilt
2009 Regional defeated Indiana, defeated Middle Tennessee, lost to Vanderbilt, defeated Vanderbilt
2009 Super Regional eliminated by Cal State Fullerton
2008 Regional lost to Georgia Tech, eliminated by Georgia
2007 Regional defeated Miami (FL), lost to Missouri, defeated Miami (FL), defeated Missouri, defeated Missouri
2007 Super Regional defeated Oklahoma
2007 CWS lost to Rice, defeated Mississippi State, eliminated by North Carolina
2002 Regional lost to Georgia, eliminated by Coastal Carolina
*all team stats through 5/17
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