#7 Louisville Regional Baseball Breakdown

 
 
ACC (47-10, 23-6)
 
 
Big Wins: 3/31 at Virginia (5-2), 4/4 Kentucky (5-3), 4/9 Wake Forest (7-5)
Bad Losses: 3/21 at Cincinnati (3-6), 4/21 Duke (3-5), 5/16 at Indiana (3-4)
Coach: Dan McDonnell
 
Key Field Players:
Drew Ellis, Junior, 3B/1B, .376 BA, 17 HR, 53 RBI
Brendan McKay, Junior, P/1B, .363 BA, 17 HR, 52 RBI
Devin Hairston, Junior, IF, .309 BA, 50 RBI
Devin Mann, Sophomore, IF, .271 BA, 8 HR, 40 RBI
Colby Fitch, Junior, C, .262 BA, 11 HR, 40 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Brendan McKay, Junior, P/1B, 2.37 ERA, 9-3 W/L, 91.0 IP, 124 SO
Kade McClure, Junior, P, 3.24 ERA, 7-3 W/L, 86.0 IP, 89 SO
Lincoln Henzman, Junior, P, 1.41 ERA, 2-0 W/L, 32.0 IP, 32 SO, 16 SV
 
 
Big 12 (34-22, 12-11)
 
 
Big Wins: 2/17 Long Beach State (6-2), 3/31 Texas Tech (6-2), 5/14 TCU (10-9)
Bad Losses: 3/7 Wichita State (2-4), 4/11 at Oral Roberts (2-3), 5/6 at Kansas State (7-9)
Coach: Pete Hughes
 
Key Field Players:
Steele Walker, Sophomore, OF, .338 BA, 8 HR, 50 RBI
Renae Martinez, Senior, C, .328 BA, 7 HR, 37 RBI
Austin O’Brien, Senior, IF, .305 BA, 8 HR, 39 RBI
Brylie Ware, Sophomore, IF, .304 BA, 5 HR, 29 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Jake Irvin, Sophomore, P, 3.50 ERA, 6-2 W/L, 64.1 IP, 71 SO
Devon Perez, Junior, P, 3.61 ERA, 5-2 W/L, 57.1 IP, 74 SO
JB Olson, Senior, P, 1.67 ERA, 5-1 W/L, 43.0 IP, 44 SO, 8 SV
 
 
Big East (32-25, 10-6)
 
 
Big Wins: 3/7 at Georgia (8-7), 4/5 Miami (9-4), 5/28 vs St. John’s (7-6)
Bad Losses: 2/26 vs Penn State (1-6), 3/25 Illinois State (5-7), 4/8 at Villanova (0-1)
Coach: Scott Googins
 
Key Field Players:
Conor Grammes, Freshman, IF, .336 BA, 7 HR, 40 RBI
Rylan Bannon, Junior, IF, .322 BA, 14 HR, 46 RBI, 17 SB
Joe Gellenbeck, Senior, OF, .282 BA, 11 HR, 56 RBI, 10 SB
Will LaRue, Junior, OF, .280 BA, 25 RBI, 23 SB
Mitch Gallagher, Junior, IF, .267 BA, 30 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Zac Lowther, Junior, P, 2.81 ERA, 5-4 W/L, 77.0 IP, 115 SO
Garrett Schilling, Junior, P, 3.78 ERA, 5-4 W/L, 78.2 IP, 47 SO
Greg Jacknewitz, Senior, P, 4.92 ERA, 4-4 W/L, 64.0 IP, 47 SO
Trent Astle, Senior, P, 6.32 ERA, 4-1 W/L, 62.2 IP, 37 SO
 
 
Big South (27-30, 11-13)
 
 
Big Wins: 2/18 at North Florida (8-7), 5/25 vs High Point (6-3), 5/26 vs Winthrop (7-1)
Bad Losses: 3/25 Longwood (1-7), 4/23 at Charleston Southern (1-4), 4/28 VMI (5-7)
Coach: Joe Raccuia
 
Key Field Players:
Spencer Horwitz, Freshman, IF, .317 BA, 8 HR, 34 RBI
Kyle Butler, Sophomore, IF, .314 BA, 32 RBI
Jonathan Gonzalez, Senior, C, .286 BA, 12 HR, 44 RBI
Adam Whitacre, Sophomore, OF, .266 BA, 14 RBI
Luke Wise, Junior, OF, .240 BA, 5 HR, 20 RBI, 15 SB
 
Key Pitchers:
Zack Ridgely, Junior, P, 2.84 ERA, 7-5 W/L, 95.0 IP, 85 SO
Danny Hrbek, Senior, P, 4.42 ERA, 5-5 W/L, 75.1 IP, 54 SO
Kyle Zurak, Senior, P, 2.28 ERA, 4-3 W/L, 55.1 IP, 69 SO, 9 SV
Austin Gerber, Freshman, P, 3.55 ERA, 4-3 W/L, 50.2 IP, 31 SO