Louisville 2018 Baseball World Series Capsule

            

Louisville Cardinals

ACC (43-17, 18-12)

 
 
Big Wins: 3/10 North Carolina (6-4), 3/14 Texas Tech (7-4), 3/31 at Florida State (6-1)
Bad Losses: 3/18 at Wake Forest (3-6), 4/29 Indiana State (1-3), 5/6 at Boston College (1-2)
Coach: Dan McDonnell
 
Key Field Players:
Josh Stowers, Junior, OF, .341 BA, 9 HR, 59 RBI, 33 SB
Logan Wyatt, Sophomore, 1B, .336 BA, 59 RBI
Danny Oriente, Sophomore, OF, .313 BA, 36 RBI
Drew Campbell, Sophomore, OF, .308 BA, 28 RBI
Devin Mann, Junior, IF, .299 BA, 6 HR, 49 RBI
Jake Snider, Sophomore, IF, .282 BA, 27 RBI
 
Key Pitchers:
Bobby Miller, Freshman, P, 2.45 ERA, 5-1 W/L, 58.2 IP, 49 SO
Nick Bennett, Sophomore, P, 2.20 ERA, 8-1 W/L, 69.2 IP, 68 SO
Adam Wolf, Junior, P, 2.26 ERA, 7-2 W/L, 95.2 IP, 105 SO
Bryan Hoeing, Junior, P, 2.88 ERA, 7-2 W/L, 65.2 IP, 50 SO
 
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .288 (47th in nation, 3rd in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.50 (282, 14)
Doubles per Game: 2.04 (35, 1)
Earned Run Average: 3.28 (15, 1)
Fielding Percentage: .969 (145, 12)
Home Runs per Game: 0.59 (176, 11)
Scoring Offense: 6.7 (46, 4)
Slugging Percentage: .417 (82, 7)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.98 (7, 1)
Triples per Game: 0.23 (120, 6)
 
Recent Postseason Appearances:
 
2017Regionaldefeated Radford, defeated Oklahoma, defeated Xavier
2017Super Regionaldefeated Kentucky
2017CWSdefeated Texas A&M, lost to Florida, eliminated by TCU
2016Regionaldefeated Western Michigan, defeated Ohio State, defeated Wright State
2016Super Regionaleliminated by UC Santa Barbara
2015Regionaldefeated Morehead State, defeated Michigan, defeated Michigan
2015Super Regionaleliminated by Cal State Fullerton
2014Regionaldefeated Kent State, defeated Kansas, defeated Kentucky
2014Super Regionaldefeated Kennesaw State, defeated Kennesaw State
2014CWSlost to Vanderbilt, eliminated by Texas
2013Regionaldefeated Bowling Green, defeated Miami (FL), defeated Oklahoma State
2013Super Regionaldefeated Vanderbilt, defeated Vanderbilt
2013CWSlost to Indiana, eliminated by Oregon State
2012Regionaldefeated New Mexico State, lost to Arizona, defeated Missouri, eliminated by Arizona
2010Regionaldefeated St. Louis, defeated Vanderbilt, lost to Vanderbilt, eliminated by Vanderbilt
2009Regionaldefeated Indiana, defeated Middle Tennessee, lost to Vanderbilt, defeated Vanderbilt
2009Super Regionaleliminated by Cal State Fullerton
2008Regionallost to Georgia Tech, eliminated by Georgia
2007Regionaldefeated Miami (FL), lost to Missouri, defeated Miami (FL), defeated Missouri, defeated Missouri
2007Super Regionaldefeated Oklahoma
2007CWSlost to Rice, defeated Mississippi State, eliminated by North Carolina
2002Regionallost to Georgia, eliminated by Coastal Carolina
 
*all team stats through 5/20