Louisville Cardinals
American (45-15, 19-5)
Big Wins: 2/14 West Virginia (7-6), 4/13 at Houston (10-3), 4/18 at UCF (3-2)
Bad Losses: 2/15 at Citadel (3-5), 2/23 Western Michigan (2-4), 5/10 at Temple (2-4)
Coach: Dan McDonnell
Key Field Players:
Jeff Gardner, Senior, OF, .340 BA, 9 HR, 66 RBI
Cole Sturgeon, Senior, OF, .324 BA, 30 RBI, 18 SB
Danny Rosenbaum, Sophomore, 1B/3B, .306 BA, 24 RBI
Alex Chittenden, Senior, IF, .302 BA, 28 RBI
Grant Kay, Junior, IF, .286 BA, 5 HR, 35 RBI, 21 SB
Zach Lucas, Junior, IF, .256 BA, 5 HR, 42 RBI
Sutton Whiting, Junior, IF, .210 BA, 15 RBI, 33 SB
Key Pitchers:
Kyle Funkhouser, Sophomore, P, 1.81 ERA, 12-2 W/L, 99.1 IP, 100 SO
Jared Ruxer, Junior, P, 2.27 ERA, 7-1 W/L, 75.1 IP, 68 SO
Nick Burdi, Junior, P, 0.56 ERA, 3-1 W/L, 32.0 IP, 57 SO, 14 SV
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .284 (65th in nation, 1st in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.84 (96, 3)
Doubles per Game: 1.77 (67, 1)
Earned Run Average: 2.77 (19, 2)
Fielding Percentage: .971 (82, 1)
Home Runs per Game: 0.48 (81, 2)
Scoring Offense: 6.4 (26, 1)
Slugging Percentage: .397 (54, 1)
Stolen Bases per Game: 2.04 (3, 1)
Triples per Game: 0.29 (64, 2)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
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 5/18
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