Louisville Cardinals
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
By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .292 (53rd in nation, 3rd in conference)
Double Plays per Game: 0.73 (161, 8)
Doubles per Game: 1.98 (42, 6)
Earned Run Average: 2.76 (3, 1)
Fielding Percentage: .975 (58, 4)
Home Runs per Game: 1.13 (34, 5)
Scoring Offense: 7.3 (25, 4)
Slugging Percentage: .468 (27, 5)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.49 (32, 1)
Triples per Game: 0.31 (48, 2)
Recent Postseason Appearances:
2016 Regional defeated Western Michigan, defeated Ohio State, defeated Wright State
2016 Super Regional eliminated by UC Santa Barbara
2015 Regional defeated Morehead State, defeated Michigan, defeated Michigan
2015 Super Regional eliminated by Cal State Fullerton
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 5/21