Last week ended up being perhaps the biggest wins for Louisville baseball to date, this season. The Cards pulled out an 11-2 win at home against Northern Kentucky, then managed to sweep N.C. State on the road. The Cards pulled off a sweep against a Wolfpack team that ranked as high as second in the…
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On a warm Tuesday evening at Jim Patterson Stadium, fans brought many good canines to the park to enjoy Louisville baseball. This day would see the Cardinals (25-8) provide plenty of bark and bite on offense, as they carried Louisville to an 11-2 win over Northern Kentucky (8-23).
The Results Louisville baseball started last week with an 8-3 victory over rival Kentucky, headed by a strong performance by Louisville’s pitching committee. The Cards tallied 12 strikeouts as a team, relying on four different pitchers. Louisville extended their winning streak to six games after beating their in-state rival, but did not see their momentum…
Louisville played their 500th game at Jim Patterson Stadium on Tuesday, taking an 8-3 win over Kentucky. The Wildcats did jump ahead early, but an offensive burst from the third-through-sixth innings, where Louisville scored eight unanswered runs, managed to give the Cards a much needed win, heading into their next series against Clemson. Together, our…
In the 500th game at Jim Patterson Stadium, it seemed like a coincidence that Louisville would end up playing its rival, Kentucky, for such a milestone. Louisville (23-6) fell behind early against the Wildcats, but used an 8-0 run from the third-to-sixth innings to earn an 8-3 win over Kentucky (16-13). The first two innings…
If Louisville was looking to carry as much momentum as possible before facing Kentucky today, it certainly got that last week. The Cardinals finished 4-0 once again, beating Miami (OH) in the midweek game and sweeping Wake Forest. Entering April, the Cardinals sit at 22-6, with a 9-3 conference record. Tied with Clemson for second…
Inclement weather has pushed a lot of games around for Louisville baseball. But Jeff Nunn and I were able to get a sunny day in Louisville yesterday, as we managed to get some photos of Louisville baseball in their win against Wake Forest. (Click more for the gallery)
After a doubleheader on Friday, Louisville and Wake Forest took Saturday off in lieu of a rainy day. The Cards and the Deacons took the field again on Sunday to close the series. Using three homers throughout the game, Louisville (22-6, 9-3 ACC) survived a late-game rally by Wake Forest (15-14, 5-7), closing the series…
Due to inclement weather in the forecast this weekend, Louisville baseball had their third doubleheader of the season against Wake Forest. Louisville was successful again, taking both games on Friday.
Starting pitcher Luke Smith limited a red-hot Miami (OH) Redhawks team to just one run on six innings pitched, as #10 Louisville (19-6) got a 6-1 win over Miami (OH) (18-5). It was a quiet first inning for both clubs, but the second inning brought some offense in. The Redhawks scored first on an RBI…
Louisville’s hot streak was halted after last week’s contests, going 2-2 on the weekend. The Cardinals ended up sweeping Eastern Kentucky with a 12-8 victory in Richmond. However, Louisville lost some of their momentum over the weekend, as they lost two of three to Georgia Tech at home. The Cardinals fell short via scores of…
Last week was the best to date for the Cardinal Nine. Louisville went 5-0 during the week, notching a midweek series sweep of top-ten Ole Miss at Jim Patterson Stadium, then traveling to Durham and going 3-for-3 against Duke, who entered the week ranked as high as 24th in the country. Up next, Louisville gets…
After their season opener in Florida against UConn, the Louisville baseball team started a massive homestand spanning from late February to early March. The Cards welcomed teams like Brown, Xavier, James Madison, and top-ten ranked Ole Miss. Here are some select photos from various games during that stretch: Full gallery from the 2019 season can…
During the unofficial “Eagle Week” at Jim Patterson Stadium, Louisville secured a solid non-conference win, as well as another opening conference series to start ACC play. Louisville managed to get a 10-9 victory over Morehead State, in a game that saw six lead changes and a combined 19 runs on as many hits. The Cardinals…
Last week, Louisville went 3-1 in their continued homestand, dropping a mid-week game to Xavier. But the Cardinals rebounded in a big way against James Madison, outscoring the Dukes 17-1 in a three-game sweep. Up next, Louisville will face a good non-conference test against Morehead State, who won last year’s Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. The…
Last week, Reid Detmers threw seven shutout innings without allowing a hit in a 7-0 victory over Brown, recording a career-high 11 strikeouts in the process. While that performance earned him ACC Pitcher of the Week honors on Monday, today’s showing may have done the same for him once again. Detmers once again tallied career…
Louisville and Xavier have had hotly contested games in recent years, dating back to their Louisville Regional final game in 2017. You can add this to the list in this seemingly annual non-conference series. A passed ball in the tenth inning allowed Chris Givin to score the game-winning run for Xavier, as the Musketeers (2-5)…
Louisville rebounded from an opening weekend series loss to Connecticut with a stellar showing to start their homestand. The Cards finished last week 4-0, earning a midweek win over Eastern Kentucky (5-1) as well as a sweep of the Ivy League’s Brown Bears (7-0, 5-4 in ten innings, 13-2 across a two-day stretch). Friday’s 7-0…
Louisville Sophomore Reid Detmers had a career day at the mound last Friday against Brown, and it ended up resulting in him earning some hardware on Monday. Detmers was named the ACC Pitcher of the Week after a stellar performance on Friday. The sophomore threw a career-high seven innings with 11 strikeouts, only allowing one…
With inclement weather moving this weekend’s games up, Louisville ended up playing a doubleheader on Friday against the Brown Bears. The Cards ended up taking both games in the doubleheader, and here is a recap of both games. Dominant Pitching Leads to Shutout Victory in Game One U of L took game one of their…