American college baseball season
2021 Louisville Cardinals baseball |
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Conference | Atlantic Coast Conference |
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Record | 28–22 (16–16 ACC) |
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Head coach | - Dan McDonnell (15th season)
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Assistant coaches | - Roger Williams (15th season)
- Eric Snider (7th season)
- Adam Vrable (7th season)
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Home stadium | Jim Patterson Stadium |
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The 2021 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2021 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals played their home games at Jim Patterson Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They were led by head coach Dan McDonnell, in his 15th season at Louisville.
Previous season
The 2020 Louisville Cardinals baseball team notched a 13–4 (2–1) regular season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020, due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic.
2020 MLB Draft
The Cardinals had three players drafted in the 2020 MLB draft.[2]
Player | Position | Round | Overall | MLB Team |
Reid Detmers | Pitcher | 1 | 10 | Los Angeles Angels |
Bobby Miller | Pitcher | 1 | 29 | Los Angeles Dodgers |
Zach Britton | Outfielder | 5 | 136 | Toronto Blue Jays |
Personnel
Roster
2020 Louisville Cardinals roster[3] |
| Pitchers - 4 – Adam Elliott – Senior
- 15 – Alex Galvan – Freshman
- 17 – Shane Harris – Freshman
- 19 – Ryan Hawks – Freshman
- 26 – Kerry Wright – Sophomore
- 27 – Evan Webster – Freshman
- 28 – Kellan Tulio – Freshman
- 30 – Michael Prosecky – Freshman
- 31 – Carter Lohman – Sophomore
- 33 – Michael Kirian – Junior
- 34 – Ben Wiegman – Freshman
- 35 – Garrett Schmeltz – Sophomore
- 36 – Glenn Albanese – Junior
- 39 – Jack Perkins – Sophomore
- 40 – Tate Kuehner – Freshman
- 41 – Riley Phillips – Freshman
- 43 – Duncan Hall – Freshman
- 44 – Gavin Sullivan – Junior
- 45 – Luke Smith – Senior
- 48 – J.R. Langworthy – Sophomore
- 54 – Kaleb Corbett – Freshman
- 55 – Seamus Barrett – Freshman
- 56 – Trevor Amburgey – Freshman
| | Catchers - 22 – Ben Metzinger – Sophomore
- 32 – Henry Davis – Sophomore
- 46 – Jack Payton – Freshman
Infielders - 2 – Cooper Bowman – Sophomore
- 9 – Christian Knapczyk – Freshman
- 10 – Tim Borden II – Sophomore
- 13 – Alex Binelas – Sophomore
- 16 – Justin Lavey – Senior
- 18 – Wyatt Stevenson – Freshman
- 47 – Drake Wescott – Freshman
| | Outfielders - 5 – Levi Usher – Sophomore
- 8 – Luke Brown – Junior
- 11 – Chris Seng – Sophomore
- 14 – Trey Leonard – Junior
- 29 – Tyeler Hawkins – Freshman
- 51 – Isaac Humphrey – Freshman
- 52 – JT Benson – Freshman
Utility - 6 – Ben Bianco (C/1B) – Junior
- 7 – Lucas Dunn (INF/OF) – Junior
- 20 – Dalton Rushing (C/1B) – Freshman
- 24 – Cameron Masterman (INF/OF) – Junior
- 25 – Jared Poland (INF/P) – Sophomore
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Coaching staff
2020 louisville cardinals coaching staff[3] |
Name | Position | Seasons at Louisville | Alma Mater |
Dan McDonnell | Head coach | 15 | The Citadel (1992) |
Roger Williams | Associate head coach/Pitching | 15 | East Carolina (1997) |
Eric Snider | Assistant Coach/recruiting coordinator | 7 | Northern Iowa (1987) |
Adam Vrable | Assistant Coach | 7 | Coastal Carolina (2007) |
Brian Mundorf | Director of Operations | 26 | American International (1992) |
Game log
2021 Louisville Cardinals Baseball Game Log |
Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled Bold = Louisville team member * Non-conference game |
Regular Season (27–21) |
February (6–1) | Date | Time (ET) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | ACC | Sources | February 20 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCNX | Bellarmine* | No. 5 | Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, Kentucky | W 5–1 | Albanese (1–0) | Barringer (0–1) | | 210 | 1–0 | – | | February 21 | 12:00 p.m. | ACCNX | Bellarmine* | No. 5 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 13–1 | Elliott (1–0) | Miley (0–1) | | | 2–0 | – | | February 21 | 3:30 p.m. | ACCNX | Bellarmine* | No. 5 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 8–3 | Smith (1–0) | Davis (0–1) | | 188 | 3–0 | – | | February 23 | 3:00 p.m. | ACCNX | Eastern Kentucky* | No. 4 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 6–2 | Corbett (1–0) | Kelly (1–1) | | 445 | 4–0 | – | | February 26 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCNX | Western Illinois* | No. 4 | Jim Patterson Stadium | L 3–8 | Sears (1–0) | Kuehner (0–1) | Raymond (1) | 255 | 4–1 | – | | February 27 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCNX | Western Illinois* | No. 4 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 4–1 | Kirian (1–0) | Warkentien (0–1) | Perkins (1) | | 5–1 | – | | February 27 | 4:30 p.m. | ACCNX | Western Illinois* | No. 4 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 9–4 | Smith (2–0) | Fochs (0–1) | Corbett (1) | | 6–1 | – | | |
March (11–5) | Date | Time (ET) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | ACC | Sources | March 2 | 3:30 p.m. | ACCNX | Morehead State* | No. 5 | Jim Patterson Stadium | L 2–5 | Herron (1–0) | Lohman (0–1) | | 312 | 6–2 | – | | March 5 | 4:00 p.m. | ACCNX | at No. 12 Georgia Tech | No. 5 | Russ Chandler Stadium Atlanta, Georgia | W 13–6 | Kirian (2–0) | Hurter (1–1) | | 713 | 7–2 | 1–0 | | March 6 | 2:00 p.m. | ACCNX | at No. 12 Georgia Tech | No. 5 | Russ Chandler Stadium | L 6–19 | Archer (1–1) | Elliott (1–1) | | | 7–3 | 1–1 | | March 7 | 3:00 p.m. | ACCN | at No. 12 Georgia Tech | No. 5 | Russ Chandler Stadium | L 9–13 | Finley (2–0) | Smith (2–1) | | 713 | 7–4 | 1–2 | | March 9 | 3:00 p.m. | ACCNX | Morehead State* | No. 10 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 8–3 | Kuehner (1–1) | Vernon (0–1) | | 606 | 8–4 | – | | March 12 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCNX | No. 22 Boston College | No. 10 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 7–3 | Kirian (3–0) | Pelio (2–2) | Elliott (1) | 880 | 9–4 | 2–2 | | March 13 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCNX | No. 22 Boston College | No. 10 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 5–0 | Albanese (2–0) | Sheehan (2–2) | | 880 | 10–4 | 3–2 | | March 14 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCNX | No. 22 Boston College | No. 10 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 8–6 | Perkins (1–0) | Gieg (0–1) | Corbett (2) | 880 | 11–4 | 4–2 | | March 16 | 5:00 p.m. | ESPN+ | at Eastern Kentucky* | No. 8 | Turkey Hughes Field Richmond, Kentucky | L 3–6 | Travis (1–0) | Kuehner (1–2) | Brian (4) | 270 | 11–5 | – | | March 19 | 6:30 p.m. | ACCNX | at NC State | No. 8 | Doak Field Raleigh, North Carolina | W 13–1 | Kirian (4–0) | Justice (1–2) | | 346 | 12–5 | 5–2 | | March 20 | 2:00 p.m. | ACCNX | at NC State | No. 8 | Doak Field | W 6–3 | Albanese (3–0) | Highfill (0–1) | Corbett (3) | 353 | 13–5 | 6–2 | | March 21 | 11:00 a.m. | ACCNX | at NC State | No. 8 | Doak Field | W 8–3 | Elliott (2–1) | Feeney (0–1) | | 304 | 14–5 | 7–2 | | March 23 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCNX | Western Kentucky* | No. 7 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 13–6 | Barrett (1–0) | Shiflet (0–2) | | 548 | 15–5 | – | | March 26 | 4:00 p.m. | ACCNX | at No. 14 Notre Dame | No. 7 | Frank Eck Stadium South Bend, Indiana | W 7–4 | Elliott (3–1) | Sheridan (0–1) | Corbett (4) | 301 | 16–5 | 8–2 | | March 27 | 2:00 p.m. | ACCNX | at No. 14 Notre Dame | No. 7 | Frank Eck Stadium | L 3–5 | Brannigan (1–0) | Kuehner (1–3) | | 315 | 16–6 | 8–3 | | March 28 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCNX | at No. 14 Notre Dame | No. 7 | Frank Eck Stadium | – | (–) | (–) | | | – | – | | March 30 | 6:00 p.m. | ESPN+ | at Cincinnati* | No. 7 | UC Baseball Stadium Cincinnati, Ohio | L 12–13 | Keathley (1–0) | Corbett (1–1) | | 815 | 16–7 | – | | |
April (7–5) | Date | Time (ET) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | ACC | Sources | April 2 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCN | Wake Forest | No. 7 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 5–3 | Kirian (5–0) | Cusick (1–1) | Elliott (2) | 880 | 17–7 | 9–3 | | April 3 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCN | Wake Forest | No. 7 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 9–7 | Elliott (4–1) | Minacci (0–1) | | 880 | 18–7 | 10–3 | | April 4 | 12:30 p.m. | ESPN2 | Wake Forest | No. 7 | Jim Patterson Stadium | L 3–6 | Lowder (1–1) | Smith (2–2) | Adler (5) | 880 | 18–8 | 10–4 | | April 6 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCN | Kentucky | No. 7 | Jim Patterson Stadium | L 7–11 | Harney (2–0) | Perkins (1–1) | Rigsby (1) | 880 | 18–9 | – | | April 9 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCN | No. 17 Florida State | No. 7 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 4–310 | Elliott (5–1) | Scolaro (0–1) | | 880 | 19–9 | 11–4 | | April 10 | 5:00 p.m. | ACCN | No. 17 Florida State | No. 7 | Jim Patterson Stadium | L 5–8 | Anderson (1–0) | Albanese (3–1) | | 880 | 19–10 | 11–5 | | April 11 | 4:00 p.m. | ESPN2 | No. 17 Florida State | No. 7 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 11–4 | Kuehner (2–3) | Scolaro (0–2) | | 880 | 20–10 | 12–5 | | April 16 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCN | at Virginia | No. 7 | Davenport Field Charlottesville, VA | L 7–810 | Schoch (1–0) | Elliott (5–2) | | 477 | 20–11 | 12–6 | | April 17 | 4:00 p.m. | ACCN | at Virginia | No. 7 | Davenport Field | W 9–5 | Kuehner (3–3) | Vasil (5–3) | | 522 | 21–11 | 13–6 | | April 18 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCN | at Virginia | No. 7 | Davenport Field | W 8–2 | Smith (3–2) | Savino (1–2) | | 522 | 22–11 | 14–6 | | April 20 | 5:00 p.m. | ESPNU | at Kentucky | No. 7 | Kentucky Proud Park Lexington, KY | W 12–5 | Lohman (1–1) | Kammin (1–1) | | 1,730 | 23–11 | – | | April 23 | 3:00 p.m. | ACCN | Pittsburgh | No. 7 | Jim Patterson Stadium | – | (–) | (–) | | | – | – | | April 24 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCN | Pittsburgh | No. 7 | Jim Patterson Stadium | – | (–) | (–) | | | – | – | | April 25 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCN | Pittsburgh | No. 7 | Jim Patterson Stadium | – | (–) | (–) | | | – | – | | April 30 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCN | at Clemson | No. 7 | Doug Kingsmore Stadium Clemson, SC | L 3–11 | Anglin (2–2) | Kirian (5–1) | | 1,782 | 23–12 | 14–7 | | |
May (4–9) | Date | Time (ET) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | ACC | Sources | May 1 | 3:00 p.m. | ACCN | at Clemson | No. 7 | Doug Kingsmore Stadium | L 4–5 | Gilbert (3–4) | Kuehner (3–4) | Hoffmann (2) | 1,912 | 23–13 | 14–8 | | May 2 | 2:00 p.m. | ESPNU | at Clemson | No. 7 | Doug Kingsmore Stadium | L 5–15 | Hughes (1–0) | Smith (3–3) | | 1,873 | 23–14 | 14–9 | | May 4 | 4:00 p.m. | ESPNU | No. 2 Vanderbilt | No. 15 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 7–2 | Lohman (2–1) | Little (2–1) | Elliott (3) | 880 | 24–14 | – | | May 7 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCNX | Duke | No. 15 | Jim Patterson Stadium | L 3–13 | (–) | (–) | | | 24–15 | 14–10 | | May 8 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCNX | Duke | No. 15 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 5–1 | (–) | (–) | | | 25–15 | 15–10 | | May 8 | 4:30 p.m. | ACCNX | Duke | No. 15 | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 15–6 | (–) | (–) | | | 26–15 | 16–10 | | May 14 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCNX | at North Carolina | | Boshamer Stadium Chapel Hill, NC | L 1–5 | (–) | (–) | | | 26–16 | 16–11 | | May 15 | 2:00 p.m. | ACCNX | at North Carolina | | Boshamer Stadium | L 0–5 | (–) | (–) | | | 26–17 | 16–12 | | May 16 | 1:00 p.m. | ACCNX | at North Carolina | | Boshamer Stadium | L 5–10 | (–) | (–) | | | 26–18 | 16–13 | | May 18 | 3:00 p.m. | ACCN | USC Upstate | | Jim Patterson Stadium | W 8–6 | (–) | (–) | | | 27–18 | – | | May 20 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCN | Miami (FL) | | Jim Patterson Stadium | L 1–6 | (–) | (–) | | | 27–19 | 16–14 | | May 21 | 6:00 p.m. | ACCN | Miami (FL) | | Jim Patterson Stadium | L 0–2 | (–) | (–) | | | 27–20 | 16–15 | | May 22 | 12:00 p.m. | ACCN | Miami (FL) | | Jim Patterson Stadium | L 2–3 | (–) | (–) | | | 27–21 | 16–16 | | |
Post-Season (1–1) |
ACC Tournament (1–1) | Date | Time (ET) | TV | Opponent | Rank | Stadium | Score | Win | Loss | Save | Attendance | Overall | Postseason | Sources | May 25 | 11:00 a.m. | ACCNX | vs. Clemson | | Truist Field Charlotte, NC | W 15–10 | (–) | (–) | | | 28–21 | 1–0 | | May 27 | 3:00 p.m. | ACCNX | vs. Georgia Tech | | Truist Field | L 8–912 | (–) | (–) | | | 28–22 | 1–1 | | |
Rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked ( ) = First-place votes | Week |
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Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Final |
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Coaches'[4] | 6 (1) | 6 (1)* | 3 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 15 | 15 | 23 | — | — | —* | —* | —* | — |
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Baseball America[5] | 7 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 11 | 19 | — | — | —* | —* | —* | — |
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Collegiate Baseball^[6] | 11 | 6 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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NCBWA†[7] | 6 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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D1Baseball | 5 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A new poll was not released for this week, so for comparison purposes, the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.
2021 MLB draft
References
- ^ "Baseball Standings". theacc.com. Atlantic Coast Conference. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from".
- ^ a b "Official Baseball Roster". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved June 15, 2020.
- ^ "Baseball Coaches Poll". usatoday.com. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ "College Top 25". Baseball America. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ "Collegiate Baseball Div 1 Poll (12–21–20)". baseballnews.com. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
- ^ "NCBWA > News > Division I Poll". sportswriters.net. Archived from the original on July 24, 2009. Retrieved May 6, 2021.
External links
- Louisville Cardinals baseball
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