2019 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

The 2019 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2019 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 thirteenth year at Louisville.

2019 Louisville Cardinals baseball
ACC regular-season champions NCAA Louisville Regional champion NCAA Louisville Super Regional champion
College World Series, 3rd (tie)
Conference	Atlantic Coast Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 3
CB	No. 3
Record	51–18 (21–9 ACC)
Head coach	Dan McDonnell (13th season)
Assistant coaches	Roger Williams (13th season) Eric Snider (5th season) Adam Vrable (5th season)
Home stadium	Jim Patterson Stadium
Seasons ← 2018 2020 →

2019 Atlantic Coast Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf.							Overall
Team	W		L		PCT			W		L		PCT
Atlantic
No. 3 Louisville  x‍‍‍y	21	–	9		.700			51	–	18		.739
NC State  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			42	–	19		.689
No. 8 Florida State  ‍‍‍y	17	–	13		.567			42	–	23		.646
Clemson  ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			35	–	26		.574
Wake Forest  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			31	–	26		.544
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍	13	–	17		.433			24	–	30		.444
Boston College  ‍‍‍	12	–	18		.400			31	–	27		.534
Coastal
No. 17 Georgia Tech  x‍‍‍y	19	–	11		.633			43	–	19		.694
No. 19 Miami (FL)  ‍‍‍y	18	–	12		.600			41	–	20		.672
No. 15 North Carolina  ‍‍‡‍y	17	–	13		.567			46	–	19		.708
No. 16 Duke  ‍‍‍y	15	–	15		.500			35	–	27		.565
Virginia  ‍‍‍	14	–	16		.467			32	–	24		.571
Virginia Tech  ‍‍‍	9	–	21		.300			26	–	27		.491
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍	8	–	22		.267			21	–	34		.382
x – Division champion ‡ – Tournament champion y – Invited to the NCAA tournament As of June 27, 2019[1][2] Rankings from D1Baseball

Roster

2019 Louisville Cardinals roster[3]
	Pitchers 4 – Adam Elliott – Junior 5 – Shay Smiddy – Junior 8 – Nick Bennett – Junior 15 – Bobby Miller – Sophomore 26 – Kerry Wright – Freshman 27 – Bryan Hoeing – Senior 28 – J.D. Mundt – Senior 30 – Austin Dickey – Junior 31 – Carter Lohman – Freshman 33 – Michael Kirian – Sophomore 35 – Garrett Schmeltz – Freshman 36 – Glenn Albanese – Senior 39 – Jack Perkins – Freshman 40 – Danny Zimmerman – Freshman 41 – Michael McAvene – Junior 42 – Reid Detmers – Sophomore 44 – Gavin Sullivan – Sophomore 45 – Luke Smith – Junior		Catchers 6 – Ben Bianco – Sophomore 11 – Zeke Pinkham – Senior 18 – Pat Rumoro – Senior 22 – Ben Metzinger – Freshman 32 – Henry Davis – Freshman 34 – Zach Britton – Sophomore Infielders 2 – Tyler Fitzgerald – Junior 7 – Lucas Dunn – Sophomore 10 – Tim Borden II – Freshman 13 – Alex Binelas – Freshman 16 – Justin Lavey – Junior 24 – Cameron Masterman – Sophomore 25 – Jared Poland – Freshman 29 – Andrew Benefield – Freshman 43 – Logan Wyatt – Junior		Outfielders 1 – Drew Campbell – Junior 9 – Danny Oriente – Junior 14 – Trey Leonard – Sophomore 17 – Ethan Stringer – Junior 20 – Jake Snider – Junior

Schedule

Legend
	Louisville win
	Louisville loss
Bold	Louisville team member

2019 Louisville Cardinals baseball game log[4]
Regular season
February (5–3) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC February 15 6:00 pm UConn* #9 Joker Marchant Stadium • Lakeland, FL L 2–3 Gardner (1–0) Elliott (0–1) Wallace (1) 247 0–1 – February 16 3:00 pm UConn* #9 Joker Marchant Stadium • Lakeland, FL W 12–2 Bennett (1–0) Dunlop (0–1) – 457 1–1 – February 17 12:30 pm UConn* #9 Joker Marchant Stadium • Lakeland, FL L 3–8 Santos (1–0) Hoeing (0–1) Wallace (2) 368 1–2 – February 19 3:00 pm ACCN Extra Eastern Kentucky* #12 Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY W 5–1 Smith (1–0) Jackson (0–2) – 369 2–2 – February 22 2:00 pm ACCN Extra Brown* #12 Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY W 7–0 Detmers (1–0) Garner (0–1) – 3–2 – February 22 5:10 pm ACCN Extra Brown* #12 Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY W 5–410 Poland (1–0) Wilder (0–1) – 952 4–2 – February 23 1:45 pm ACCN Extra Brown* #12 Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY W 13–2 Hoeing (1–1) Delano (0–1) – 568 5–2 – February 26 3:00 pm ACCN Extra Xavier* #12 Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY W 4–510 Flamm (1–1) Poland (1–1) – 718 5–3 –
March Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall ACC March 1 4:00 pm ACCN Extra James Madison* #12 Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY W 5–0 Detmers (2–0) Kelly (2–1) – 321 6–3 – March 2 12:00 pm ACCN Extra James Madison* #12 Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY W 11–1 Bennett (2–0) Stewart (0–2) – 7–3 – March 2 4:00 pm ACCN Extra James Madison* #12 Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY W 1–0 Hoeing (2–1) Ayer (2–1) Miller (1) 592 8–3 –
April Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ACC record
May Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record ACC record
Postseason (8–5)
ACC Tournament (0–2) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Tourney May 22 11:00 am ACCN Extra (12) Boston College (1) Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC L 1–5 Metzdorf (8–2) Hoenig (3–3) – 43–14 0–1 May 23 11:00 am ACCN Extra (8) Clemson (1) Durham Bulls Athletic Park • Durham, NC L 1–7 Clark (9–2) Detmers (11–3) – 43–15 0–2
Louisville Regional (4–1) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Regional May 31 6:00 pm ESPN3 (4) UIC (1) Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY W 5–3 Bennett (7–3) Key (7–9) McAvene (7) 3,092 44–15 1–0 June 1 4:00 pm ESPN3 (3) Illinois State (1) Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY L 2–4 Walker (5–8) Detmers (11–3) – 2,843 44–16 1–1 June 2 12:00 pm ESPN3 (2) Indiana (1) Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY W 9–7 Miller (6–1) Gordon (6–6) Kirian (4) 2,339 45–16 2–1 June 2 6:00 pm ESPN3 (3) Illinois State (1) Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY W 11–2 Smith (6–0) Lindgren (5–5) – 2,345 46–16 3–1 June 3 1:00 pm ESPN3 (3) Illinois State (1) Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY W 4–3 Kirian (3–1) Gilmore (2–2) – 2,878 47–16 4–1
Louisville Super Regional (2–0) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Super Regional June 7 12:00 pm ESPN2 #8 East Carolina #6 Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY W 14–1 Detmers (12–4) Agnos (11–3) – 2,955 48–16 1–0 June 8 12:00 pm ESPN2 #8 East Carolina #6 Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY W 12–0 Miller (7–1) Burleson (6–2) – 4,458 49–16 2–0
College World Series (2–2) Date Time (ET) TV Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall CWS June 16 2:00 pm ESPN #1 Vanderbilt #4 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 1–3 Fellows (13–1) Hoeing (3–4) Brown (15) 22,704 49–17 0–1 June 18 2:00 pm ESPN #7 Auburn #4 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE W 5–3 Elliott (3–2) Horn (4–2) Kirian (5) 14,481 50–17 1–1 June 20 8:00 pm ESPN2 #3 Mississippi State #4 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE W 4–3 Detmers (13–4) Gordon (5–1) – 24,201 51–17 2–1 June 21 7:00 pm ESPN #1 Vanderbilt #4 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 2–3 Eder (2–0) Smith (6–1) Brown (17) 24,673 51–18 2–2 "#" represents ranking. All rankings from Collegiate Baseball on the date of the contest. "()" represents postseason seeding in the ACC Tournament or NCAA Regional, respectively.