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MMayay 55-7-7 | #2#2 LouisvilleLouisville atat NotreNotre DameDame 1 SSportsports IInformationnformation Contact:Contact: GarettGarett WWallall | (502)(502) 852-3088852-3088 oror (502)(502) 553-8030553-8030 | [email protected]@louisville.edu | @UofLBaseball@UofLBaseball | wwwwww.GoCards.com.GoCards.com | @GoCards@GoCards 2017 SCHEDULE / RESULTS GAME DAY INFORMATION FEBRUARY Location: South Bend, Ind. Fri. 17 vs. Alabama State @ W, 7-0 Venue: Frank Eck Stadium (2,500) Sat. 18 vs. #22 Maryland @ W, 10-7 Live Stats: GoCards.com Sun. 19 vs. Ball State @ W, 10-4 Twitter Updates: @UofLBaseball Wed. 22 EASTERN KENTUCKY (ACCNE) W, 19-3 Series History: Louisville leads 22-8 Fri. 24 OMAHA (ACCNE) W, 7-2 Sat. 25 OMAHA (ACCNE) W, 10-0 Friday, May 5 | 6:05 p.m. ET Sun. 26 OMAHA (ACCNE) W, 6-0 TV: ACC Network Extra | Radio: WXVW 1450 AM/96.1 FM LOU: Jr. LHP Brendan McKay (6-3, 2.15 ERA) MARCH ND: Jr. RHP Brad Bass (2-6, 4.57 ERA) Wed. 1 MOREHEAD STATE (ACCNE) W, 20-2 Fri. 3 EASTERN MICHIGAN (ACCNE) W, 13-0 ##22 LLouisvilleouisville Saturday, May 6 | 4:05 p.m. ET NNotreotre DDameame Sat. 4 EASTERN MICHIGAN (ACCNE) W, 3-2 (13) TV: ACC Network Extra | Radio: WXVW 1450 AM/96.1 FM Sun. 5 EASTERN MICHIGAN (ACCNE) W, 8-7 CCARDINALSARDINALS LOU: Jr. RHP Kade McClure (5-1, 3.28 ERA) FFIGHTINGIGHTING IRISHIRISH Tue. 7 at Eastern Kentucky PPD/Rain ((39-6,39-6, 17-417-4 ACC)ACC) ND: Gr. LHP Michael Hearne (3-3, 4.03 ERA) ((23-23,23-23, 110-140-14 ACCACC) Wed. 8 FORT WAYNE (ACCNE) W, 12-2 HHeadead CCoachoach HHeadead CCoachoach Fri. 10 PITTSBURGH * (ACCNE) W, 3-0 Sunday, May 7 | 1:05 p.m. ET Sat. 11 PITTSBURGH * (ACCNE) W, 8-2 DDanan MMcDonnellcDonnell TV: ACC Network Extra | Radio: 93.9 The Ville MMikik AAokioki Sun. 12 PITTSBURGH * (ACCNE) W, 3-1 LLOU:OU: 4495-19795-197 ((11th11th SSeason)eason) LOU: Fr. LHP Nick Bennett (4-0, 2.13 ERA) NND:D: 197-184-1197-184-1 ((7th7th SSeason)eason) ND: Jr. RHP Brandon Bielak (2-6, 5.40 ERA) Wed. 15 XAVIER (E) (ACCNE) W, 13-4 CCareer:areer: 495-197495-197 ((11th11th SSeason)eason) CCareer:areer: 398-432-2398-432-2 ((17th17th SSeason)eason) Fri. 17 BOSTON COLLEGE * (ACCNE) W, 6-0 Sat. 18 BOSTON COLLEGE * (ACCNE) W, 6-4 FIRST PITCH Sun. 19 BOSTON COLLEGE * (ACCNE) W, 5-3 The No. 2 Louisville baseball team plays the fi rst of back-to-back ACC road series with a visit to Notre Dame Tue. 21 at Cincinnati L, 3-6 starting Friday at 6:05 p.m., ET at Frank Eck Stadium. The series is also set for Saturday at 4:05 p.m., and Fri. 24 at NC State * (ACCNE) L, 1-3 Sunday at 1:05 p.m., and all three games will be televised on ACC Network Extra. Radio coverage for the fi rst two Sat. 25 at NC State * (RSN/ACCNE) W, 7-6 (10) games will be available on WXVW 1450 AM/96.1 FM, while 93.9 The Ville will broadcast the fi nale. Sun. 26 at NC State * (ACCNE) W, 8-1 Tue. 28 WESTERN KENTUCKY (C) (ACCNE) W, 11-1 ABOUT THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS Fri. 31 at #16 Virginia * (ACCNE) W, 5-2 Louisville enters the weekend on an eight-game winning streak and 39-6 overall after a midweek win against Miami (Ohio) Tuesday at Patterson Stadium. The Cardinals are 17-4 in the ACC after earning a series victory APRIL against Duke on April 21-23. Louisville, which set a record for the best start to a season in school history with 19 Sat. 1 at #16 Virginia * (ACCNE) L, 2-11 straight wins, has won each of its 10 weekend series this season, including seven straight against ACC foes. Sun. 2 at #16 Virginia * (ACCNE) W, 4-3 Brendan McKay, the two-time John Olerud Two-Way Player of the Year, leads the Cardinals at the plate and Tue. 4 #8 KENTUCKY (ACCNE) W, 5-3 on the mound. McKay is fi fth in the nation in on-base percentage at .511, eighth in slugging percentage at .747 Fri. 7 #17 WAKE FOREST * (P) (ACCNE) L, 1-2 and 27th in batting with a .390 average to go with a team-leading 14 home runs and 43 RBI. The three-time ACC Sat. 8 #17 WAKE FOREST * (ACCNE) W, 7-6 Pitcher of the Week also has a 6-3 record with a 2.15 ERA and 95 strikeouts (ninth in NCAA) in 10 Friday starts Sun. 9 #17 WAKE FOREST * (ACCNE) W, 7-5 on the mound. McKay has a 27-10 career record with a 2.07 ERA and 340 strikeouts (second all-time at UofL) to Tue. 11 PURDUE (ACCNE) W, 13-2 go with a .338 career batting average in 162 starts as a hitter. Thu. 13 at Georgia Tech * (ACCNE) W, 3-0 Drew Ellis enters the weekend on a 15-game hitting streak while ranking ninth in the nation in batting average Fri. 14 at Georgia Tech * (ACCNE) W, 10-1 at .405, fi fth in slugging percentage at .759 and ninth in on-base percentage at .500 to go with 13 home runs and Sat. 15 at Georgia Tech * (ACCNE) W, 5-4 44 RBI while splitting time between fi rst base and third base. Devin Hairston is batting .322 with a 44 RBI at the Tue. 18 at #10 Kentucky (SEC Network) L, 7-11 plate and has just one error (.994 fi elding percentage) while starting all 45 games at shortstop. Fri. 21 DUKE * (ACCNE) L, 3-5 Junior Lincoln Henzman leads the Louisville bullpen as the righthander ranks fourth in the nation with 13 saves Sat. 22 DUKE * (D) (ACCNE) W, 7-5 to go with a 2-0 record, 1.38 ERA and 27 strikeouts in 26.0 innings of work. Junior righty Sam Bordner has also Sun. 23 DUKE * (ACCNE) W, 10-0 been outstanding delivering 28.0 innings of scoreless relief with 22 strikeouts and just four walks. Tue. 25 at Eastern Kentucky W, 14-4 Wed. 26 NORTHERN KENTUCKY (LSF) W, 6-4 ABOUT THE NOTRE DAME FIGHTING IRISH Fri. 28 TOLEDO (ACCNE) W, 5-4 Notre Dame is 23-23 overall following a midweek win over Northwestern and 10-14 in the ACC after winning Sat. 29 TOLEDO (ACCNE) W, 11-1 two of three against Duke last weekend. The Blue Devils have won fi ve of their last six games and three straight Sun. 30 TOLEDO (ACCNE) W, 17-2 home series. Last season, Notre Dame was 27-27 overall and seventh in the ACC Atlantic with an 11-17 record. MAY SERIES HISTORY Tue. 2 MIAMI (OHIO) (ACCNE) W, 6-5 (10) Louisville is 22-8 all-time against Notre Dame, including a nine-game winning streak in the series. The Cardi- Fri. 5 at Notre Dame * (ACCNE) 6:05 p.m. nals have swept three straight weekend series, including wins of 2-0, 6-4 (18 innings) and 3-0 in the their most Sat. 6 at Notre Dame * (ACCNE) 4:05 p.m. recent visit to South Bend in 2015. Louisville is 8-1 all-time at Frank Eck Stadium. Sun. 7 at Notre Dame * (ACCNE) 1:05 p.m. Tue. 9 VANDERBILT (ACCNE) 6:00 p.m. ACC ATLANTIC DIVISION RACE Fri. 12 at Clemson * (ACCNE) 6:30 p.m. With three weekends remaining in the regular season, the back-to-back ACC Atlantic champions are atop the Sat. 13 at Clemson * (ACCNE) 4:00 p.m. division with a 17-4 mark, while Clemson is second at 16-8. Wake Forest is third at 13-8 and is followed by Florida Sun. 14 at Clemson * (ESPN2) Noon State (11-12), NC State (11-13), Notre Dame (10-14) and Boston College (7-17). North Carolina leads the ACC Tue. 16 at Indiana (Big Ten Network) 6:05 p.m. Coastal with an 18-5 record, fi ve games ahead of second-place Virginia (14-10). Thu. 18 FLORIDA STATE * (ACCNE) 6:00 p.m. Fri. 19 FLORIDA STATE * (ACCNE) 6:00 p.m. PPROJECTEDROJECTED SSTARTERSTARTERS Sat. 20 FLORIDA STATE * (ESPNU) 7:30 p.m. POS NO NAME HT WT CL B/T AVG HR RBI SB NOTES C 42 Colby Fitch 5-11 205 JR L/R .238 7 30 2-2 2 HR in 3/31 win at #16 UVA; 91 career starts POSTSEASON or 11 Zeke Pinkham 6-0 190 SO L/R .209 1 10 0-0 1st career HR, 3 RBI in 4/26 win vs. NKU May 23-28 ACC Championship (Louisville Slugger Field) 1B/3B 10 Drew Ellis 6-3 210 SO R/R .405 13 44 4-5 8 HR, 16 RBI in last 11 games; 77 career starts June 2-5 NCAA Regional (Campus Sites) 2B 7 Devin Mann 6-3 210 SO R/R .276 5 34 7-7 13 multi-hit games in 2017; 63 career starts June 9-12 NCAA Super Regional (Campus Sites) SS 29 Devin Hairston 5-8 175 JR R/R .322 3 44 2-4 Career-high 5 RBI on 3/8; 2 4-hit games 3B 2 Tyler Fitzgerald 6-3 197 FR R/R .228 0 11 2-2 6 multi-hit games; 26 total starts in 2017 June 17-27/28 NCAA College World Series (Omaha, Nebraska) OF 24 Logan Taylor 5-9 175 SR R/R .307 0 30 20-22 Reached base in 34 of 37 starts; 119 career starts OF 35 Colin Lyman 6-1 175 SR L/R .288 1 26 10-15 Career-high 4H, 5RBI on 4/30; 127 career starts HOME GAMES IN CAPS All Times Eastern OF 25 Josh Stowers 6-0 208 SO R/R .292 2 14 16-20 2 HR, 4 RBI on 4/28; 39 career starts * = Atlantic Coast Conference Game or 33 Ryan Summers 6-2 200 SR R/R .204 0 4 7-10 54 career starts, 145 total appearances @ = Opening Weekend - Clearwater, Fla.