Louisville 2012 Baseball World Series Capsule

May 23, 2012 · Joel Welser

Louisville Cardinals
Big East (38-18, 18-9)

 
Big Wins: 3/13 Mississippi (4-3), 4/10 at Kentucky (12-0), 4/24 Kentucky (10-2)
Bad Losses: 2/17 vs Minnesota (5-6), 4/7 at Georgetown (3-6), 5/5 at West Virginia (3-4)
Coach: Dan McDonnell (6 seasons at Louisville)

Key Field Players:
Ty Young, Sophomore, IF, .349 BA, 6 HR, 38 RBI, 15 SB
Nick Ratajczak, Junior, 2B, .329 BA, 23 RBI
Cole Sturgeon, Sophomore, OF, .325 BA, 39 RBI
Adam Engel, Sophomore, OF, .315 BA, 16 RBI, 32 SB
Jeff Gardner, Sophomore, OF/C, .301 BA, 34 RBI
Zach Lucas, Freshman, IF, .272 BA, 28 RBI
Stewart Ijames, Senior, OF, .266 BA, 12 HR, 60 RBI

Key Pitchers:
Justin Amlung, Junior, RHP, 2.16 ERA, 8-3 W/L, 96.0 IP, 94 SO
Jeff Thompson, Sophomore, RHP, 3.91 ERA, 9-3 W/L, 73.2 IP, 69 SO
Jared Ruxer, Freshman, RHP, 2.61 ERA, 8-1 W/L, 69.0 IP, 30 SO
Derek Self, Senior, RHP, 3.07 ERA, 2-2 W/L, 29.1 IP, 20 SO, 7 SV

By the Numbers:
Batting Average: .295 (39th in nation, 1st in conference)
Scoring Offense: 7.1 (11, 1)
Doubles per Game: 1.73 (105, 5)
Triples per Game: 0.23 (137, 7)
Home Runs per Game: 0.54 (97, 3)
Slugging Percentage: .408 (69, 1)
Stolen Bases per Game: 1.59 (26, 1)
Earned Run Average: 3.28 (44, 1)
Fielding Percentage: .965 (169, 7)
Double Plays per Game: 0.68 (214, 9)

Recent Postseason Appearances:

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 5/20

 
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