2013 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

The 2013 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represented the University of Louisville in the 2013 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals were coached by Dan McDonnell, in his seventh season, and played their home games at Jim Patterson Stadium.

2013 Louisville Cardinals baseball
Nashville Super Regional Champions
Big East Regular Season Champions
ConferenceBig East Conference
2013 record51–14 (20–4 Big East)
Head coachDan McDonnell (7th season)
Assistant coaches
  • Chris Lemonis (7th season)
  • Roger Williams (7th season)
  • Kyle Cheesebrough (2nd season)
Home stadiumJim Patterson Stadium
2013 Big East Conference baseball standings
Conf  Overall
TeamW L PCT  W L PCT
No. 8 Louisville  ‍†‍‍y 20–4 .833  51–14 .785
Pittsburgh  ‍‍‍ 18–6 .750  42–17 .712
Seton Hall  ‍‍‍ 18–6 .750  37–19 .661
South Florida  ‍‍‍ 17–7 .708  36–22 .621
Rutgers  ‍‍‍ 14–10 .583  28–30 .483
St. John's  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .417  23–35 .397
Notre Dame  ‍‍‍ 10–14 .417  34–24 .586
Connecticut  ‍‍‡‍y 9–15 .375  35–28 .556
Cincinnati  ‍‍‍ 6–18 .250  24–32 .429
Georgetown  ‍‍‍ 5–19 .208  25–28 .472
Villanova  ‍‍‍ 5–19 .208  14–39 .264
† – Conference champion
‡ – Tournament champion
y – Invited to the NCAA Tournament
As of June 18, 2013[1]; Rankings from Collegiate Baseball

The Cardinals finished with 51 wins, the most in school history, against 14 losses overall, and 20–4 in the Big East Conference, earning the conference championship. They reached the College World Series for the second time in their history, where they finished 0–2, eliminated by Oregon State 11–4.

Roster
2013 Louisville Cardinals roster[2]
 
Pitchers
  • 11 Joe Ceja - Sophomore
  • 13 Cody Ege - Junior
  • 16 Kyle Funkhouser - Freshman
  • 19 Nick Burdi - Sophomore
  • 24 Chad Green - Junior
  • 25 Robert Strader - Freshman
  • 28 Brandon Alphin - Sophomore
  • 31 Joe Filomeno - Sophomore
  • 32 Jordan Simons - Freshman
  • 33 Adam Schemenauer - Freshman
  • 34 Michael Bollmer - Freshman
  • 35 Dace Kime - Junior
  • 40 Jared Ruxer - Sophomore
  • 44 Jeff Thompson - Junior
  • 45 Kyle McGrath - Sophomore
  
Catchers
  • 14 Kyle Gibson - Junior
  • 38 Aaron Gershenfeld - Junior
  • 41 Shane Crain - Junior
Infielders
  • 1 Nick Ratajczak - Senior
  • 2 Zach Lucas - Sophomore
  • 4 Alex Chittenden - Junior
  • 5 Anthony Kidston - Freshman
  • 7 Zack Soria - Freshman
  • 8 Danny Rosenbaum - Freshman
  • 9 Jordan Striegel - Freshman
  • 17 Sutton Whiting - Sophomore
  • 26 Zak Wasserman - Senior
  • 30 Ty Young - Junior
  • 36 Jonah Philley - Freshman
  
Outfielders
  • 10 Adam Engel - Junior
  • 15 Cole Sturgeon - Junior
  • 18 Mike White - Sophomore
  • 20 Coco Johnson - Junior
  • 42 Jeff Gardner - Junior
  • 43 Matt Helms - Senior
  

Coaches
2013 Louisville Cardinals baseball coaching staff[3]
  • 9 Dan McDonnell - Head Coach
  • 22 Chris Lemonis - Assistant Coach/Recruiting Coordinator
  • 23 Roger Williams - Assistant Coach/Pitching Coach
  • 21 Kyle Cheesebrough - Assistant Coach

Schedule
2013 Louisville Cardinals Baseball Game Log[4]
Regular Season
Post-Season
Big East Tournament
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record BET Record
May 22(8) ConnecticutBright House Field • Clearwater, FL2–3 (12)Mahoney (1–2)Burdi (3–3)Butler (3)1,87246–110–1
May 23(5) RutgersBright House Field • Clearwater, FL1–9Law (6–5)Green (9–3)None1,68346–120–2
NCAA Tournament Louisville Regional
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
May 31(4) Bowling GreenJim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY8–3Green (10–3)Frank (5–8)None2,65047–121–0
June 1(2) Miami (FL)Jim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY6–4Funkhouser (5–1)Radziewski (9–3)Burdi (15)2,58148–122–0
June 2(3) #25 Oklahoma StateJim Patterson Stadium • Louisville, KY12–3Filomeno (1–0)Bevacqua (2–3)None4,37449–123–0
NCAA Tournament Nashville Super Regional
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record NCAAT Record
June 8@ #2 VanderbiltHawkins Field • Nashville, TN5–3Kime (6–1)Ziomek (11–3)Burdi (16)3,50350–124–0
June 9@ #2 VanderbiltHawkins Field • Nashville, TN2–1Thompson (11–1)Beede (14–1)Ege (1)3,50351–125–0
College World Series
Date Opponent Site/Stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall Record CWS Record
June 15#8 IndianaTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE0–2DeNato (10–2)Green (10–4)None27,12251–130–1
June 17#3 Oregon StateTD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE4–11Wetzler (10–1)Thompson (11–2)None18,98051–140–2

Ranking movements
See also: 2013 NCAA Division I baseball rankings
Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
NR = Not ranked. RV = Received votes. т = Tied with team above or below. ( ) = First place votes.
Week
Poll Pre 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Final 
Coaches' 25 25* 25* 20 15 14 17 14 12 9 13 12 11 11 10 12 8 
Baseball America 4 4 4 5 4 4 10 9 8 8 12 13 12 12 10 15 8 
Collegiate Baseball^ 22 26 23 19 14 13 18 12 11 8 12 11 10 10 8 8 8 4 8 
NCBWA† 19 21 19 20 15 13 15 14 12 9 12 11 10 10 9 13 11 8 
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^ Collegiate Baseball ranks 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 † NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
 * New poll was not released for this week so for comparison purposes the previous week's ranking is inserted in this week's slot.

References
  1. "Standings". bigeast.org. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  2. "2013 Official Baseball Roster". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  3. "Coaching Staff". Louisville Cardinals. Archived from the original on 2014-08-03. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
  4. "2012–13 Schedule". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
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