2013 Louisville Cardinals baseball team explained

Mode:	baseball
Year:	2013
Team:	Louisville Cardinals
Conference:	Big East Conference
Short Conf:	Big East
Record:	51–14
Conf Record:	20–4
Head Coach:	Dan McDonnell
Hc Year:	7th
Asst Coach1:	Chris Lemonis
Ac1 Year:	7th
Asst Coach2:	Roger Williams
Ac2 Year:	7th
Asst Coach3:	Kyle Cheesebrough
Ac3 Year:	2nd
Stadium:	Jim Patterson Stadium
Bowl:	College World Series
Bowl Result:	0–2
Champion:	Nashville Super Regional champions Louisville Regional champions Big East regular season champions

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.

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.

Schedule

Legend
	Louisville win
	Louisville loss
	Postponement
Bold	Louisville team member

2013 Louisville Cardinals baseball game log^[3]
Regular season (46–10)
February (7–1) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big East Record Feb 15 No. 4 Florida Auto Exchange Stadium Dunedin, FL L 0–2 Bell (1–0) Green (0–1) Halstead (1) 722 0–1 Feb 16 vs. No. 4 Bright House Field Clearwater, FL W 10–1 Thompson (1–0) Gonzalez (0–1) None 415 1–1 Feb 17 vs. No. 4 Al Lang Stadium St. Petersburg, FL W 9–4 Kidston (1–0) De LaRiva (0–1) None 356 2–1 Feb 20 No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 17–6 Kime (1–0) Cervantes (0–1) None 1,122 3–1 Feb 22 No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 7–0 Green (1–1) Pusateri (0–2) None 1,033 4–1 Feb 23 Akron No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 8–0 Thompson (2–0) Valek (0–1) None 1,461 5–1 Feb 24 Akron No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 2–1 Kidston (2–0) Brubaker (0–2) Burdi (1) 1,384 6–1 Feb 26 No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 13–4 Kime (2–0) Whittle (1–1) None 585 7–1
March (15–4) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big East Record Mar 1 No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 14–2 Green (2–1) Skulina (0–1) None 664 8–1 Mar 2 Kent State No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 10–3 Thompson (3–0) Williams (1–1) Kidston (1) 671 9–1 Mar 3 Kent State No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY L 2–3 Wilson (1–2) Ege (0–1) Dorsch (1) 956 9–2 Mar 6 at No. 4 Turkey Hughes Field Richmond, KY Postponed Mar 8 No. 5 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 4–3^14 McGrath (1–0) Shaw (0–1) None 1,659 10–2 Mar 9 Alabama No. 5 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 6–0 Thompson (4–0) Keller (2–2) None 3,022 11–2 Mar 10 Alabama No. 5 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 8–7^10 McGrath (2–0) Greer (1–1) None 3,240 12–2 Mar 13 No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 3–1 Kidston (3–0) Lutz (0–2) Burdi (2) 2,021 13–2 Mar 15 No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 6–1 Green (3–1) Richard (2–2) Kime (1) 1,263 14–2 Mar 16 Xavier No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 7–0 Thompson (5–0) Westrick (1–3) None 1,703 15–2 Mar 16 Xavier No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 8–6 Funkhouser (1–0) Klever (2–2) Burdi (3) 1,217 16–2 Mar 19 No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 13–6 McGrath (3–0) Silva (0–1) None 1,026 17–2 Mar 20 Southern California No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 6–3 Funkhouser (2–0) Kriske (0–1) Burdi (4) 769 18–2 Mar 22 No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY L 2–6 Smorol (2–1) Green (3–2) None 801 18–3 0–1 Mar 23 Rutgers No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 4–0 McGrath (4–0) Gebler (1–3) Burdie (5) 1,142 19–3 1–1 Mar 23 Rutgers No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY L 3–7 Law (1–2) Ruxer (0–1) None 1,142 19–4 1–2 Mar 27 No. 10 Bart Kaufman Field Bloomington, IN L 2–6 Effross (4–0) Funkhouser (2–1) None 1,028 19–5 Mar 28 No. 15 No. 10 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 10–5 Green (4–2) Fitzgerald (1–3) McGrath (1) 923 20–5 2–2 Mar 29 No. 15 Notre Dame No. 10 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 2–1 Burdi (1–0) Slania (2–1) None 1,009 21–5 3–2 Mar 30 No. 15 Notre Dame No. 10 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 10–5 Kidston (4–0) Connaughton (0–1) McGrath (2) 2,351 22–5 4–2
April (12–5) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big East Record Apr 2 No. 9 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY L 4–5^10 Gott (4–0) Burdi (1–1) None 4,733 22–6 Apr 5 at No. 9 Marge Schott Stadium Cincinnati, OH W 8–3 Ege (1–1) Walsh (1–1) None 1,604 23–6 5–2 Apr 6 at Cincinnati No. 9 Great American Ballpark Cincinnati, OH W 4–1 Thompson (6–0) Patishall (0–4) None 4,500 24–6 6–2 Apr 7 at Cincinnati No. 9 Marge Schott Stadium Cincinnati, OH W 7–4 Burdi (2–1) Strenge (1–4) None 1,737 25–6 7–2 Apr 9 at No. 8 Nick Denes Field Bowling Green, KY L 5–6 Bartley (2–0) Kime (2–1) None 2,370 25–7 Apr 12 No. 8 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 10–1 Green (5–2) Clark (4–3) None 1,321 26–7 Apr 13 Elon No. 8 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 7–5 Ege (2–1) Medick (5–2) Burdi (6) 4,573 27–7 Apr 14 Elon No. 8 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 4–0 Kidston (5–0) Webb (3–2) Sturgeton (1) 1,542 28–7 Apr 16 at No. 15 Kentucky No. 8 Cliff Hagan Stadium Lexington, KY W 12–5 Ege (3–1) Cody (3–2) None 3,589 29–7 Apr 19 at No. 8 Jack Kaiser Stadium New York, NY W 7–4 McGrath (5–0) Hackimer (0–1) Burdi (7) 435 30–7 8–2 Apr 20 at St. John's No. 8 Jack Kaiser Stadium New York, NY L 3–4 Hagan (3–5) Thompson (6–1) Hackimer (7) 239 30–8 8–3 Apr 21 at St. John's No. 8 Jack Kaiser Stadium New York, NY L 5–6 Graziano (3–0) Burdi (2–2) Katz (1) 353 30–9 8–4 Apr 23 No. 12 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY L 2–10 Buehler (3–1) McGrath (5–1) None 2,516 30–10 Apr 26 No. 12 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 2–1 Green (6–2) Vander Linden (3–3) Burdi (8) 2,202 31–10 9–4 Apr 27 Georgetown No. 12 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 6–2 Thompson (7–1) Polus (2–6) None 1,006 32–10 10–4 Apr 28 Georgetown No. 12 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 13–7 McGrath (6–1) Smith (3–1) None 1,421 33–10 11–4 Apr 30 Western Kentucky No. 12 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 6–2 Kime (3–1) Mercer (0–1) Funkhouser (1) 2,194 34–10
May (12–0) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big East Record May 3 at No. 13 Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth Plymouth Meeting, PA W 6–0 Green (7–2) Ostapeck (0–8) Burdi (9) 463 35–10 12–4 May 4 at Villanova No. 13 Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth Plymouth Meeting, PA W 6–5 Thompson (8–1) Young (1–7) Burdi (10) 311 36–10 13–4 May 5 at Villanova No. 13 Villanova Ballpark at Plymouth Plymouth Meeting, PA W 6–2 Kime (4–1) Harris (4–6) None 479 37–10 14–4 May 7 at No. 12 Turkey Hughes Field Richmond, KY W 4–0 Funkhouser (3–1) Grimm (4–5) None 150 38–10 May 8 No. 12 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 4–3 Burdi (3–2) Halstead (2–3) None 3,530 39–10 May 11 No. 12 J. O. Christian Field Storrs, CT W 8–0 Green (8–2) Cross (7–4) None 107 40–10 15–4 May 11 at Connecticut No. 12 J. O. Christian Field Storrs, CT W 6–0 Thompson (9–1) Marzi (3–6) None 88 41–10 16–4 May 12 at Connecticut No. 12 J. O. Christian Field Storrs, CT W 3–1 Kime (5–1) Tabakman (5–1) Burdi (11) 245 42–10 17–4 May 14 at No. 12 Bill Davis Stadium Columbus, OH W 6–3 Funkhouser (4–1) Giannonatii (0–3) Burdi (12) 950 43–10 May 16 No. 16 No. 12 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 5–2 Green (9–2) Mildren (9–3) Burdi (13) 2,171 44–10 18–4 May 17 No. 16 Pittsburgh No. 12 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 12–4 Thompson (10–1) Wotherspoon (9–2) None 3,574 45–10 19–4 May 18 No. 16 Pittsburgh No. 12 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 7–4 Ege (4–1) Aldenhoven (8–1) Burdi (14) 2,637 46–10 20–4
Post-season (5–4)
Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BET Record May 22 No. 10 (1) Bright House Field Clearwater, FL L 2–3^12 Mahoney (1–2) Burdi (3–3) Butler (3) 1,872 46–11 0–1 May 23 (5) No. 10 (1) Bright House Field Clearwater, FL L 1–9 Law (6–5) Green (9–3) None 1,683 46–12 0–2
Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 31 (4) No. 15 (1) Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 8–3 Green (10–3) Frank (5–8) None 2,650 47–12 1–0 June 1 (2) No. 15 (1) Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 6–4 Funkhouser (5–1) Radziewski (9–3) Burdi (15) 2,581 48–12 2–0 June 2 (3) No. 15 (1) Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 12–3 Filomeno (1–0) Bevacqua (2–3) None 4,374 49–12 3–0
Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 8 No. 15 Hawkins Field Nashville, TN W 5–3 Kime (6–1) Ziomek (11–3) Burdi (16) 3,503 50–12 4–0 June 9 at No. 1 (2) Vanderbilt No. 15 Hawkins Field Nashville, TN W 2–1 Thompson (11–1) Beede (14–1) Ege (1) 3,503 51–12 5–0
Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record CWS record June 15 L 0–2 DeNato (10–2) Green (10–4) None 27,122 51–13 0–1 June 17 TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 4–11 Wetzler (10–1) Thompson (11–2) None 18,980 51–14 0–2 *Denotes non–conference game • Schedule source • Rankings based on the teams' current ranking in the Baseball America poll|} Ranking movements See also: 2013 NCAA Division I baseball rankings. References

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2013 Official Baseball Roster. Louisville Cardinals. November 27, 2013.
2. Web site: Coaching Staff. Louisville Cardinals. November 27, 2013. https://web.archive.org/web/20140803033108/http://www.gocards.com/sports/m-basebl/spec-rel/coaching_staff.html. 2014-08-03. dead.
3. Web site: 2012–13 Schedule. Louisville Cardinals. November 27, 2013.