The 2021 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2021 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 15th season at Louisville.
Previous season [ ] The 2020 Louisville Cardinals baseball team notched a 13–4 (2–1) regular season record. The season prematurely ended on March 12, 2020 due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic .
2020 MLB Draft [ ] The Cardinals had three players drafted in the 2020 MLB draft .[2]
Personnel [ ] Roster [ ]
2020 Louisville Cardinals roster[3]
Pitchers
4 – Adam Elliott – Senior
15 – Alex Galvan – Freshman
17 – Shane Harris – Freshman
19 – Ryan Hawks – Freshman
26 – Kerry Wright – Sophomore
27 – Evan Webster – Freshman
28 – Kellan Tulio – Freshman
30 – Michael Prosecky – Freshman
31 – Carter Lohman – Sophomore
33 – Michael Kirian – Junior
34 – Ben Wiegman – Freshman
35 – Garrett Schmeltz – Sophomore
36 – Glenn Albanese – Junior
39 – Jack Perkins – Sophomore
40 – Tate Kuehner – Freshman
41 – Riley Phillips – Freshman
43 – Duncan Hall – Freshman
44 – Gavin Sullivan – Junior
45 – Luke Smith – Senior
48 – J.R. Langworthy – Sophomore
54 – Kaleb Corbett – Freshman
55 – Seamus Barrett – Freshman
56 – Trevor Amburgey – Freshman
Catchers
22 – Ben Metzinger – Sophomore
32 – Henry Davis – Sophomore
46 – Jack Payton – Freshman Infielders
2 – Cooper Bowman – Sophomore
9 – Christian Knapczyk – Freshman
10 – Tim Borden II – Sophomore
13 – Alex Binelas – Sophomore
16 – Justin Lavey – Senior
18 – Wyatt Stevenson – Freshman
47 – Drake Wescott – Freshman
Outfielders
5 – Levi Usher – Sophomore
8 – Luke Brown – Junior
11 – Chris Seng – Sophomore
14 – Trey Leonard – Junior
29 – Tyeler Hawkins – Freshman
51 – Isaac Humphrey – Freshman
52 – JT Benson – Freshman Utility
6 – Ben Bianco (C/1B) – Junior
7 – Lucas Dunn (INF/OF) – Junior
20 – Dalton Rushing (C/1B) – Freshman
24 – Cameron Masterman (INF/OF) – Junior
25 – Jared Poland (INF/P) – Sophomore
Coaching Staff [ ] Game log [ ]
2021 Louisville Cardinals Baseball Game Log
Legend: = Win = Loss = Canceled Bold = Louisville team member * Non-conference game
Regular Season (27–21)
February (6–1)
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
ACC
Sources
February 20
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX Bellarmine *No. 5
Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, Kentucky W 5–1Albanese (1–0)Barringer (0–1)
210
1–0
–
February 21
12:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Bellarmine*
No. 5
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 13–1Elliott (1–0)Miley (0–1)
2–0
–
February 21
3:30 p.m.
ACCNX
Bellarmine*
No. 5
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 8–3Smith (1–0)Davis (0–1)
188
3–0
–
February 23
3:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Eastern Kentucky *No. 4
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 6–2Corbett (1–0)Kelly (1–1)
445
4–0
–
February 26
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Western Illinois *No. 4
Jim Patterson Stadium
L 3–8Sears (1–0)
Kuehner (0–1)Raymond (1)
255
4–1
–
February 27
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Western Illinois*
No. 4
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 4–1Kirian (1–0)Warkentien (0–1)
Perkins (1)5–1
–
February 27
4:30 p.m.
ACCNX
Western Illinois*
No. 4
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 9–4Smith (2–0)Fochs (0–1)
Corbett (1)6–1
–
March (11–5)
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
ACC
Sources
March 2
3:30 p.m.
ACCNX
Morehead State *No. 5
Jim Patterson Stadium
L 2–5Herron (1–0)
Lohman (0–1)312
6–2
–
March 5
4:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at No. 12 Georgia Tech
No. 5
Russ Chandler Stadium Atlanta, Georgia W 13–6Kirian (2–0)Hurter (1–1)
713
7–2
1–0
March 6
2:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at No. 12 Georgia Tech
No. 5
Russ Chandler Stadium
L 6–19Archer (1–1)
Elliott (1–1)7–3
1–1
March 7
3:00 p.m.
ACCN at No. 12 Georgia Tech
No. 5
Russ Chandler Stadium
L 9–13Finley (2–0)
Smith (2–1)713
7–4
1–2
March 9
3:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Morehead State*
No. 10
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 8–3Kuehner (1–1)Vernon (0–1)
606
8–4
–
March 12
6:00 p.m.
ACCNX
No. 22 Boston College
No. 10
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 7–3Kirian (3–0)Pelio (2–2)
Elliott (1)880
9–4
2–2
March 13
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
No. 22 Boston College
No. 10
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 5–0Albanese (2–0)Sheehan (2–2)
880
10–4
3–2
March 14
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
No. 22 Boston College
No. 10
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 8–6Perkins (1–0)Gieg (0–1)
Corbett (2)880
11–4
4–2
March 16
5:00 p.m.
ESPN+ at Eastern Kentucky*
No. 8
Turkey Hughes Field Richmond, Kentucky L 3–6Travis (1–0)
Kuehner (1–2)Brian (4)
270
11–5
–
March 19
6:30 p.m.
ACCNX
at NC State
No. 8
Doak Field Raleigh, North Carolina W 13–1Kirian (4–0)Justice (1–2)
346
12–5
5–2
March 20
2:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at NC State
No. 8
Doak Field
W 6–3Albanese (3–0)Highfill (0–1)
Corbett (3)353
13–5
6–2
March 21
11:00 a.m.
ACCNX
at NC State
No. 8
Doak Field
W 8–3Elliott (2–1)Feeney (0–1)
304
14–5
7–2
March 23
6:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Western Kentucky *No. 7
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 13–6Barrett (1–0)Shiflet (0–2)
548
15–5
–
March 26
4:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at No. 14 Notre Dame
No. 7
Frank Eck Stadium South Bend, Indiana W 7–4Elliott (3–1)Sheridan (0–1)
Corbett (4)301
16–5
8–2
March 27
2:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at No. 14 Notre Dame
No. 7
Frank Eck Stadium
L 3–5Brannigan (1–0)
Kuehner (1–3)315
16–6
8–3
March 28
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at No. 14 Notre Dame
No. 7
Frank Eck Stadium
–
(–)
(–)
–
–
March 30
6:00 p.m.
ESPN+
at Cincinnati *
No. 7
UC Baseball Stadium Cincinnati, Ohio L 12–13Keathley (1–0)
Corbett (1–1)815
16–7
–
April (7–5)
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
ACC
Sources
April 2
6:00 p.m.
ACCN
Wake Forest No. 7
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 5–3Kirian (5–0)Cusick (1–1)
Elliott (2)880
17–7
9–3
April 3
1:00 p.m.
ACCN
Wake Forest
No. 7
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 9–7Elliott (4–1)Minacci (0–1)
880
18–7
10–3
April 4
12:30 p.m.
ESPN2
Wake Forest
No. 7
Jim Patterson Stadium
L 3–6Lowder (1–1)
Smith (2–2)Adler (5)
880
18–8
10–4
April 6
6:00 p.m.
ACCN
Kentucky No. 7
Jim Patterson Stadium
L 7–11Harney (2–0)
Perkins (1–1)Rigsby (1)
880
18–9
–
April 9
6:00 p.m.
ACCN
No. 17 Florida State
No. 7
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 4–310 Elliott (5–1)Scolaro (0–1)
880
19–9
11–4
April 10
5:00 p.m.
ACCN
No. 17 Florida State
No. 7
Jim Patterson Stadium
L 5–8Anderson (1–0)
Albanese (3–1)880
19–10
11–5
April 11
4:00 p.m.
ESPN2
No. 17 Florida State
No. 7
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 11–4Kuehner (2–3)Scolaro (0–2)
880
20–10
12–5
April 16
6:00 p.m.
ACCN
at Virginia
No. 7
Davenport Field Charlottesville, VA L 7–810 Schoch (1–0)
Elliott (5–2)477
20–11
12–6
April 17
4:00 p.m.
ACCN
at Virginia
No. 7
Davenport Field
W 9–5Kuehner (3–3)Vasil (5–3)
522
21–11
13–6
April 18
1:00 p.m.
ACCN
at Virginia
No. 7
Davenport Field
W 8–2Smith (3–2)Savino (1–2)
522
22–11
14–6
April 20
5:00 p.m.
ESPNU
at Kentucky
No. 7
Kentucky Proud Park Lexington, KY W 12–5Lohman (1–1)Kammin (1–1)
1,730
23–11
–
April 23
3:00 p.m.
ACCN
Pittsburgh No. 7
Jim Patterson Stadium
–
(–)
(–)
–
–
April 24
1:00 p.m.
ACCN
Pittsburgh
No. 7
Jim Patterson Stadium
–
(–)
(–)
–
–
April 25
1:00 p.m.
ACCN
Pittsburgh
No. 7
Jim Patterson Stadium
–
(–)
(–)
–
–
April 30
6:00 p.m.
ACCN
at Clemson
No. 7
Doug Kingsmore Stadium Clemson, SC L 3–11Anglin (2–2)
Kirian (5–1)1,782
23–12
14–7
May (4–9)
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
ACC
Sources
May 1
3:00 p.m.
ACCN
at Clemson
No. 7
Doug Kingsmore Stadium
L 4–5Gilbert (3–4)
Kuehner (3–4)Hoffmann (2)
1,912
23–13
14–8
May 2
2:00 p.m.
ESPNU
at Clemson
No. 7
Doug Kingsmore Stadium
L 5–15Hughes (1–0)
Smith (3–3)1,873
23–14
14–9
May 4
4:00 p.m.
ESPNU
No. 2 Vanderbilt
No. 15
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 7–2Lohman (2–1)Little (2–1)
Elliott (3)880
24–14
–
May 7
6:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Duke
No. 15
Jim Patterson Stadium
L 3–13(–)
(–)
24–15
14–10
May 8
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
Duke
No. 15
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 5–1(–)
(–)
25–15
15–10
May 8
4:30 p.m.
ACCNX
Duke
No. 15
Jim Patterson Stadium
W 15–6(–)
(–)
26–15
16–10
May 14
6:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at North Carolina
Boshamer Stadium Chapel Hill, NC L 1–5(–)
(–)
26–16
16–11
May 15
2:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at North Carolina
Boshamer Stadium
L 0–5(–)
(–)
26–17
16–12
May 16
1:00 p.m.
ACCNX
at North Carolina
Boshamer Stadium
L 5–10(–)
(–)
26–18
16–13
May 18
3:00 p.m.
ACCN
USC Upstate Jim Patterson Stadium
W 8–6(–)
(–)
27–18
–
May 20
6:00 p.m.
ACCN
Miami (FL) Jim Patterson Stadium
L 1–6(–)
(–)
27–19
16–14
May 21
6:00 p.m.
ACCN
Miami (FL)
Jim Patterson Stadium
L 0–2(–)
(–)
27–20
16–15
May 22
12:00 p.m.
ACCN
Miami (FL)
Jim Patterson Stadium
L 2–3(–)
(–)
27–21
16–16
Post-Season (1–1)
ACC Tournament (1–1)
Date
Time (ET)
TV
Opponent
Rank
Stadium
Score
Win
Loss
Save
Attendance
Overall
Postseason
Sources
May 25
11:00 a.m.
ACCNX
vs. Clemson
Truist Field Charlotte, NC W 15–10(–)
(–)
28–21
1–0
May 27
3:00 p.m.
ACCNX
vs. Georgia Tech
Truist Field
L 8–912 (–)
(–)
28–22
1–1
Rankings [ ]
Ranking movementsLegend: ██ Increase in ranking. ██ Decrease in ranking.
Week
Poll
Pre
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
Final
Coaches' [4] 6 (1)
6 (1) *
3
12
7
7
5
10
9
9
7
15
15
23
NR
NR
NR*
NR*
NR*
NR
Baseball America [5] 7
5
4
15
8
7
6
5
2
4
5
12
11
19
NR
NR
NR*
NR*
NR*
NR
Collegiate Baseball ^[6] 11
6
4
14
11
7
5
7
7
8
8
13
8
18
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NCBWA †[7] 6
4
3
12
9
7
5
7
9
11
9
15
13
23
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
D1Baseball
5
4
5
10
8
7
7
7
7
7
7
15
15
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
NR
^ 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 [ ] External links [ ]
Venues Rivalries & tournaments People College World Series appearances in italics
