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 Louisville Regional champions Big East regular season champions
College World Series, 0–2
Conference	Big East Conference
Record	51–14 (20–4 Big East)
Head coach	Dan McDonnell (7th season)
Assistant coaches	Chris Lemonis (7th season) Roger Williams (7th season) Kyle Cheesebrough (2nd season)
Home stadium	Jim Patterson Stadium
Seasons ← 2012 2014 →

2013 Big East Conference baseball standings

v t e	Conf							Overall
Team	W		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

Legend
	Louisville win
	Louisville loss
	Postponement
Bold	Louisville team member

2013 Louisville Cardinals baseball game log[4]
Regular season (46–10)
February (7–1) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record Big East Record Feb 15 vs. Indiana 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. South Florida No. 4 Bright House Field Clearwater, FL W 10–1 Thompson (1–0) Gonzalez (0–1) None 415 1–1 Feb 17 vs. Purdue No. 4 Al Lang Stadium St. Petersburg, FL W 9–4 Kidston (1–0) De LaRiva (0–1) None 356 2–1 Feb 20 Eastern Kentucky No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 17–6 Kime (1–0) Cervantes (0–1) None 1,122 3–1 Feb 22 Akron 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 Morehead State 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 Kent State 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 Eastern Kentucky No. 4 Turkey Hughes Field Richmond, KY Postponed Mar 8 Alabama No. 5 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 4–314 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 8–710 McGrath (2–0) Greer (1–1) None 3,240 12–2 Mar 13 Purdue No. 4 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 3–1 Kidston (3–0) Lutz (0–2) Burdi (2) 2,021 13–2 Mar 15 Xavier 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 Southern California 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 Rutgers 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 at No. 19 Indiana 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 Notre Dame 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. 6 Kentucky No. 9 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY L 4–510 Gott (4–0) Burdi (1–1) None 4,733 22–6 Apr 5 at Cincinnati 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 Western Kentucky No. 8 Nick Denes Field Bowling Green, KY L 5–6 Bartley (2–0) Kime (2–1) None 2,370 25–7 Apr 12 Elon 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 St. John's 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. 3 Vanderbilt No. 12 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY L 2–10 Buehler (3–1) McGrath (5–1) None 2,516 30–10 Apr 26 Georgetown 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 Villanova 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 Eastern Kentucky No. 12 Turkey Hughes Field Richmond, KY W 4–0 Funkhouser (3–1) Grimm (4–5) None 150 38–10 May 8 at No. 14 Indiana No. 12 Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 4–3 Burdi (3–2) Halstead (2–3) None 3,530 39–10 May 11 at Connecticut 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 Ohio State 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 Pittsburgh 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)
Big East Tournament (0–2) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record BET Record May 22 (8) Connecticut No. 10 (1) Bright House Field Clearwater, FL L 2–312 Mahoney (1–2) Burdi (3–3) Butler (3) 1,872 46–11 0–1 May 23 (5) Rutgers No. 10 (1) Bright House Field Clearwater, FL L 1–9 Law (6–5) Green (9–3) None 1,683 46–12 0–2
NCAA tournament Louisville Regional (3–0) Date Opponent Rank Stadium Site Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record May 31 (4) Bowling Green 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) Miami (FL) 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) Oklahoma State No. 15 (1) Jim Patterson Stadium Louisville, KY W 12–3 Filomeno (1–0) Bevacqua (2–3) None 4,374 49–12 3–0
NCAA tournament Nashville Super Regional (2–0) Date Opponent Rank Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record NCAAT record June 8 at No. 1 (2) Vanderbilt 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
College World Series (0–2) Date Opponent Site/stadium Score Win Loss Save Attendance Overall record CWS record June 15 #8 Indiana TD Ameritrade Park • Omaha, NE L 0–2 DeNato (10–2) Green (10–4) None 27,122 51–13 0–1 June 17 #3 Oregon State 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

Ranking movements
Legend: ██ 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	Final
Coaches'	25	25*	22	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

^ Collegiate Baseball ranked 40 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranked 30 teams weekly during the season.
† NCBWA ranks 35 teams in their preseason poll, but only ranks 30 teams weekly during the season.
* A 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 August 3, 2014. Retrieved November 27, 2013.
4. "2012–13 Schedule". Louisville Cardinals. Retrieved November 27, 2013.