The 2025 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represented the University of Louisville during the 2025 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 19th year at Louisville.
For the first time since 2022, Louisville received a bid to play in the NCAA Tournament. The Cardinals received the 2 seed in the Nashville Regional hosted by the No. 1 overall seed Vanderbilt Commodores. Louisville swept the regional and advanced to host the Louisville Super Regional against the Miami Hurricanes. Louisville won the series 2–1 and advanced to the 2025 Men's College World Series for the programs sixth appearance and first since 2019. Louisville advanced to the national semifinals where they lost to Coastal Carolina.
Previous season
The 2024 Louisville Cardinals baseball team finished the season 32–24, missing the NCAA Tournament for a second straight season and the third time in four years.
2024 MLB draft The Cardinals had only two players drafted in the 2024 MLB draft for its lowest total since the 2011 MLB draft. This was the first draft under coach Dan McDonnell that a player was not taken in the first 10 rounds.
Sebastian Gongora Pitcher 11 339 Baltimore Orioles Kaleb Corbett Pitcher 20 606 Tampa Bay Rays
Personnel Roster 2024 Louisville Cardinals roster Pitchers 1 – Patrick Forbes – Junior 8 – Jake Schweitzer – Freshman 9 – Jack Brown – Freshman 10 – Eli Hoyt – Junior 11 – Ty Starke – Sophomore 15 – Colton Hartman – Sophomore 19 – TJ Schlageter – Sophomore 22 – Tucker Biven – Junior 24 – Wyatt Danilowicz – Junior 28 – Parker Detmers – Sophomore 29 – Peter Michael – Junior 34 – Jared Lessman – Senior 39 – Brandin Crawford – Freshman 40 – Jake Gregor – Freshman 41 – Alex Gay – Freshman 44 – Kian Vorster – Freshman 45 – Casen Murphy – Freshman 46 – Justin West – Junior 47 – Aaron England – Freshman 50 – Brennyn Cutts – Senior 51 – Ethan Eberle – Freshman 52 – Coen Evrard – Freshman Catchers 14 – George Baker – Sophomore 17 – Collin Mowry – Freshman 36 – Tagger Tyson – Sophomore
Infielders 0 – Alex Alicea – Sophomore 4 – Tanner Shiver – Senior 5 – Kamau Neighbors – Senior 7 – Ethan Edinger – Junior 20 – Jake Munroe – Junior 26 – Nate Earley – Junior 27 – Bayram Hot – Junior Outfielders 2 – Garret Pike – Senior 16 – Michael Lippe – Junior 18 – Griffin Crain – Freshman 31 – Cole Crafton – Freshman 35 – Kyle Campbell – Freshman 42 – Eddie King Jr. – Senior 53 – Lucas Moore – Sophomore
Utility 13 – Tague Davis – Freshman 25 – Matt Klein – Junior 32 – Zion Rose – Sophomore
Coaching staff 2025 Louisville Cardinals Coaching Staff Name Position Seasons atLouisville Alma mater Dan McDonnell Head coach 19 The Citadel (1992) Roger Williams Associate head coach/Pitching 19 East Carolina (1997) Eric Snider Assistant Coach/recruiting coordinator 11 Northern Iowa (1987) Adam Vrable Assistant Coach 11 Coastal Carolina (2007) Brian Mundorf Director of Operations 29 American International (1992)
Schedule and results
! style="background:#CC0000;color:white;"| Regular season ! colspan=9 | |- valign="top"
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | February 14 || 8:00 p.m. || FloSports || No. 19 Texas || || Globe Life FieldArlington, TX|| W 4–3 || Biven (1–0) || Mercer (0–1) || || 8,344 || 1–0 || –
! style="background:#CC0000;color:white;"| Postseason
|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | May 20 || 5:00 p.m. || ACCN || Pittsburgh || || Truist FieldCharlotte, NC || L 11–13 || Firoved (3–4) || Cutts (3–1) || None || 2,348 || 35–21 || 0–1
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | May 30 || 2:00 p.m. || ESPN+ || (3) East Tennessee State || || Hawkins FieldNashville, TN|| W 8–3 || Forbes (3–2) || Fink (6–5) || Cutts (1) || 3,303 || 36–21 || 1–0 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | May 31 || 9:00 p.m. || ESPN2 || (1) No. 2 Vanderbilt || || Hawkins FieldNashville, TN|| W 3–2 || West (2–2) || Bowker (3–5) || Schweitzer (1) || 3,802 || 37–21 || 2–0 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | June 1 || 9:00 p.m. || ACCN || (4) Wright State || || Hawkins FieldNashville, TN|| W 6–0 || Eberle (6–2) || Lax (5–2) || Danilowicz (1) || 3,210 || 38–21 || 3–0
|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | June 6 || 3:00 p.m. || ESPN2 || Miami || || Jim Patterson StadiumLouisville, KY|| W 8–1 || Forbes (4–2) || Ciscar (6–2) || None || 5,776 || 39–21 || 4–0 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | June 7 || 11:00 a.m. || ESPN || Miami || || Jim Patterson StadiumLouisville, KY|| L 6–9 || Fischer (5–1) || Brown (5–5) || Walters (1) || 6,066 || 39–22 || 4–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | June 8 || 12:00 p.m. || ESPN || Miami || || Jim Patterson StadiumLouisville, KY|| W 3–2 || Schweitzer (4–2) || Smith (3–1) || Cutts (1) || 6,046 || 40–22 || 5–1
|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | June 13 || 7:00 p.m. || ESPN || (8) No. 8 Oregon State || || Charles Schwab Field OmahaOmaha, NE|| L 3–4 || Oakes (5–0) || Schweitzer (4–3) || || 24,963 || 40–23 || 5–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | June 15 || 2:00 p.m. || ESPN || No. 21 Arizona || || Charles Schwab Field OmahaOmaha, NE|| W 8–3 || Biven (4–0) || Hicks (5–2) || || 23,647 || 41–23 || 6–2 |- bgcolor= | June 17 || 2:00 p.m. || ESPN || (8) No. 8 Oregon State || || Charles Schwab Field OmahaOmaha, NE|| || || || || ||
! colspan=9 | Legend: = Win = Loss = CanceledBold = Louisville team member * Non-conference game
Rankings
References
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