2026 Louisville Cardinals baseball team

The 2026 Louisville Cardinals baseball team represents the University of Louisville during the 2026 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Cardinals play their home games at Jim Patterson Stadium as a member of the Atlantic Coast Conference. They are led by head coach Dan McDonnell, in his 20th year at Louisville.

Previous season

The 2025 Louisville Cardinals baseball team finished the season 40–22 with a 15–15 conference record. 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.

2025 MLB Draft

The Cardinals had six players drafted in the 2025 MLB draft for its most since the 2021 MLB draft. <br>

Schedule and results

! style="background:#CC0000;color:white;"| Regular season (15–6) ! colspan=9 | |- valign="top"

|- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | February 13 || 3:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Michigan State || No. 8 || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| L 3–4 || Higgins (1–0) || Murphy (0–1) || Szczepanski (1) || 1,744 || 0–1 || – |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | February 14 || 1:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Michigan State || No. 8 || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| L 4–13 || Chambers (1–0) || Bean (0–1) || None || 1,494 || 0–2 || – |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | February 15 || 1:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Michigan State || No. 8 || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| W 9–1 || Danilowicz (1–0) || Pikur (0–1) || None || 546 || 1–2 || – |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | February 17 || 3:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Xavier || No. 15 || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| W 23–11 || Starke (1–0) || Chronister (0–1) || Hartman (1) || 932 || 2–2 || – |- ! colspan=15 style= "" | Amegy Bank College Baseball Series |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | February 20 || 4:00&nbsp;p.m. || FloSports || vs. Nebraska || No. 15 || Globe Life Field<br><small>Arlington, TX</small>|| W 4–2 || Brown (1–0) || Clark (1–1) || England (1) || || 3–2 || – |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | February 21 || 12:00&nbsp;p.m. || FloSports || vs. Michigan || No. 15 || Globe Life Field<br><small>Arlington, TX</small>|| L 5–8 || Montgomery (2–0)|| Bean (0–2) || DeVooght (3) || || 3–3 || – |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | February 22 || 11:30&nbsp;a.m. || FloSports || vs. No. 9 Auburn || No. 15 || Globe Life Field<br><small>Arlington, TX</small>|| L 6–10 || Petrovic (2–0) || Danilowicz (1–1) || Brewer (2) || || 3–4 || – |- ! colspan=15 style= "" | |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | February 25 || 2:30&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Eastern Kentucky || || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| W 6–5 || Schweitzer (1–0) || Briese (0–1) || England (2) || 575 || 4–4 || – |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | February 27|| 3:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Central Michigan || || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| W 16–2⁽⁷⁾ || Eberle (1–0) || Bailey (0–2) || None || 1,547 || 5–4 || – |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | February 28|| 1:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Central Michigan || || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| W 9–8 || Shannon (1–0) || Potts (0–1) || None || 2,132 || 6–4 || –

|- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 1 || 1:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Central Michigan || || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| W 7–5 || Brown (2–0) || Campau (0–1) || England (3) || 815 || 7–4 || – |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | March 3 || 3:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Morehead State|| || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| L 5–13 || Owens (2–0) || Hartman (0–1) || None || 413 || 7–5 || – |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 6 || 3:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Seton Hall|| || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| W 16–1⁽⁷⁾ || Eberle (2–0) || Svenson (0–1) || None || 1,357 || 8–5 || – |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 7 || 1:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Seton Hall || || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| W 13–3⁽⁸⁾ || Danilowicz (2–1) || Barroqueiro (0–3) || None || 406 || 9–5 || – |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 8 || 1:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Seton Hall || || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| W 6–2 || Bean (1–2) || Christopher (1–1) || None || 1,205 || 10–5 || – |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 10 || 3:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Marshall|| || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| W 16–5⁽⁷⁾ || Ballard (1–0) || Jackson (0–2) || None || 717 || 11–5 || – |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 11 || 11:00&nbsp;a.m. || ACCNX || Marshall || || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| W 18–8⁽⁷⁾ || Hartman (1–1) || Albright (1–2) || None || 412 || 12–5 || – |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | March 13 || 6:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Notre Dame|| || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| L 11–14 || Jaisle (1–0) || Shannon (1–1) || None || 2,788 || 12–6 || 0–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 14 || 6:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Notre Dame || || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| W 8–7 || England (1–0) || Hirsch (2–1) || None || 2,899 || 13–6 || 1–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 15 || 1:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Notre Dame || || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| W 21–12 || Vorster (1–0) || Thurmond (0–1) || None || 2,920 || 14–6 || 2–1 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 18 || 4:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Northern Kentucky|| || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| W 16–1⁽⁷⁾ || Hartman (2–1) || Parnell (0–1) || None || 417 || 15–6 || – |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb" | March 20 || 8:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCN || at No. 14 North Carolina|| || Boshamer Stadium<br><small>Chapel Hill, NC</small>|| L 1–11⁽⁸⁾ || DeCaro (5–1) || Eberle (2–1) || None || 2,699 || 15–7 || 2–2 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | March 21 || 2:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || at No. 14 North Carolina || || Boshamer Stadium<br><small>Chapel Hill, NC</small>|| W 2–0 || Danilowicz (3–1) || Lynch (2–2) || England (4) || 3,376 || 16–7 || 3–2 |- bgcolor="#ffbbbb | March 22 || 1:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || at No. 14 North Carolina || || Boshamer Stadium<br><small>Chapel Hill, NC</small>|| L 6–7 || Glauber (2–0) || Karbowski (0–1) || Matthijs (2) || 3,231 || 16–8 || 3–3 |- bgcolor= | March 24 || 7:00&nbsp;p.m. || ESPN+ || at Western Kentucky || || Nick Denes Field<br><small>Bowling Green, KY</small>|| || || || || || || – |- bgcolor= | March 27 || 6:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Pittsburgh || || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| || || || || || || – |- bgcolor= | March 28 || 2:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Pittsburgh || || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| || || || || || || – |- bgcolor= | March 29 || 1:00&nbsp;p.m. || ACCNX || Pittsburgh || || Jim Patterson Stadium<br><small>Louisville, KY</small>|| || || || || || || –

|- ! colspan=9 | Legend:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Win&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Loss&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; = Canceled<br>Bold = Louisville team member&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;* Non-conference game

Rankings

References

External links

• Louisville Cardinals baseball