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Dan McDonnell's 300th career win was also the Louisville baseball team's 12th in a row, a streak which is the third-longest in program history.
The Cards took care of Connecticut 3-1 on Sunday, a win which wrapped up a three-game sweep in which U of L outscored the Huskies 17-1. Louisville will look to equal the 13-game winning streak achieved by the 2010 team when they take on Ohio State Tuesday night in Columbus. The longest win streak in program history is 20, a mark which was set in the 1950s.
A solid performance by Dace Kime in Sunday's finale capped a dominant week for the Cardinal pitching staff, which allowed just four runs on 21 hits in five games and 45 innings. That's good for an ERA of 0.80. U of L finished with 47 strikeouts and just seven walks during their 5-0 week. The week lowered Louisville staff's season ERA to a sparkling 2.40.
After Tuesday's tilt with the Buckeyes, the Cardinals will end the regular season by hosting a three-game set with Pittsburgh. If that alone wasn't enough to interest you...
| BIG EAST | Overall | ||||||||||||
| Team | W | L | T | Pct | W | L | T | Pct | Last 10 | Streak | |||
| Pittsburgh | 18 | 3 | 0 | .857 | 40 | 11 | 0 | .784 | 9-1 | W 7 | |||
| Louisville | 17 | 4 | 0 | .810 | 42 | 10 | 0 | .808 | 10-0 | W 12 | |||
| Seton Hall | 16 | 5 | 0 | .762 | 33 | 16 | 0 | .673 | 10-0 | W 12 | |||
| USF | 15 | 6 | 0 | .714 | 32 | 19 | 0 | .627 | 6-4 | L 3 | |||
| Rutgers | 13 | 8 | 0 | .619 | 25 | 26 | 0 | .490 | 5-5 | W 3 | |||
| Notre Dame | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 29 | 21 | 0 | .580 | 5-5 | W 1 | |||
| St. John's | 9 | 12 | 0 | .429 | 22 | 31 | 0 | .415 | 3-7 | L 1 | |||
| Connecticut | 9 | 15 | 0 | .375 | 28 | 24 | 0 | .538 | 3-7 | L 5 | |||
| Georgetown | 5 | 16 | 0 | .238 | 25 | 24 | 0 | .510 | 2-8 | L 6 | |||
| Cincinnati | 4 | 17 | 0 | .190 | 21 | 31 | 0 | .404 | 4-6 | L 2 | |||
| Villanova | 2 | 19 | 0 | .095 | 11 | 38 | 0 | .224 | 1-9 | L 9 | |||
Yep. The Panthers and Cards are essentially battling it out for a Big East championship. It's a pretty simple scenario for Louisville: Beat Pitt three times and you're the conference champ, beat Pitt twice and you're sharing the title, anything less and you're not heading to Clearwater with the No. 1 seed.
Big week, fellas. Get it done.
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