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Series Preview: UVA Baseball finishes regular season at Louisville

UVA Baseball (34-18, RPI: 23) finishes out the 2026 regular season with a three-game series at Louisville (28-25, RPI: 90) that begins on Thursday.

Schedule


Game 1: Thursday, 6 p.m. (ACCNX)

  • UVA: Henry Zatkowski (6-1, 4.35 ERA, 68.1 IP, 20 BB, 82 SO)
  • Louisville: TBA

Game 2: Friday, 6 p.m. (ACCNX)

  • UVA: John Paone (1-3, 4.91 ERA, 51.1 IP, 20 BB, 59 SO)
  • Louisville: TBA

Game 3: Saturday, 1 p.m. (ACCNX)

  • UVA: Kyle Johnson (1-2, 5.59 ERA, 29.0 IP, 15 BB, 33 SO)
  • Louisville: TBA

Bats to watch


UVA

  • AJ Gracia: 14 HRs, 41 RBIs, .324 BA/1.074 OPS
  • Sam Harris: 14 HRs, 51 RBIs, .315 BA/1.002 OPS
  • Joe Tiroly: 13 HRs, 53 RBIs, .305 BA/.951 OPS
  • Antonio Perrotta: 4 HRs, 21 RBIs, .289 BA/.932 OPS
  • Harrison Didawick: 8 HRs, 45 RBIs, .311 BA/.891 OPS, 12 SBs

Louisville

  • Tague Davis: 34 HRs, 93 RBIs, .364 BA/1.343 OPS
  • Zion Rose: 5 HRs, 38 RBIs, .411 BA/1.138 OPS, 19 SBs
  • Jimmy Nugent: 11 HRs, 39 RBIs, .325 BA/1.064 OPS
  • Ben Slanker: 10 HRs, 43 RBIs, .282 BA/1.023 OPS
  • Bayram Hot: 8 HRs, 37 RBIs, .323 BA/.957 OPS, 16 SBs

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