Louisville walks off Oregon State to win wild CWS elimination game
By Andrew Olson
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Louisville will fight another day in Omaha. The Cardinals saw a 3-run lead evaporate in the top of the 9th, but scored the winning in the bottom of the inning to walk-off Oregon State in Tuesday’s College World Series elimination game.
Thanks to a 3-run 9th for Oregon State, it was a 6-6 game when Louisville came up for its final at-bat. Eddie King Jr. hit the game-winner, a sac fly to plate Alex Alicea for the 7-6 victory.
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Back in the 1st, it was King and Alicea who got the Cardinals on the board to break the scoring ice on an RBI single to left field. In the 3rd inning, the Cards extended their lead when Jake Munroe hit a 2-run home run to left center, making it a 3-0 game.
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Oregon State finally got on the board in the top of the 4th inning when Jacob Krieg hit a 2-run home to left field.
Louisville answered with a solo home run from Rose. It remained a 4-2 game until the top of the 6th inning when OSU cut it to 4-3.
The Cardinals appeared to add a pair of key insurance runs to get it to 6-3. Kamau Neighbors had an RBI single in the bottom of the 6th and a sacrifice fly brought Matt Klein home in the bottom of the 7th.
Oregon State, however, put together its biggest rally of the day in its last at-bat. Aiva Arquette led off the top of the 9th with a solo home run to cut it to 6-4. It was still 6-4 when the Beavers had the bases loaded with nobody out. Two runs scored on what was ruled a fielder’s choice and an error to make it 6-6.
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OSU had runners on 2nd and 3rd with no outs in the top of the 9th with the game tied, but Louisville managed to retire the next 3 Beaver batters without letting the run score. The situation is sure to haunt Oregon State as it leaves Omaha and goes back to Corvallis.
Louisville will play Coastal Carolina. The Cardinals would be eliminated with a loss, but need to beat the Chanticleers twice to advance to the CWS Finals.
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