Men's College World Series 2025: Louisville scores 6 in 8th inning to eliminate Arizona
One team has an opportunity to advance to the next round on Day 3 of the 2025 Men's College World Series. Coastal Carolina and Oregon State will face each other in the second half of Sunday's doubleheader after winning their opening games on Friday.
Elsewhere in the bracket, one team will be eliminated from the MCWS. Arizona and Louisville lost their openers and are matched up in an elimination game on Sunday afternoon.
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The same circumstances apply on Monday with UCLA and LSU playing in the winner's bracket after wins on Saturday, preceded by Murray State and Arkansas attempting to avoid elimination earlier in the day.
Louisville 8, Arizona 3
After trailing since the first inning, Louisville scored six runs in the eighth inning to shock Arizona for an 8-3 win
Zion Rose dropped in an opposite field single down the right-field line to drive in Jake Munroe and Eddie King Jr. to give Louisville a 4-3 lead in the eighth inning. Munroe led off the eighth by reaching on an error by Arizona shortstop Mason White. King and Tague Davis followed with consecutive singles, setting up Rose's RBI hit.
Davis was thrown at home attempting to score on Garret Pike's grounder to second base. But Kamau Neighbors drove Rose in with a single and Alex Alicea brought home another with a sacrifice bunt to reliever Tony Pluta. From there, Pluta gave up two straight singles to Lucas Moore and Matt Klein to bring in one more run.
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Shell-shocked after the six-run barrage, Arizona got two runners on against Louisville reliever Tucker Biven with singles from Easton Breyfogle and Aaron Walton. But Biven recovered to strike out White and get Adonys Guzman to fly out to center field and finish off what felt like an improbable win.
The Cardinals advanced to play the loser of Sunday night's Coastal Carolina-Oregon State matchup, while the Wildcats were eliminated from the MCWS.
Louisville pitcher Ethan Eberle helped Arizona take a first-inning lead, hitting Aaron Walton and Mason White with pitches. White was thrown out at third after a single from Guzman scored Walton. Guzman came in to score on consecutive singles by Maddox Mihalakis and Garen Caulfield.
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The Cardinals cut the deficit in half after Jake Munroe and Eddie King Jr. led off the second inning with back-to-back singles. Munroe came around to score on a groundball to shortstop by Zion Rose. However, the Wildcats got that run right back in the top of the third on a home run from Guzman.
Arizona starter Smith Bailey held that 3-1 lead up until the seventh inning when Louisville led off with a Garret Pike double and bunt single from Kamau Neighbors. Bailey was relieved by Garrett Hicks, who allowed a sacrifice fly by Lucas Moore.
Bailey pitched six innings, allowing two runs on seven hits and two walks with four strikeouts.
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The Wildcats had an opportunity to add to their lead in the eighth after two straight two-out singles by Caulfield and Andrew Cain against Louisville reliever Tucker Biven. However, the junior right-hander got Tommy Splaine to ground out to shortstop to end the threat.
With the defeat, Louisville was eliminated from the MCWS. Arizona will play the loser of the Coastal Carolina-Oregon State matchup.
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