University of Louisville
Detroit Mercy
Cardinal Nine Sweeps Home Opening Twin Bill
February 17, 2001 | Baseball
Feb. 17, 2001
Louisville's pitchers limited Detroit to five hits in 14 innings, as the baseball team opened the home season with a sweep of Detroit-Mercy in a doubleheader Saturday at Cardinal Stadium 14-0 and 6-4. Senior Bill Gatti Jr. was 3 for 3 with five RBI, two runs, a sacrifice fly and was hit twice in the two games to lead the Cards.
Game One
Cardinal pitcher Mike Tisdale tossed a complete game two-hit shutout to lead the Louisville Cardinals to a 14-0 blanking in the first game of the doubleheader. Tisdale(1-1) fanned seven, walked two, hit a batter and produced four 1-2-3 innings.
Louisville opened the scoring in the first when sophomore Dave Williams Jr. was plated on a sacrifice fly to right by DH Carlos De la Osa. Williams Jr. opened the frame with a double down the left field line, and was moved to third on a sacrifice by senior Mike Hook.
Tisdale worked his way out of a jam in the second. With the bases loaded and one out, he induced a ground ball to first for the force at home and struck out second baseman Zak Voit to end the threat.
The Cards broke things open in the fourth, scoring seven runs on four hits and three Titan errors. The rally was capped by a two run blast to right-center off the bat of Morgan Bojorquez, his first on the season. Williams Jr. was 3 for 3 with two doubles, two runs and an RBI. Bojorquez and second baseman Matt Jarboe each had two hits.
Gatti Jr. drove in two runs with a pinch hit triple to the gap in the fifth, and was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded in the sixth, a four run inning for U of L. Third baseman Mike Budak drove in three by way of a double and two sacrifice flies.
Joe Delisle(0-1) picked up the loss for the Titans(0-1) in their season opener, tossing 2.2 innings, surrendering three hits and a run to go with three walks and three strikeouts. All four Titan hurlers gave up runs. First baseman Ryan Rumberger doubled, and right fielder Tim Andrezejak singled for the two Titan hits.
Game Two
The Cardinals survived a scare late in the second game before finally securing a 6-4 victory over the Titans to complete the sweep.
The Cards again put up a run in the first on an RBI single by Gatti Jr., driving in Hook, who had walked and stolen second. Louisville plated two more in the third on a sacrifice fly by Gatti Jr. and an RBI single by freshman Brennan Hall.
Sophomore Mike Eilers tossed 5.1 innings, giving up four runs, three of which were earned on three hits, and three walks to go with five strikeouts in picking up the win. Eilers(2-1) saw his streak of 12.1 scoreless innings ended in the sixth.
Freshman rightfielder Mark Jurich cranked his first career home run with a blast to right in the fourth, putting U of L up 4-0. Junior catcher Fernando Isa's single to center plated Gatti, after he was hit by a pitch with two out in the fifth, to make it 5-0.
The Titans pushed across four runs in the sixth on two hits, four walks and an error. The runs snapped a 16 inning scoreless streak by Cardinal hurlers.
The Cardinals notched an insurance run in the sixth when Gatti Jr. again plated Hook, who had singled and stolen second and third. Gatti was 2 for 2 with three RBI and a run scored. Hall picked up his first three collegiate hits, Hook had two safeties, scored three runs and stole three bases, while Jurich was 2 for 2. Josh Ring pitched 1.2 scoreless innings to pick up his second save.
Detroit's Jason Horvat picks up the loss in game two, giving up four runs on six hits and three walks.
Louisville improves to 3-6, while the Titans open the 2001 slate 0-2. The teams will round out the four-game series with a doubleheader Sunday at 11:00 at Cardinal Stadium.
