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Cards Rally in Ninth to Drop Sycamores
March 02, 2002 | Baseball
March 2, 2002
LOUISVILLE, KY- A bases-loaded walk to sophomore second baseman J.T. LaFountain, with two out in the bottom of the ninth pushed across the winning run in Louisville's 4-3 win over Indiana State Saturday in baseball action.
Louisville(5-1) trailed 3-0 heading into the eighth inning, when catcher Fernando Isa reached on an infield single, and Josh Bolen cracked a two-run home run to right, his second in as many days to make it 3-2 Sycamores.
The bottom of the ninth began with a single to right by shortstop Adam Haley on a 3-2 pitch. Haley had been 0 for 4 on the day, but with that knock he extended his hitting streak to 15 games. Isa bunted him over to second on a 1-2 pitch bringing up Bolen.
Bolen sent right fielder Kevin Egli to the wall with a fly ball that was caught, but moved Haley to third with two out. Outfielder Mark Jurich was intentionally walked bringing up Bojorquez with two out and men at first and third. Working an 0-2 count to full, he hit a ground ball deep to the hole at short. ISU's Dustin Crawford ranged to his right and fielded the ball cleanly, but was unable get Bojorquez at first and Haley scored, tying the score at 3-3.
A wild pitch moved Jurich to third and a walk to DH Ken Tirpack loaded the bases for LaFountain, who drew his third walk on the afternoon, plating Jurich and giving the Cards a thrilling 4-3 win.
Josh Ring (1-0) tossed a 1-2-3 ninth, striking out one to get the win.
A solo home run in the second by DH Greg Wear put the Sycamores(1-1) up 1-0. A sacrifice fly by Crawford in the third gave them a 2-0 lead in the third, and an RBI single by catcher Tommy Jeffers scored the third run.
The Sycamores defeated Butler 9-4 in the first game of the day prior to the Cards tilt.
Cardinal starter Mike Tisdale was solid, tossing eight innings, while giving up the three runs on seven hits and a walk. He struck out three.
ISU reliever Caleb Reger(0-1) took the loss, surrendering two runs on two hits and three walks in 1.1 frames, striking out one.
The same two teams will meet Sunday at Cardinal Stadium at 1:00 p.m. Admission to the game is free, and it will be broadcast live on www.UofLsports.com.
