University of Louisville
vs. Coastal Carolina<BR>(NCAA Regional)
Storybook Season for Cardinal Nine Ends
June 01, 2002 | Baseball
June 1, 2002
ATLANTA, GA. - The University of Louisville baseball team saw its most successful season in school history come to an end with a 9-1 loss to Coastal Carolina in the first elimination game of the NCAA Regional in Atlanta.
The loss was the fourth straight, the longest losing streak of the season for the Cards, who finished with a school record 39 wins to go with 18 losses. The regional marked the first time a Louisville baseball team advanced to postseason play.
Louisville scored first when junior outfielder Dave Williams Jr. lead off the game with a single and scored on an RBI single by first baseman Morgan Bojorquez.
The Chanticleers answered with two in the bottom of the first on a solo home run by Chad Felty and an RBI double by catcher Randy McGarvey Jr. for a 2-1 advantage.
Brandon Powell tripled in two runs in the second, and DH Jeff Baker doubled in a run in the third for a 5-1 Coastal lead.
Adam Keim's solo home run in the fourth made it 6-1, and sac fly by Felty and an RBI double by Pinnochio in the fifth made it a seven run game.
An unearned run in the sixth closed the scoring.
Seamus Donovan went the distance for Coastal, giving up nine hits and three walks, while striking out three to improve to 9-3.
Cardinal starter Scott Barber(4-6) exited after just two innings, allowing five runs on six hits and a walk, he struck out one in the loss.
Garrett Estabrook allowed two hits in a third of an inning and Carlos Fernandez was touched for three run on five hits and two walks in 2.1 frames. Fernandez struck out one.
Senior Grant Williams tossed the final 3.1 innings, giving up an unearned run on three hits and a walk, setting down four by way of strikeout.
Fernando Isa, Williams Jr.and Bojorquez each had a pair of hits for the Cards. Bojorquez was named to the All-Regional Team following the weekend. Isa was joined by Williams, Estabrook, Mike Budak, Scott Gerlach and Josh Ring as the departing senior class of 2002.
The Louisville squad set a defensive record for fewest errors in a season with 62, eclipsing last season's total of 63.
Head Coach Lelo Prado will now head to Tucson, Arizona to lead the USA Baseball National Team as its head coach into a U.S. and international tour before the World Championships in Italy this summer.
