University of Louisville
Pittsburgh*
Cards Lose 5-4 in the Ninth
March 29, 2008 | Baseball
March 29, 2008
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Pitt plated a pair of runs in the bottom of the ninth to edge the University of Louisville 5-4 Saturday afternoon.
Justin McClanahan drilled a double down the left field line with two out in the first, and after an intentional pass to Chris Dominguez, Andrew Clark hit an RBI single up the middle for a 1-0 Cardinal lead.
In the Cardinal (13-9, 2-3 BIG EAST) half of the third John Dao singled, and after a fielder's choice by Phil Wunderlich, McClanahan singled to put two on with one out. Dominguez hit into a fielder's choice, erasing Wunderlich at third, but Clark hit another clutch two out base hit, driving in two more for a 3-0 Louisville lead.
Danny Lopez's RBI single in the bottom of the third put the Panthers on the board, cutting the lead to 3-1.
Derrick Alfonso singled to open the UofL fourth, moved to third on a a groundout by Nate Holland and a single to center by Drew Haynes put runners at the corners. A sac fly to right by Dao plated Alfonso upping the Cardinal lead to 4-1.
An RBI double by Joe Leonard plated an unearned run in the Pitt sixth inning, and an RBI groundout cut the Cardinal lead to a single run at 4-3.
Gabriel Shaw (1-2) entered to pitch the ninth and gave up a slow rolling single to third off the end of the bat of Leonard, and an error on a sac bunt attempt put runners at the corners.
Pinch hitter Chris Warner singled through the right side to tie the game at four and after an intentional walk loaded the bases, Sean Conley hit a bloop single over a drawn-in infield off of Gavin Logsdon to seal the win for the Panthers(8-12, 2-3 BIG EAST).
Cardinal starter Justin Marks tossed six innings, allowing three runs - two earned, on five hits and five walks, striking out five. Thomas Royse struck out one and walked one in an inning and a third out of the bullpen. Bob Revesz induced a double-play ground ball from the only batter he faced, ending the eighth inning.
Pitt starter Rob Brant gave up four runs on nine hits and two walks, striking out seven in 7.1 innings. Corey Baker picked up the win with 1.2 innings of scoreless relief, striking out one.
Clark was 3 for 4 with three RBI, while McClanahan had two hits for the Cards.
The final game of the series will be Sunday at 12:00 p.m. ET.
