University of Louisville
West Virginia*
Cards Clipped 5-4 in the 10th inning Sunday
May 11, 2008 | Baseball
May 11, 2008
MORGANTOWN, W. Va. - West Virginia scored two in the bottom of the ninth and plated the game winner in the 10th to edge the University of Louisville 5-4 Sunday in the deciding game of the series.
The game featured a 2:13 delay in the middle of the 6th inning due to rain.
Catcher Jeff Arnold drew a one-out walk in the third and moved to third on a single by Andrew Clark. Josh Richmond hit an RBI single, putting the Cards up 1-0. A sac bunt by Drew Haynes moved two into scoring position with two out for John Dao who punched a clutch two-out, two-run single to right to make it 3-0 Cards.
Arnold was hit by a pitch leading off the sixth, Clark again singled, and for the second time in the game, Richmond hit an RBI single for a 4-0 advantage.
In the middle of the sixth, rains and lightning hit the area, and the tarps came onto the field.
Prior to the rains, Bob Revesz did not give up a run through the first five innings, limiting the Mountaineers (34-15, 13-11 BIG EAST) to four singles and a walk, striking out two.
WVU starter Billy Gross allowed four runs on nine hits and three walks, striking out one in six innings of work.
When play resumed, Gavin Logsdon took the hill for the Cards and struggled, giving up two runs on three hits and a walk in two-thirds of an inning. An RBI single by Jedd Gyorko and an RBI fielder's choice from Vince Belnome cut the Louisville lead in half in the bottom of the sixth.
B.J. Rosenberg then came on to get the final out of the sixth inning.
In the WVU ninth, Joe Agreste walked with one out, and an out later DH Grant Buckner ricocheted a 3-2 pitch off of Rosenberg for an infield single. Brent Lockhart then delivered a pinch double to left that cut the lead to one, and with runners at second and third, Justin Parks singled home the game tying run in the bottom of the ninth before the potential game winner was cut down at the plate by Richmond.
Tyler Kuhn walked, moved to second and scored on an RBI single by Belnome with one out in the 10th for the winner.
Rosenberg allowed three runs on four hits and two walks, striking out two in 3.2 innings, falling to 5-4 with the loss.
WVU reliever Jarryd Summers allowed two hits in four scoreless innings to improve to 4-2 with the win.
Clark had four hits to lead the Cardinals, his third four-hit game of the season.
The Cardinals return home for the final four games of the 2008 regular season, hosting Ball State Tuesday at 6:00 p.m. in Jim Patterson Stadium before a three-game series against Rutgers beginning Thursday at 6:00 p.m. ET.
Admission to all regular season home games is free.
