Cardinals Defeat Hilltoppers 12-10 in 12-inning Scrimmage
September 15, 2018 | Baseball
Louisville earns 7-4 advantage in first six-inning segment while WKU takes second segment, 6-5
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The University of Louisville baseball team earned a 12-10 victory over Western Kentucky in Saturday afternoon's fall exhibition game at Jim Patterson Stadium.
The 12-inning scrimmage featured a pair of six-inning segments with the Cardinals registering a 7-4 advantage in the first segment and the Hilltoppers taking a 6-5 edge in the second segment. The game continued without stoppage for the full 12 innings, but the scoreboard in the ballpark was reset to 0-0 after the completion of the first six-inning segment. Players were allowed to re-enter the game and lineups were adjusted on both sides throughout the 12 innings.
Tyler Fitzgerald led the offense for the Cardinals as the junior infielder was 2-for-3 with a pair of doubles and three runs scored, while Jake Snider had a triple, walked once, drove in one run and scored three times. Freshman Andrew Benefield doubled, drove in two runs and scored once, and freshman Alex Binelas singled, walked twice and scored two runs.
On the mound, freshman lefthander Carter Lohman had three strikeouts and allowed just one run on two hits in three innings in the starting role. Freshman righthander Jared Poland twirled two scoreless innings, junior righty Austin Dickey worked one shutout inning of relief and freshman righthander Kerry Wright surrendered just one run on one hit with two strikeouts in two innings.
The Cardinals are scheduled to host intraquad scrimmages each weekend in September and into October before closing the fall with the annual Pizza Bowl series in mid-October. The specific dates and times for the intrasquad scrimmages as well as the Pizza Bowl will be announced each week. Along with the matchup with WKU, Louisville will also host an open scrimmage against Indiana on Sept. 29 with the time to be announced after the kickoff time for the Louisville-FSU football game is determined.
Louisville entered the fall with returning seven starters in the batting order as well as 10 pitchers from last year's squad, which finished with a 45-19 record after advancing to the championship round of an NCAA Regional for the seventh straight season. Louisville also registered its seventh straight 40-win season and the 11th in 12 seasons under head coach Dan McDonnell.
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