Nugent Walks Off Clemson, Davis Sets Home Run Record

Sunday, April 26

Louisville, Ky.

2:00 PM

University of Louisville

26-18, 10-11

Clemson

26-19, 6-15

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Runs R	Hits H	Errors E
Clemson	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	5	9	1
Louisville	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	2	7	9	0

Photo by: Taris Smith | Louisville Athletics

April 26, 2026 | Baseball

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By: Stephen Williams

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Jimmy Nugent hit a walk-off home run on a record-setting day as the University of Louisville baseball team finished off a sweep of Clemson with a 7-5 win in 10 innings on Sunday at Jim Patterson Stadium.

With one on and one out in a tie game in the bottom of the 10^th, Nugent stepped to the plate and hammered the first pitch he saw just inside the left field foul pole to give the Cardinals the victory.

Louisville (26-18, 10-11 ACC) completed the sweep of Clemson with the win and extended its winning streak to five straight.

In addition to Nugent's heroics in the 10^th, it was a record day at the plate for Tague Davis.

The sophomore hit his 26^th home run of the season to straightaway centerfield leading off the eighth inning to break Louisville's single-season home run record held previously by Randy Delph (1974) and Chris Dominguez (2009).

Lucas Moore also secured his 100^th career stolen base in the ninth inning, becoming the second player in program history and eighth in ACC history to reach the century mark.

Before Nugent homered in the 10^th, the junior started the scoring on Sunday with a solo home run in the second.

Clemson (26-19, 6-15) tied the game in the third before the Cards regained the lead on a Zion Rose hit by pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom half.

The Tigers evened it up again in the next inning, but a two-run shot off the bat of Ben Slanker in the bottom half of the fourth put Louisville back on top.

Clemson cut the lead to one with a run in the fifth, however the Cardinals put up zeros in the sixth, seventh and eighth before Davis hit his record-breaking homer to make it a two-run game heading into the ninth.

Louisville had the Tigers down to their final out with the bases loaded before allowing a two-run single that tied up the game.

Eli Hoyt (1-0) earned his first win at Louisville with a scoreless 10^th inning. Casen Murphy didn't allow a run over two innings in his first start of the season, while Colton Hartman gave up just one run over three innings out of the bullpen.

Nugent finished 3-for-5 on the day with his first multi-homer game of the season to go along with a double and three RBIs.

Louisville will wrap up a five-game homestand on Tuesday night against Indiana. First pitch is scheduled for 6 p.m. ET at Jim Patterson Stadium.

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