UofL (16-8, 3-3) at WKU (13-11)

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7pm first pitch. Our first mid-week road game of the season. WKU always gives us a battle, especially when we play at their place. Pretty important game as we look to stay on the right side of the NCAA tourney bubble.

 

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Kian Vorster getting his first start for the Cards. UofL drew a one out walk in the first, but did not score. WKU has blitzed Vorster for 4 runs on 5 hits and an error with just 1 out so far in the bottom of the first. McDonnell has already made one mound visit, covering his mouth while he chewed out his whole infield.

 

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Vorster does not retire a batter (both outs he recorded were runners caught stealing). He leaves with 2 outs, 4 runs in, and the bases loaded. Jake Schweitzer now on trying to limit the damage.

 

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Zion Rose not in the lineup for the 3rd straight game, after being replaced by Jax Hisle in game 1 of the UNC series. Recurrence of his ankle injury perhaps?

Still 4-0 Tops through 2 innings.

 

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Cards pick up 2 runs on just 1 hit, drawing 2 walks and one hit by pitch, plus a wild pitch. Now trailing just 4-2 in the bottom of the 4th inning.

 

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Schweitzer gives way to Nick Ballard, who records just one out while giving up a walk and a hit. He’s replaced by Jack Brown, who gives up one hit and one of Ballard’s runs, before getting out of the inning. 5-3 Tops heading to the 5th.

 

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Tied up! Single by Moore, RBI double by Slanker, and home run for Davis. Now 5-5 going to the bottom of the 5th.

 

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Okay, you don’t see that often! MIchael Peter comes on to relieve Jack Brown, but then Jack Brown comes on to relieve Michael Peter without Peter throwing a single pitch.

Still 5-5 in the bottom of the 6th.

 

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Brown walks the leadoff hitter in the bottom of the 6th, then finally does give way to Peter Michael.

 

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Okay, Peter Michael has some great stuff, but he’s just maddening. He strikes out the side, but before he does, he gives up a wild pitch, a walk, an infield single kept in the infield on a great play by Alicea, and then a Griffin Crain error in left field allows WKU to take the lead 6-5.

 

[PushupMan]

Some UGLY baseball by the Cards. We give up a triple, (against Peter) then a hit by pitch (by Ethan Eberle!), stolen base (Cards didn’t fall for the double steal), 2 run double (against Jake Bean), a single, a bizarre throwing error by our catcher (Nugent) resulting in a third run, and then an RBI double. Tops have broken this one open 10-5 going to the 8th.

Cards have 3 errors in this game, and have been outhit 15-5.

 

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10-5 Toppers is the final. Cards definitely earned this L with bad fielding and ineffective pitching. Hopefully we have a better showing when WKU comes to Louisville on April 14th.

 

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10-5 Toppers is the final. Cards definitely earned this L with bad fielding and ineffective pitching. Hopefully we have a better showing when WKU comes to Louisville on April 14th.

Rather embarrassing loses to WKU and Morehead.

 

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Rather embarrassing loses to WKU and Morehead.

Morehead I will agree, but WKU is a pretty good team. They beat Indiana 2 out of 4 and were competitive at UK (13-9 loss). They have a decent chance of winning CUSA.

It was definitely an embarrassing performance last night - didn’t do anything well.