The Louisville baseball team was eliminated from the ACC tournament via a soul-crushing 9-8 extra inning loss to second-seeded Georgia Tech Thursday afternoon/evening in Charlotte.
The loss leaves the Cards squarely and uncomfortably on the NCAA tournament bubble heading into Monday’s revealing of the field of 64.
U of L appeared to be coasting to victory for most of the afternoon, but a handful of self-inflicted blunders (especially on the basepaths) opened the door for a disastrous home half of the 8th inning. An error by Lucas Dunn and then a one-out walk by Adam Elliott set the stage for Georgia Tech’s Kevin Parada, who smashed a three-run home run over the fence in left center to completely swing the game’s momentum and knot the score at 6-6.