WKU baseball was looking for an upset over No. 15 University of Louisville until a disastrous eighth inning. The Hilltoppers surrendered five runs on five hits in the eighth, and then left the bases loaded to end the game in an 8-5 loss to the Cardinals.
“We had our chances in the ninth inning, and that’s all you can ask for,” WKU head coach John Pawlowski said. “You get your tying and possibly winning runs at the plate to give yourselves a chance, and we did that.”
Senior Austin Tibbs took the loss on the mound for the Hilltoppers, who utilized a total of nine different pitchers in a game that ran for three hours and 43 minutes.