Louisville eliminates Arizona at Men's College World Series - ESPN

OMAHA, Neb. — Zion Rose's two-run single gave Louisville its first lead during a six-run eighth inning and the Cardinals knocked Arizona out of the Men's College World Series with an 8-3 win Sunday.

Louisville's 19th come-from-behind win of the season moved the Cardinals (41-23) to another elimination game Tuesday against the loser of Sunday night's Coastal Carolina-Oregon State matchup.

Arizona (44-21) has lost six straight MCWS games over three appearances since 2016.

The Cardinals trailed 3-1 early and came up empty after having runners in scoring position in the third, fourth and fifth innings.

By then, coach Dan McDonnell had seen enough, and he gave his players a stern talking to in the dugout with the hope of sparking a breakthrough.

«When I'm not happy,» he said, «they're going to know.»

McDonnell added, «I had a lot of frustration in me just from when I was watching. I was waiting for the adjustment to happen. It wasn't happening.»

When the runs did come, they came in bunches.

Lucas Moore's sacrifice fly in the seventh made it a one-run game against Garrett Hicks (5-2), and then Arizona had an improbable meltdown with national Stopper of the Year Tony Pluta on the mound after the Cardinals' first two batters reached in the eighth.

Tague Davis' blooper loaded the bases, and then Rose punched a two-run single down the right-field line to put Louisville up 4-3. No. 9 batter Kamau Neighbors singled in another run to cap his 4-for-4 day.

Garret Pike got caught in a rundown between third and home and scored when Pluta dropped the ball trying to tag him at the plate. Neighbors came home on Alex Alicea's squeeze bunt, and Matt Klein singled to left for the final run.

«Obviously, it's not the way you want it to end,»