No. 12 Virginia Falls to No. 10 Louisville 11-3 in Regular Season Finale

Virginia baseball concluded the common season on Saturday with the rubber match of a three-game sequence in opposition to No. 10 Louisville. The Cardinals put collectively 15 hits and took benefit of three Virginia errors to beat UVA 11-3 within the common season finale. 

Louisville scored the primary seven runs of the sport, the primary six of which got here within the first two innings. Jake Berry obtained the beginning on the bump for the Cavaliers and, after placing out the primary batter he confronted, gave up a single and two walks to load the bases. Berry obtained one other strikeout, however then gave up a two-run single to Levi Usher. 

Within the backside of the second, Berry surrendered a leadoff double to Isaac Humphrey, who got here round to attain on an RBI single by Ben Bianco. Berry was changed by Jay Woolfolk, who gave up a two-run house run to Ben Metzinger after which a solo homer to Jack Payton to make it 6-0 Louisville. The Cardinals added a seventh run on a sacrifice fly within the fifth inning. 

The Virginia offense, which totaled 16 runs in a recreation 2 win on Friday, was smothered by the Louisville pitching workers and was held off the board for the primary six innings. Starter Carson Liggett went two innings and allowed only one hit. Tate Kuehner entered the sport within the third and pitched four-straight scoreless innings and labored into the seventh.

UVA put two runners on within the seventh and Louisville subsequently pulled Kuehner in favor of Ryan Hawks. Griff O’Ferrall singled off of Hawks to load the bases after which Justin Rubin hit an RBI single to get the Cavaliers on the board. Alex Tappen grounded out to attain one other run, however the harm was contained there as Hawks struck out Jake Gelof to finish the inning with runners on second and third. 

Louisville obtained one again instantly within the backside of the seventh as Isaac Humphrey homered off of Matt Wyatt. The Cavaliers answered with a house run of their very own as Devin Ortiz hit a leadoff homer to make it 8-3. Hawks retired the following three batters with ease to finish the inning. 

Louisville put the nail within the coffin within the backside of the eighth. Noah Smith hit a leadoff single and scored on a double by Metzinger. Dalton Speeding then hit a two-run house run to middle area to make it 11-3. 

Michael Prosecky pitched the ninth for the Cardinals and set the Cavaliers down with a purpose to finish the sport and clinch the sequence win for Louisville. 

Virginia finishes the season 38-15 and 17-13 in ACC play, good for a third-place end within the ACC Coastal. UVA is about to play within the ACC Baseball Championship, which begins Tuesday at Truist Area in Charlotte, North Carolina. 

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