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Cards top Hoosiers 8-2 in front of record crowd

Justin Marks held Indiana to just two runs over seven innings as Louisville opened its 2009 NCAA Tournament run with an 8-2 victory in front of a record crowd of 4,605 at Jim Patterson Stadium Friday night.

The All-American and Big East pitcher of the year allowed four hits and struck out eight as the top-seeded Cardinals held IU to its fewest runs since a 5-2 loss to Purdue on May 3. The Hoosiers averaged 11.8 runs per game during their victorious run in the Big Ten Tournament.

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U of L took advantage of three errors and a couple of seeing-eye hits to touch Eric Arnett, the Big Ten co-pitcher of the year, for five runs over seven innings. PhIl Wunderlich's 2-for-4, two RBI performance led the way for the Cardinal offense.

It was far from a thing of beauty, but the first win in a postseason tournament rarely is.

Louisville now faces third-seeded Middle Tennessee Saturday night at 7. The Blue Raiders took care of in-state rival Vanderbilt 5-4 in the regional opener.

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The school record crowd of 4,605 at the Jim Patterson Stadium breaks the previous record crowd of 4,211.

Not bad for a 2,500-person capacity stadium.

I can’t believe they’re ranked 12th…three weeks ago they were struggling and unranked. BTW, UL’s highest ranking ever: 6th (Final 2007 poll after UL’s 1st/only College World Series appearance).

by UL is my hot hot sex on May 30, 2009 2:43 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Thanks for the info, didn’t know they were ranked that high either.

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