Omaha, Neb.-Eddie King Jr. led the winning race with a sacrifice fly at the bottom of the ninth entrance to give Louisville a 7-6 victory over the state of Oregon on Tuesday and take out the Beavers from the World Men's Men's Men's College series.
The cardinals (42-23) Avenged a defeat 4-3 to the state of Oregon on Friday and advanced to the final of the bracket 2. They must beat Coastal Carolina on Wednesday and again on Thursday to reach the best MCWs finals.
Like Oregon State (48-16-1) on Friday, Louisville wasted a late advantage only to return and win.
“It is the value of being the local team,” said the cardinal coach Dan McDonnell. “Sometimes people act as if it weren't so important. It is surprising when you get the last three outs and you can go to someone. So, very fortunate that we were in that situation today.”
Kellan Oakes faced the top of the Louisville line to start the lower part of the ninth. Alex Alicea walked and Lucas Moore received the first base in Catcher's interference when his bat put the Wilson Weber glove while committing a release. The cardinals loaded the bases when Matt Klein threw a touch that Oakes (5-1) started, the third error of the Beavers of the day and the eighth in three MCWs games.
That brought the first year student Zach Edwards to face Jake Munroe, who was caught looking at Strike Three.
“I realized a call that I didn't like,” Munroe said. “I was upset about that. I made a small 360, I saw Eddie, and I said: 'Oh, yes, we are fine.' That is something special of this alignment.”
King followed a launch and took two balls before sending a fly to the center. Alicea was labeled from third, and Canon Reeder did not have the opportunity to make a home release.
King was harassed behind First Base, with teammates dripping his water bottles towards him and fans singing: “Edd-ie! Edd-II!”
“Just listening to songs like that at a time like that, my heart warms me,” King said. “And I am very happy that it can be for Louisville.”
The cardinal launches repeatedly resolved with problems until they could not at the top of the novena.
“In the end, we probably surprised everyone,” said Beavers coach Mitch Canham. “They bring the boys, we are finding ways to reach the base: beaten by launch, base blow, what you have.”
AIVA ARQUETTE ARTE TO THE CENTER OF THE LEFT IN THE FIRST LAUNCH OF WYATT DANILOWICZ, AND GAVIN TURLEY, WEBER AND AJ SINGER reached the bases without outs.
The state of Oregon tied it 6-All when the slow roller of Tyce Peterson looked at the Alicea glove in the campocorto and towards the garden grass, allowing two races to write down. Tucker Biven (5-0) struck Jacob Krieg and Carson Mcentire got Reeder to come out.
“You knew they were going to make a demonstration there late,” McDonnell said. “And we launched very well, but one of his best batters jumps on a heater, and his other best batter (Turley) fights a ball and falls. It's like, it's okay, you're here now; you'll have to grind this and win it. And they made us win it.”
The Beavers played as independent this year and will return to the next season before the PAC-12 ramps turn in 2026-27. They had only 19 games at regular seasonal house, they registered almost 25,000 air miles and won enough to be the national seed number 8 in the NCAA tournament. They won five elimination games in regional and super regional.
“What season we had. What a race,” said Arquette.
