Arizona starter Smith Bailey held that 3-1 lead until the seventh inning, when Louisville led off with a Garret Pike double and bunt single from Neighbors. Bailey was relieved by Garrett Hicks, who allowed a sacrifice fly by Lucas Moore.

The Arizona Wildcats and Louisville Cardinals meet up in Omaha on Sunday with their NCAA Men’s College World Series hopes on the line in the first elimination game of the tournament. Both teams had high hopes coming into the Men’s College World Series, but found themselves on the losing end of a couple of tough battles.

The No. 21 University of Arizona baseball team (44-21, 18-12 in Big 12) capped off its season after facing a heartbreaking 8-3 loss on Sunday, June 15, to the University of Louisville in an elimination game at the College World Series at Charles Schwab Field in Omaha,