Big East: Rutgers Forces One More Game

By Grant Tunkel - May 25, 2007

Rutgers withstood three Louisville rallies to win 12-10 and force another game between the two teams later today at 5 pm.

There certainly wasn't a shortage of offense. After Rutgers took a 2-0 lead in the first, Louisville fought back with 3 runs of its own to grab the lead. Rutgers put up 3 more in the 5th before falling behind 6-5 when Louisville scored 1 in the 3rd and 2 in the 5th. After Rutgers put up 6 in the 7th and 1 in the 8th, Louisville answered back with 3 in the bottom half of the 8th. But they could not muster anything more, and Rutgers held on.

The Scarlet Knights managed to score 12 runs only 10 hits and committed an error, while the Cardinals scored 10 runs on 10 hits and committed 2 errors.

Our next game features UConn and USF, with the Huskies needing a win to stay alive. A victory for the Bulls would advance them to the championship game.

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