Big East: Someone's Going Home

By Grant Tunkel - May 25, 2007

We head to the 9th inning, and one team will be heading home after this inning, while the other will be headed to the Big East title game.

Louisville went 1-2-3 in the top half of the 8th, while Magnuson held down the fort in the bottom half, working around a leadoff single and a sacrifice bunt to strike out the final 2 batters of the inning.

But the Cardinals head to bat in the top of the 9th down 2 runs and down to their final 3 outs. They will send the 2-4 hitters to the plate, including Isaiah Howes, who has 3 homers today, including 1 in this game back in the 7th. Louisville will still face Sean Spicer, who thus far has given up 1 run on 4 hits over 99 pitches and 8 innings of work. This is only Spicer's 4th start of the year, and his longest outing.

3-1 Rutgers, end of 8.