Just when it seemed the University of Louisville baseball team was damn near invincible, the bats went wimpy in a 5-3 loss to Clemson, putting an Atlantic Coast Conference championship in doubt.
Brendan McKay hitting the wall on Friday, having trouble finding the strike zone. When he did find it, his pitches looked like beach balls to Clemson, good for four home runs. Reed Rohlman, who entered the game without a home run in his first 57 games of the season, had two of them.
Better for that winning streak to end this week than next week. The good thing about winning an Atlantic Coast Conference baseball tournament championship is that it’s only important to the team that wins it.
Drew Harrison, the ACC pitcher of the year, will be on the mound for the University of Louisville against Virginia. The odds of winning the tourney are long for UofL at this point, but Harrington (11-1) usually takes care of business.