Dan McDonnell admits he’s stubborn when it comes to weather and baseball. He thought about playing two games Saturday because of a bad weather forecast.
The forecast for Sunday would be accurate. Louisvillians waking up to rain pounding on rooftops, the soaking continuing throughout the morning and well into the afternoon.
No way U of L is playing St. John’s is there? Not during a steady drizzle. Out of curiosity, the wipers going full blast, the observer tunes in 1570 on the car radio at one o’clock.
Surprise. Sean Moth is behind the microphone, calling the game. Not sounding good, Louisville behind 2-0 after three innings.
The next inning, however, Stewart Ijames will hit his 45th home run as a Cardinal, his 12th this season sending Ty Young across the plate and tying the score. UofL will score four more in the sixth on a bases-loaded double by Kyle Gibson, who would score on a suicide squeeze bunt by Cole Stugeon.
Freshman Jared Ruxer picking up his seven win against one loss, thanks to some timely relief pitching by the versatile Sturgeon who cleans up Derek Self’s bases-loaded quagmire in the eighth inning, Louisville hanging on for a 6-4 win.
Rain or shine, McDonnell was going to make this game happen. The win returns UofL to one game behind St. John’s with three league games remaining.