NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Just like during the regular season, the latest installment of the Louisville-Vanderbilt baseball rivalry has the Cardinals coming out on top.
Taking on the No. 1 overall national seed Commodores in the 1-0 game of the Nashville Regional, second-seeded Louisville was able to pull off the upset yet again in their postseason rematch, securing a 3-2 victory on Saturday at Hawkins Field.
The Cardinals (37-21) capture their first true road NCAA Tournament win in 12 years, when they, ironically, swept the Commodores (43-17) in the 2013 Nashville Super Regional. Also securing a 5-4 win in the Battle of the Barrel back on May 6 at Jim Patterson Stadium, it’s Louisville’s first time securing multiple wins over Vanderbilt in the same year since that 2013 season…