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Louisville Baseball Walks Off Oregon State to Book CWS Semifinals Matchup

This was an awesome way to win the baseball game.

Madison Williams

Louisville baseball celebrates walking off Oregon State at the College World Series.
Louisville baseball celebrates walking off Oregon State at the College World Series. / NCAA Baseball/Screengrab

The Louisville Cardinals baseball team advanced to the College World Series semifinals thanks to an electric walk-off win in the bottom of the ninth inning against Oregon State on Tuesday.

Oregon State tied the game at 6-6 during the top of the ninth. The Cardinals responded by loading the bases in the bottom of ninth. Louisville's Eddie King Jr. then hit a sacrifice fly to center field, giving Alex Alicea enough time to run home from third base to record the winning run for a 7-6 victory.

Alicea remained on home plate to savor the moment as he was clearly emotional. The rest of his team ran onto the field to celebrate the Cardinals' win. The team was chanting "Eddie!" to celebrate the right fielder's big moment.

Oregon State was eliminated from the CWS after its second loss of the tournament.

Louisville will go on to face Coastal Carolina in the semifinals for a chance to book a trip to the CWS championship series this weekend.

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MADISON WILLIAMS

Madison Williams is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated, where she specializes in tennis but covers a wide range of sports from a national perspective. Before joining SI in 2022, Williams worked at The Sporting News. Having graduated from Augustana College, she completed a master’s in sports media at Northwestern University. She is a dog mom and an avid reader.

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