CARDS DEFEAT F.A.U. BUT GET POUNDED BY PURDUE
A tale of two games on Sunday in 85 degree Boca Raton (doesn't that temperature sound wonderful today, Louisvillians? )
The Cards ran into a Purdue squad in the first game of the day...the Boilermakers decided to exercise their bats against Brooke Gray and two other Cards pitchers. Refusing to pay the ridiculous prices the FloSoftball bandits wanted to see the contests, i followed on StatBroadcast and watched in dismay as the Boilermakers unloaded on the Cards circle starter in the first inning with three runs.
Gray would survive that and get two outs in the second inning before the Cards decided to go with Sam Booe, ...but Purdue scored four more runs and four hits in the the top of the fourth to take a commanding 7-2 lead.
Louisville's two runs (to that point of the contest) came when Maddi Grant singled home Madison Pickens in the second, and Ally Alexander scored on a sacrifice fly in the third.
it was the seventh inning before the teams scored again. Purdue put up their final two runs on a passed ball and a single with runners on second and third. Louisville would add just a ru in the bottom of the seventh...Alexander scoring on a wild throw to second after a Bri Despains single.
In the second game, against host FAU, FAU and tournament organizers decided to open the viewing up where the common fan could watch without having to dig into their pocketbook.
Alyssa Zabala, the ace on the Louisville pitching staff, took the circle and delivered a shutout...yes, FAU piled up 11 hits, but they did not push a runner across the plate, (and that's pretty much the name of the game...scoring).
The Cards got their first two runs in the second inning....Pickens scoring on a sacrifice fly and freshman Taylor Monroe came home on a fellow freshman...Jordan Williams.... single.
Louisville would add a third run in the top of the third when Easton Lotus scored on a sacrifice geound out from DeSpines.
The Cards final run came in the fifth when Alexander came home on a DeSpines single.
Louisville faces USF next, in Tampa, on Feb 19th
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