LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Lipscomb baseball played Louisville for the second straight day during the midweek. The Bisons held a 7-6 lead needing just three outs, but Louisville tied it in the ninth and won on a walk-off single in the tenth. 

The Bisons struck first in the second meeting between the two ball clubs. Trace Willhoite plated Berg on a single through the left side, and then a double to the right field wall from Austin Kelly put the Bisons up 2-0 in their first opportunities of the day. 

Lipscomb took advantage of some mistakes by the Cardinals in the second inning to plate two runs, scoring on a fielding error by Louisville's first basemen and then a bases-loaded hit-by-pitch to go up 4-0. 

Trace Willhoite later recorded his second RBI of the day on a sacrifice fly to plate the Bisons' third run of the frame and put the Bisons up 5-0 early.

Louisville got a run back in the bottom of the second on a single to first with the bases full, but with the bases still jammed, the Bisons worked to get out of the inning without allowing any more runs through.

In the fifth, Parks Bouck singled through the left side to score Trace Willhoite to add another run to the Bisons lead, but the Cardinals drew closer in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run homer to left, cutting their deficit in half (6-4). 

Trace Willhoite continued his success outing against the Cardinals with a solo blast in the seventh inning to get one run back and push the Bisons lead back out to three.

However, Louisville would not go away as the Cardinals cut the Bisons lead down to a run with another two-run home run in the eighth. They then tied it with a run in the ninth to force extra innings. 

After no runs in the tenth and for the last three innings by the Bisons, Louisville walked it off with an RBI single to right center for a 8-7 win in comeback fashion. 

POSTGAME NOTES

• After winning the previous two meetings in the last two seasons, the Bisons dropped both meetings with the Cardinals this week.
• Louisville outhit Lipscomb 16-11 in game two. 
• Lipscomb scored five runs in the first two innings but just two in the final eight. 
• Trace Willhoite finished with three hits in four at-bats with three RBI, including a solo home run in the seventh.
• Chandler Giles got the start, and allowed just two runs, one of them unearned, on seven hits with three strikeouts in a little over six innings of work. 

UP NEXT
The Bisons will begin conference play at home with a weekend series against Austin Peay on Friday, March 15, with a 3 p.m. CT first pitch at Ken Dugan Field. For more information on Bisons Baseball, check lipscombsports.com or follow the team's social media accounts (@lipscombbaseball on IG and @BisonBaseball on X).