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LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Senior Matt Davis' solo blast in the top of the ninth tied the game; however, a walk-off single by junior Adam Duvall in the bottom half of the inning ended the Colonels’ upset bid as the visiting Eastern Kentucky University baseball team fell to #26 Louisville, 9-8, Wednesday at Jim Patterson Stadium.

The Colonels jumped on Louisville early. Sophomore Jayson Langfels, who was second in the country with eight triples last season, ripped an RBI triple to center in his first at bat of the season, scoring senior Aaron Barrows. Two Cardinal errors allowed three more Colonels to cross the plate as EKU took a 4-0 lead midway through the first.

Louisville responded in their half of the inning, however. Junior Andrew Clark matched Langfels with an RBI triple of his own and then scored on a single by junior Chris Dominguez. A double from freshman Ryan Wright plated Dominguez and sophomore Phil Wunderlich to knot the score, 4-4, through one.

EKU retook the lead, 5-4, in the second after sophomore Ryan Faidley walked and then later scored on an RBI groundout by Davis.

Freshman Matt Harris, in his Colonel debut, held Louisville scoreless through the third and fourth, striking out Dominguez, a preseason first team All-American, with two outs and two men on to silence a potential rally in the fourth.

EKU added an insurance run in the fifth when senior Tyler Rehmel scored Davis with a double to center that made it 6-4. However, a bases-clearing triple by Dominguez in the bottom of the sixth gave the Cardinals their first lead of the game, 7-6. A fielder’s choice by Wright later scored Dominguez to push Louisville’s lead to 8-6.

EKU got one run back in the seventh when Rehmel laced another RBI double down the right field line, again scoring Davis.

After a scoreless eighth from both teams, Davis, with one out in the ninth, launched a shot off Louisville reliever Tony Zych over the wall in left center to tie the game, 8-8. It was the Colonels’ first home run of the season.

Sophomore reliever Matt Fyffe walked the first batter he faced in the bottom of the ninth, junior Jeff Arnold. After Arnold advanced to second on a fielder’s choice, Duvall ripped an RBI single down the left field line that ended the game.

Fyffe (0-1) picked up the loss, going two innings and allowing just one run on three hits. Junior Jim Clancy started the game for EKU and went two innings, giving up four runs on five hits. Harris allowed one hit and no runs through the third and fourth. Freshman Greg Terry made his Colonel debut in the fifth, working two innings and allowing four runs on three hits.

Davis batted 2-for-4 on the day with two RBI and three runs scored. Rehmel, meanwhile, went 2-for-4 with three RBI and a run scored.

Zych (1-0) got the win for Louisville, pitching the final three innings while allowing just one run on two hits. Sophomore Bob Revesz started the game for the Cardinals and went 4.1 innings, giving up six runs and five hits. Sophomore Gabriel Shaw pitched the fifth and sixth and allowed just one run on two hits.

Offensively, the Cardinals were led by Dominguez, who went 3-for-5 with four RBI and two runs scored, and sophomore Nate Holland, who batted 3-for-3 with a run scored.

The baseball Colonels return to action this weekend when they host Buffalo and IPFW in the Logan’s Roadhouse Leadoff Tournament. EKU’s first game is scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Friday against IPFW.