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OMAHA, NE. — Revenge was served hot on Tuesday afternoon. On an 80-degree overcast day with thunderstorms looming, Eddie King Jr.'s sacrifice fly scored Alex Alicea to give Louisville baseball its first win over Oregon State, 7-6, during the second-round elimination game at Charles Schwab Field. King finished with two hits, three RBI and countless chants of his name before and after his final at-bat. "I struck out on a call I didn't like," Jake Munroe said. "I was upset about it, did a little 360, saw Eddie, and I said, 'Oh, yeah, we're good.' That's the special thing about this lineup." The Cardiac Cardinals (42-23) flipped the script on Oregon State after the Beavers' 4-3 walk-off win to open the College World Series on Friday. But they had momentum on their side and fended off Oregon State's ninth-inning rally, keeping their season alive. Scoring the game-winning run was a moment of redemption for Alicea, who had a crucial error in the top of the ninth inning. His failed fielding attempt allowed the Beavers to score two runs and tie the game before the Cardinals retired the next three batters. Alicea drew a leadoff walk and moved up on two Oregon State errors — catcher's interference and a mishandled bunt. "I knew when Alex got on in the ninth, we win this game, the shirt's going to Alex," U of L coach Dan McDonnell said. "Nobody felt worse than he did, and believe me, as his coach, I have to admit I'm responsible for the way he attacks that ball. ... I feel awful as the coach. My star shortstop feels awful. I'm obviously not wanting to lose this game for a lot of reasons, but there's no way I want Alex to blame himself." Tucker Biven (5-0) earned the win for Louisville after holding Oregon State to one hit and fanning two in the final inning. Biven entered the game with a 2-0 pitch count, two on and none out. "Tucker Biven is the guy that walks up to (pitching coach Roger) Williams with his cleats on in the seventh and says, 'I'm pitching tonight, like, I'm ready. I'm going down there,'" McDonnell said. "It wasn't like we told Tucker to go down there. ... It's not easy to take the ball out of his hands. But how do you not love that in a pitcher?"
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