OMAHA, Neb. — The University of Louisville Cardinal baseball team is back in Omaha for the College World Series. They will face Oregon State Friday at 7 p.m. in the first round of the tournament. The tournament has been in Omaha for 75 years, and this is the Cards’ sixth appearance.

Louisville dropped its College World Series opener in walk-off fashion, falling 4-3 to Oregon State. But if you’re looking for who helped himself most on college baseball’s biggest stage, it might be the Cardinals’ 6-foot-3 right-hander from Bowling Green.

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