Cardinals power past Knights 14‑7 behind Elam’s two homers
LOUISVILLE (Interstat) — Kade Elam homered twice, driving in three runs, and Tague Davis added a two-run homer as Louisville rallied from a seven-run deficit to beat Bellarmine 14-7 on Tuesday night at Jim Patterson Stadium.
The Knights jumped to a 7-0 lead after two innings, using a two-run double by J. Bell and a two-run single by E. Watson in the first, then adding three more runs in the second. But the Cardinals answered with nine runs in the third inning, including Davis’s homer and Elam’s first blast, to take a 9-7 lead. Elam homered again in the seventh, and Louisville added insurance runs on a two-run single by Moore and a sacrifice fly in the eighth.
Louisville’s bullpen held Bellarmine scoreless over the final six innings. Tanner Thomas pitched 1⅔ innings of one-hit relief, striking out one. Eli Hoyt, Jake Gregor and TJ Schlageter each tossed a scoreless inning. Raygan New took the loss for the Knights.
Louisville improved to 28-25, while Bellarmine dropped to 19-31. The Cardinals had 16 hits to the Knights’ nine.