OMAHA — Arizona was hoping to get some payback Sunday at the College World Series in its rematch against Louisville.

And while much was made of the Southeastern Conference earning eight of the top 16 seeds in the tournament, only Arkansas and LSU made it to Omaha, Neb. More: Texas baseball report card: The good and bad of Horns' debut SEC season Those two SEC teams will face each other in the opening round,

Arizona starter Smith Bailey held that 3-1 lead until the seventh inning, when Louisville led off with a Garret Pike double and bunt single from Neighbors. Bailey was relieved by Garrett Hicks, who allowed a sacrifice fly by Lucas Moore.

With two outs and Wells Sykes on second base after a two-out double, Arizona coach Chip Hale elected to intentionally walk Coastal catcher Caden Bodine in favor of facing Sebastian Alexander even though Bodine had stranded four runners in the second and fourth innings.

The CWS often boils down to manufactured runs. Arizona will have to hammer out four games worth of them just to make the championship series. Step one: Winning the 1

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