Louisville baseball completes Seton Hall series sweep, closing weekend with 6-2 win at home

Cardinals finish three-game weekend set with Sunday win at Jim Patterson Stadium

Louisville completed a three-game sweep of Seton Hall on Sunday, March 8, 2026, with a 6-2 victory at Jim Patterson Stadium. The result followed two earlier wins in the series, a 16-1 run-rule decision on Friday, March 6, and a 13-3 win on Saturday, March 7.

The Sunday finale was comparatively tighter on the scoreboard, but Louisville again paired early scoring with sustained pressure at the plate. Louisville totaled 12 hits and scored in five different innings, while Seton Hall finished with five hits and committed three errors.

How Louisville built the lead

Louisville opened the scoring in the second inning when Kade Elam delivered an RBI single. Tague Davis extended the advantage in the third with a solo home run to center field, his eighth of the season. In the fifth, Bayram Hot added a two-run home run to left that pushed the margin to 4-0.

Seton Hall’s first run came in the seventh inning, and the Pirates threatened further damage with the bases loaded and the tying run at the plate. Louisville limited the rally in that frame, and later added insurance in the seventh when Jimmy Nugent hit his first home run in a Louisville uniform.

• Louisville scoring plays: Elam RBI single (2nd), Davis solo homer (3rd), Hot two-run homer (5th), additional RBI single by Alex Alicea (6th), Nugent solo homer (7th).
• All nine Louisville starters recorded at least one hit; Elam, Nugent and Alicea each had two.

Pitching and late-inning management

Starter Jake Bean earned the win, working six scoreless innings before departing in the seventh after a leadoff walk. Louisville’s bullpen navigated Seton Hall’s most significant scoring threat of the afternoon during the seventh inning, preserving the lead as the Pirates attempted to climb back into the game.

The sweep moved Louisville to 10-5 overall and 9-3 at home this season, while Seton Hall fell to 4-7.

What comes next

Louisville’s schedule continues with a two-game midweek home set against Marshall on Tuesday, March 10, and Wednesday, March 11. The Cardinals are then set to begin Atlantic Coast Conference play at home against Notre Dame on Friday, March 13, starting a stretch that will provide an early benchmark against league competition.

From a results standpoint, the Seton Hall series offered a clear pattern: Louisville generated runs in volume in the first two games and finished the weekend by executing in a more incremental, situational way. With conference play imminent, the Cardinals will carry both the sweep and the home-field momentum into the next phase of the season.