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

It was Louisville baseball vs Arizona in an NCAA CWS elimination game in Omaha. The Louisville Cardinals won and stayed alive in the NCAA Tournament.

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.

In 2023, 8-year-old Rylan Koch was drafted to the Arizona Baseball team through Team IMPACT. The non-profit pairs kids facing serious illness and disability to college sports teams across the country.

The Wildcats lost the opener of the College World Series in a game full of quirks — a balk, fan interference, hits batsmen, and what Arizona coach Chip Hale called