Zion Rose dropped in an opposite field single down the right-field line to drive in Jake Munroe and Eddie King Jr. to give Louisville a 4-3 lead in the eighth inning. Munroe led off the eighth by reaching on an error by Arizona shortstop Mason White. King and Tague Davis followed with consecutive singles, setting up Rose's RBI hit.

Arizona and Louisville baseball look to avoid elimination in the College World Series. Follow live updates as the Wildcats and Cardinals face off:

Exciting college baseball action out of Omaha, Nebraska, takes place on Sunday as Arizona and Louisville face off in game five of the competition. This will be an elimination game for these two programs,

Louisville Cardinals baseball won an NCAA CWS elimination baseball game vs Arizona. Three takeaways from UofL baseball's NCAA Tournament win:

The Cards have another 27 outs to play with because Louisville punished Arizona with six runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat the Wildcats, 8-3.

OMAHA, Neb. - Making their sixth all-time appearance in the College World Series, the Louisville baseball program is already on the brink of elimination, and will take on Arizona in the 0-1 game with their season on the line.

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.

The ghosts of the old Pac-12 will be lurking at Charles Schwab Field this weekend when the College World Series opens. Oregon State, UCLA and Arizona will be back in Omaha, where they combined for seven of the 24 national baseball championships won by the conference.