Louisville rallies, beats North Carolina in extra innings after bomb threat delays game

Louisville’s baseball game against North Carolina was postponed in the sixth inning on Sunday afternoon due to a bomb threat, according to ESPN’s Pete Thamel.

The game was “temporarily suspended,” Louisville said, in the sixth inning and about 2,000 fans were evacuated out of Jim Patterson Stadium.

Neither team elaborated on why the game was suspended on Twitter, but Louisville’s official university account later confirmed that a bomb threat was received at the stadium.

The school said that the threat originated from an online forum used by students and was then reported.

"We take all threats as credible until we determine otherwise," John Drees, a university spokesman, told ESPN. "At this point, they are about to begin sweeping the stadium."

Officials and police searched the stadium, but didn't find anything, per the report. The schools planned to resume the game and finished it as scheduled after about a two-hour delay. Fans, however, were not allowed back in.

North Carolina held a 5-1 lead over Louisville when play was first suspended.

Though the delay slowed things down, it seemed to be just the break Louisville needed.

After rallying back to tie the game up in the ninth and force extra innings, Isaac Humphrey hit a walk-off in the 14th inning to give the Cardinals the win.