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From left, Missouri’s Jacob Priday, John McKee and Brant Combs linger in the dugout after yesterday’s 16-6 loss to Louisville in the Columbia Regional final. The Tigers fell behind 8-0 in the first inning and couldn’t recover. Read the Article

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Cardinals deal Tigers crushing defeat
By MATT NESTOR of the Tribune’s staff
Apparently, Chris Dominguez likes playing the villain. When the Louisville third baseman hit the go-ahead home run in the eighth inning Sunday night, he barked at the Missouri players and dugout throughout his long, slow home-run trot, drawing the ire of the Tigers and their fans.

Louisville gets last word in regional to remember
By JOE WALLJASPER Tribune sports editor
After Sunday’s night’s dramatic victory over Missouri, Louisville baseball Coach Dan McDonnell hoped in vain that the crimes against humility perpetrated by third baseman Chris Dominguez wouldn’t overshadow what the gritty Cardinals had accomplished in the Columbia Regional.

Chip shot dooms Mabry at Open qualifier
By STEVE WALENTIK of the Tribune’s staff
MISSION HILLS, Kan. - There was a quiver in his voice as Chris Mabry spoke only a dozen or so paces off the 18th green at Indian Hills Country Club, site of one of 14 sectional qualifiers played yesterday to finalize the field for the 2007 U.S. Open.

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