Louisville-North Carolina Baseball Game Suspended Due to Bomb Threat

The Tar Heels were leading the Cardinals 5-1 at time of suspension.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Sunday’s game between the Louisville and North Carolina baseball programs was indefinitely suspended due to a bomb threat called into Jim Patterson Stadium.

The Jefferson County Sheriff’s office told Louisville Report that they were informed of a bomb threat discovered on a “baseball-based public forum similar to Reddit” by a 911 call placed around 2:22 p.m, and suspended the UofL-UNC rubber match in the top of the sixth inning. The Tar Heels were leading the Cardinals 5-1 at time of suspension.

With the bases loaded and one out for UNC, the umpiring crew gathered with the two managers at home plate, and immediately dispersed. An announcement over the Jim Patterson Stadium PA system, made shortly before 3:00 p.m., called for the 2,603 fans in attendance to calmly evacuate the stadium due to a “stadium emergency that’s being addressed.”

Bomb sniffing dogs from LMPD’s Bomb Detection Unit entered Jim Patterson Stadium around 4:00 p.m., and gave the all clear sign around roughly 4:45 p.m. The game will resume at 5:10 p.m., and fans will not be allowed back inside the stadium.

North Carolina took game one of the series on Friday, with Louisville responding in game two with a walk off victory.

(Photo of Jim Patterson Stadium via University of Louisville Athletics) 

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