Bats Pick Up Much-Needed Win Against Sounds 5-3
The Louisville Bats picked up a much needed 5-3 victory after pitching shut down the Nashville Sounds offense late in the game on Saturday night at First Horizon Park. The Bats’ defense was the first to make a play in the bottom of the second. With two outs and two
The Louisville Bats picked up a much needed 5-3 victory after pitching shut down the Nashville Sounds offense late in the game on Saturday night at First Horizon Park.
The Bats’ defense was the first to make a play in the bottom of the second. With two outs and two men on, a single was roped to Jay Allen II, who came up gunning to home and getting the runner out at the plate to end the inning without allowing a run.
The offense for Louisville picked Allen II up in the top of the third, scoring two as Francisco Urbaez smacked a double to left, and Leo Balcazar scored Urbaez with a single to put the Bats up 2-0.
One inning later, Orlando Arcia crushed a solo homer. It is his second with the Bats and puts them up 3-0.
Louisville starter Jose Acuna exited the game after 3.0 scoreless innings, where he allowed just two hits and struck out four while walking two.
With new arm Darius Vines in, Nashville got on the board with an RBI double by Ramón Rodriguez. Shortly after, another run would score on an infield single, and the Louisville lead was cut quickly to 3-2.
The Sounds tied things up in the bottom half of the fifth with a single by Jeferson Quero, turning things quickly into a 3-3 ballgame.
Nashville starter Tate Kuehner made his exit after 5.0 innings, where he allowed three runs on four hits, striking out three and walking one.
The Bats reclaimed the lead in the top of the seventh, where they loaded the bases with one out, and Urbaez came through with a knock that squeaked past the infield via an error. That scored two runs, and made the lead 5-3 in favor of Louisville.
Connor Phillips shut down the Nashville offense for 2.0 innings, going perfect in his stint with three strikeouts. Hunter Parks came in for the ninth and shut things down on his end, and the Bats picked up their first win of the series, 5-3.
Jared Lyons (W, 2-5) picked up the win for going 1.1 innings, allowing one hit and one walk while striking out one. Gerson Garabito (L, 3-4) picks up the loss for allowing the two runs in the seventh that gave Louisville the lead. Parks finished the win for his team-leading ninth save.
The Bats (59-76, 20-42 2nd half) continue their series with the Sounds (75-61, 32-30 2nd half) on Thursday night. First pitch is set for 7:35 pm EST. Nick Curran will be on the call on Sports Talk 790.