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Bulls blast Bats 8-1, force deciding game [Sports]
By Josh Cook
The Durham Bulls blasted the Louisville Bats on Saturday night to force a decisive fifth game in their playoff series.
Durham bombed Louisville starter Ben Jukich for an 8-1 win in the Governors’ Cup semifinals at Durham Bulls Athletic Park to even the best-of-five series at 2-all and force a win-or-go-home game at 5:05 p.m. Sunday.
Bats win game and division, again [Sports]
By Josh Cook
The Louisville Bats won a game, and a division, Monday afternoon.
The Bats beat the Indianapolis Indians 6-3 on Labor Day, the final day of the International League regular season, at Louisville Slugger Field. Louisville’s victory, coupled with Columbus’ 5-2 loss to Toledo, gave the Bats their third straight IL West title.
Jukich, Bats' bats too much for Mud Hens [Sports]
By Josh Cook
Ben Jukich and the Louisville Bats manhandled the Toledo Mud Hens on Wednesday night.
Jukich threw seven solid innings, while the Bats pounded out 11 hits to beat host Toledo 8-3 at Fifth Third Field.
The victory kept Louisville (77-61) a half-game behind Columbus (78-61), which beat Indianapolis 4-1 Wednesday, in the International League West with five games remaining in the regular season.
Chapman, Dorn, Castillo key Bats' ninth as they beat Clippers 2-1 [Sports]
By Josh Cook
Aroldis Chapman brought the heat, Danny Dorn brought the baserunning and Wilkin Castillo brought the big hit in the ninth inning Friday night for the Louisville Bats.
Indians rally to beat Bats 4-2, but Louisville still leads Clippers by half-game [Sports]
By Josh Cook
The Louisville Bats let one slip away.
The host Indianapolis Indians scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to beat the Bats 4-2 Sunday afternoon at Victory Field.
However despite the loss Louisville (72-56) maintained its half-game lead over Columbus (72-57) in the International League West because the Clippers lost 4-2 to Toledo on Sunday evening.
Home still sweet for the Bats [Sports]
By Josh Cook
A return to Louisville Slugger Field helped the Louisville Bats return to their winning way.
The Bats extended their franchise-record home winning streak to 12 games with an 8-5 victory over Syracuse on Tuesday night.
Bats eke out another win, beat Mud Hens 8-7 [Sports]
By Josh Cook
The Louisville Bats' recent one-run magic continued Tuesday night.
Wladimir Balentien's two-run double with two out in the top of the ninth gave the Bats an 8-7 win over host Toledo at Fifth Third Field.
Sutton's single gives Bats 10th win in a row [Sports]
By Josh Cook
Drew Sutton picked a fine time to break out of his slump.
Sutton's single in the bottom of the 11th inning gave the Louisville Bats a 3-2 win - their 10th straight victory - over International League West-leading Columbus on Sunday night at Louisville Slugger Field.
The game-winning hit snapped Sutton's 0-for-20 streak at the plate and gave Louisville its third walk-off win of the season.
Balentien's grand slam, and three big innings, help Bats bomb Knights [Sports]
By Josh Cook
The Louisville Bats started out with a bang Tuesday night, and didn't stop there.
Wladimir Balentien's first-inning grand slam got the Bats' offense going early, and it was only just the beginning as Louisville lambasted Charlotte 19-6 in front of 11,237 at Louisville Slugger Field.
Knights hold Bats to four hits, beat them 2-1 [Sports]
By Josh Cook
The Louisville Bats were powerless against the Charlotte Knights on Wednesday night.
In their previous two games against Charlotte the Bats had totaled 26 hits, including nine home runs. The latter helped them take over the International League lead in big flies at 106. However Wednesday night at Knights Stadium in Charlotte, N.C. the Louisville managed only four hits - two doubles and two singles - in a 2-1 loss to the Knights.
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