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Bats' 2010 review: Part IV - Francisco, LeCure and le comeback begins [Sports]

Take a look back at the remarkable season of the 2010 Louisville Bats. This is the fourth part of a series that will recap Louisville's drive for a third straight International League West title.

This is the fourth part in a series that looks back at the remarkable season of the 2010 Louisville Bats.

By Josh Cook

Louisville came into May like a lamb...to the slaughter.

Bulls beat Bats 6-2 to even series [Sports]

The Durham Bulls evened the Governors’ Cup playoff series Thursday night by beating the Louisville Bats 6-2 at Louisville Slugger Field. Five Durham pitchers limited Louisville to four hits, while the Bulls scored five runs in the first five innings to tie the best-of-five series at 1-all. The series concludes in Durham over the weekend.

By Josh Cook

Five Durham pitchers limited Louisville to four hits as the Bulls evened their playoff series with the Bats on Thursday night.

Sparked by that pitching, and some early offense, Durham denied Louisville a 2-0 lead in the Governors’ Cup playoffs by beating the Bats 6-2 at Louisville Slugger Field to knot the series at 1-all.  

Mud Hens make quick work of Bats; Louisville falls a half-game behind Columbus [Sports]

A pair of pitchers limited Louisville to only four hits as the host Toledo Mud Hens beat the Bats 4-1 in just two hours and six minutes at Fifth Third Field on Tuesday night. The loss dropped Louisville a half-game behind Columbus in the International League West with six games remaining in the regular season. But the good news is the Bats lead Buffalo and Syracuse by four games in the IL wildcard race.

By Josh Cook

It was a quick and costly loss for the Louisville Bats on Tuesday night.

A pair of pitchers limited Louisville to only four hits as the host Toledo Mud Hens beat the Bats 4-1 in just two hours and six minutes at Fifth Third Field.

Columbus clips Bats 9-8 to end 11-game win streak [Sports]

Jared Goedert's two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning gave the Columbus Clippers a 9-8 come-from-behind victory over Louisville to end the Bats' 11-game winning streak.

By Josh Cook

The Columbus Clippers clipped the Louisville Bats' win streak at 11. With a little assist from Mother Nature.

Jared Goedert's two-run double in the bottom of the eighth inning gave the host Clippers a 9-8 comeback victory over the Bats at Huntington Park on Wednesday afternoon.

Louisville, in search of its franchise record-tying 12th straight victory, led 8-7 when rain delayed the game one hour and 20 minutes.

Balentien's two homers, six RBIs help Bats beat Braves 7-4 [Sports]

Louisville Bats right fielder Wladimir Balentien, left, hit a pair of three-run homers to help Louisville beat host Gwinnett and climb above .500 for the first time since April 12.

By Josh Cook

Wladimir Balentien almost single-handedly beat the Gwinnett Braves on Friday night.

The right fielder hit a pair of three-run homers to lead the Louisville Bats to a 7-4 win over the host Braves at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville, Ga.

Balentien's bombs - he hit one in the first inning and another in the third - helped the Bats (51-50) climb over .500 since they were 3-2 on April 12.

Knights hold Bats to four hits, beat them 2-1 [Sports]

The Charlotte Knights limited the Louisville Bats, who had 26 hits in their previous two games, to only four hits Wednesday night in a 2-1 win at Knights Stadium as the Bats fell back below .500 for the season.

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.

Bats release reliever Jon Adkins [Sports]

The Louisville Bats have released reliever Jon Adkins, who last month became the franchise leader in career save and was leading the team in that category this season.

By Josh Cook

Reliever Jon Adkins, who has struggled since his return to the Louisville Bats, has been released by the team.

That despite the fact that he leads the team with 10 saves and earlier this month became the franchise's all-time leader in that category.

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