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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
