By Josh Cook

Another night, another four-run first inning, another game with a few home runs, another victory.

That's what we've come to expect of the Louisville Bats in recent weeks. And that's what they delivered again Wednesday night.

Louisville won their season-high sixth straight game, beating Charlotte 7-5 in front of 8,140 fans at Louisville Slugger Field.

Eastern's Lyonell Gaines is one of the top prospects in Region Seven. Now the 6-foot-4 forward is looking for a place to play in college. I caught up with Gaines and spoke with him about his recruitment.

Gaines averaged nearly 14 points per game this past season, as he helped lead the Eagles to a 21-9 record.

"The summer ids going pretty good," Gaines said. "I'm just trying to get better. I'm struggling with my shot right now, so I'm working on that."

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.

By Josh Cook
It seems the only thing that can slow down the Louisville Bats right now is Mother Nature.

By Josh Cook

After this eight-game road trip is complete the Louisville Bats might want to consider changing their nickname to the Big Bats.

That's because the Bats have hit three or more home runs in five of seven games so far on an eight-game road swing away from Louisville Slugger Field.

They did it again Sunday, hitting four more big flies on their way to an 8-3 win over the host Gwinnett Braves at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville, Ga.

By Josh Cook

It was a night of sacrifice for the Louisville Bats.

The Bats scored all of their runs via the sacrifice fly as they beat the Gwinnett Braves 3-2 Saturday at Coolray Field in Lawrenceville, Ga.

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

After a one-game hiatus the Louisville Bats' recent power surge returned.

The Bats hit four home runs on their way to an 11-7 win over host Charlotte at Knights Stadium on Thursday night. That gave Louisville 13 homers in its four-game series at Charlotte and an International League-best 110 for the season.

The long ball helped the Bats (50-50) rally from an early 4-1 deficit as they returned to .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.

By Josh Cook

The home runs just keep on coming for the Louisville Bats.

And so do the victories.

Monday they hit a season-high tying four round-trippers - including three in the ninth inning - in an 11-2 win at Charlotte. Tuesday afternoon they set a new season high with five big flies in an 8-4 win at Knights Stadium in Charlotte, N.C.