Bats Can'T Match Mud Hens in First Game of Homestand,
August 3, 2016 - International League (IL1)
Louisville Bats News Release
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Louisville Bats lost 9-5 to the Toledo Mud Hens in the first game of a six-game homestand Wednesday night at Louisville Slugger Field.
In the top of the third inning, Steven Moya continued his dominance over the Bats this season with a two-run RBI single to give the Mud Hens a 2-0 lead.
Right-hander Robert Stephenson (6-8, 4.10) tossed six innings in the loss and gave up two runs on five hits and struck out six batters. Stephenson threw 107 pitches, 64 for strikes.
The Bats got on the board in the seventh when a wild pitch scored Dilson Herrera from third, making it 2-1 Mud Hens.
Toledo starter, left-hander Chad Bell (8-4, 3.99) earned the win after he threw five and one-third inning, gave up one run on six hits and struck out five.
In relief for Stephenson, righty Dayan Diaz came in and surrendered four runs, extending the Mud Hens lead to 6-1 in the seventh.
Beau Amaral's first RBI with the Bats was a double to right, scoring Juan Perez and cutting the Bats deficit to four runs. In the next at-bat, Herrera tripled home Amaral and crossed the plate himself on Jose Peraza's groundout. The three run seventh inning tightened the score to 6-4 Mud Hens.
In the eighth, off right-hander Stephen Johnson, Argenis Diaz teed off and made it 7-4 Mud Hens. The Mud Hens added two more with a Moya two-run blast to make it 9-4.
The Bats wouldn't go down quietly as they put up one more run in the eighth inning to inch to a four-run deficit. For the second straight day, Hernan Iribarren pitched for the Bats and on his second pitch induced an inning-ending double play.
The Bats and Mud Hens will complete this five-game split series tomorrow at 7:05 at Louisville Slugger Field. Left-hander Amir Garrett (2-2, 3.31) will face lefty Daniel Norris (4-7, 4.88). This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.
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