Barrero's 3 Hits, Runs Not Enough as Bats Walked Off
Nashville, Tenn. – Jose Barrero homered in the top of the 10th, but the Nashville Sounds battled back with two runs in the bottom of the frame and an RBI single from Derek Fisher in the 11th to walk off the Louisville Bats 5-4 Thursday night at First Horizon Park.
Nashville, Tenn. – Jose Barrero homered in the top of the 10th, but the Nashville Sounds battled back with two runs in the bottom of the frame and an RBI single from Derek Fisher in the 11th to walk off the Louisville Bats 5-4 Thursday night at First Horizon Park.
With one out and one on in the 10th, Barrero capped off a 3-for-4 outing from the plate with his third home run of the season to hand Louisville a two-run lead. However, a Bats throwing error on the lead runner at third base the bottom of the 10th helped set the stage for Nashville's two-run comeback before Fisher singled home the winning run with two outs in the 11th.
Bats starter Bo Takahashi cruised through his four frames, retiring nine of the first 10 batters. Nashville then strung together three straight hits in the home half of the fifth to plate the game’s first run. The Sounds added another tally on a bunt to make it 2-0 before Takahashi induced an inning-ending double play to limit further damage.
The right-hander recorded his team-high fourth quality start, finishing with two earned runs on five hits, while walking one and striking out six. He has tossed at least 5.0 innings in each of his last three starts.
Jose Barrero singled and scored in the sixth and walked and scored in the eighth to re-tie the game at two runs apiece. He finished tonight's contest with three runs, two RBI and three hits.
The two teams kick off the back half of their six-game series with a 8:05 p.m. first pitch from First Horizon Park Friday night. RHP Ashton Goudeau (1-2, 5.57) is scheduled to take the mound against Nashville’s RHP Thomas Jenkins (1-4, 6.66).