Louisville Bats Notes: 7-15-19
Game 94, Away 46Louisville Bats (35-58) at Pawtucket Red Sox (37-55)RHP Tejay Antone (2-2, 4.87) vs. LHP Kyle Hart (4-3, 3.60)7:05 PM | Monday, July 15, 2019 | McCoy StadiumLISTEN: Nick Curran, 790 KRD; iHeartRadio.com; iHeart app
Game 94, Away 46
Louisville Bats (35-58) at Pawtucket Red Sox (37-55)
RHP
7:05 PM | Monday, July 15, 2019 | McCoy Stadium
LISTEN: Nick Curran, 790 KRD; iHeartRadio.com; iHeart app
ROAD ISLAND: The Bats travel to Pawtucket for a four-game series against the top farm club of the Boston Red Sox. Louisville looks to win 3 of their last 4 tonight with right-hander
AGAINST PAWTUCKET: Louisville will play its 30th series of 2019 against the PawSox, last meeting in a 3-game series from June 11-13 at Louisville Slugger Field with Pawtucket taking 2 of 3 from the Bats. Through the first 184 all-time matchups between the clubs, the series is in a 92-92 deadlock.
25 HOME RUNS: Center fielder
- It's the 11th time a Louisville player has eclipsed the 25 mark in franchise history (since 1982), with O'Grady chasing Mike Calise's franchise-record 33 home runs hit for the 1982 Redbirds.
C.C. FIFTY:
SOMEBODY'S CLOSER: With 110 home runs as a team this season, Louisville is just 3 away from the 113 they hit in 2018. LOU is averaging 1.18 homers per game (110 HR in 93 G) this season, compared to 0.80 homers per game (113 HR in 137 G) last season. At their current pace, the Bats are on schedule to tie their franchise-record 166 home runs hit by the 1999 Redbirds.
UP NORTH: Louisville still has yet to travel to play 4 of the 6 IL North Division teams on the road, and will knock out half of those this trip against Pawtucket and Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. The Bats have yet to play 3 IL North teams at all this season: Scranton, Rochester and Lehigh Valley.
LONG DIVISION IS OVER: The Bats just finished playing a stretch of 18 consecutive games against fellow IL West Division opponents Columbus, Indianapolis and Toledo, lasting from June 24-July 14. Louisville went 7-11 during the stretch, 6-6 at home and 1-5 on the road.
SCHEBLER UPDATE: Outfielder