Louisville Bats Notes: April 13
BATS AND PIGS BACK AT IT: The Louisville Bats and Lehigh Valley IronPigs play game two of a four-game set Friday night in Allentown. Last night was a continuation of Lehigh Valley's dominance against the Bats in their home ballpark, going 4-0 against Louisville at Coca-Cola Park in 2017. Last
BATS AND PIGS BACK AT IT: The Louisville Bats and Lehigh Valley IronPigs play game two of a four-game set Friday night in Allentown. Last night was a continuation of Lehigh Valley's dominance against the Bats in their home ballpark, going 4-0 against Louisville at Coca-Cola Park in 2017. Last season, the IronPigs had games against the Bats in which they scored 13 and 14 runs, and totaled 13 runs in last night's game.
SMALL SAMPLE SIZE GALORE: Going into Thursday night's game, Louisville pitching (2.67 ERA) was tied for 2nd-best in the International League. After yesterday's 13-run, 16-hit barrage by Lehigh Valley, the Bats' pitching staff's ERA ballooned to 4.21, now ranking 12th in the IL. The bullpen's 1.25 ERA heading into yesterday was increased by over 2 runs, now sitting at 3.38 on the season after the Pigs combined for seven runs off LOU relievers
FIRST IS THE WORST: The Bats grabbed a 1-0 lead in the 1st inning of last night's game, the fourth time through seven games this season that Louisville has scored first. Oddly enough, the Bats are just 1-3 when they score first in a game, and 2-1 when their opponent gets on the board first. Louisville's .250 winning percentage when scoring first ranks last in the IL. Last season, the Bats went 38-27 (.585) when scoring first, finishing last in the IL.
NICK SENZEL: Through his first 7 games at the Triple-A level,
FIRST ROAD AB: Leadoff hitter
McBRIDE & ORTIZ: Lehigh Valley's
MLB EXPERIENCE: On the 25-man roster as of April 13, Louisville currently has 11 players who played in the Majors at any point last season (Astin, Stephens, Stephenson, Turner, Kivlehan for Cincinnati; Crockett for Cleveland; Floro for Chicago (NL); Nicolino for Miami; M. Williams for New York (AL); Selsky for Boston; Sanchez for Atlanta). Finnegan also pitched for Cincinnati last season, bringing the total to 12. Other players on the roster with MLB experience include Ben Rowen (last appeared with MIL in 2016),
FRIDAY THE 13TH: The Louisville Bats last played on a "Friday the 13th" in May 2016, with LOU defeating Scranton Wilkes-Barre, 4-1. In that game, right-hander