Louisville Mashers Notes: 9-1-19
Game 139, Home 69Indianapolis Indians (65-73) at Louisville Bats (58-80)RHP Tejay Antone (3-8, 4.87) vs. RHP Alex McRae (7-7, 5.00)6:00 PM | Sunday, September 1, 2019 | Louisville Slugger FieldLISTEN: Nick Curran & Jim Kelch, 790 KRD; iHeartRadio.com; iHeart app
Game 139, Home 69
Indianapolis Indians (65-73) at Louisville Bats (58-80)
RHP
6:00 PM | Sunday, September 1, 2019 | Louisville Slugger Field
LISTEN: Nick Curran & Jim Kelch, 790 KRD; iHeartRadio.com; iHeart app
LET'S MASH: The Louisville Mashers return to Louisville Slugger Field to face the Indianapolis Indians, in the penultimate game of the 2019 season. Right-hander
AGAINST INDIANAPOLIS: Louisville is 8-13 against Indianapolis this season, but have a chance to finish the season with a .500 home record against them, coming into play Sunday 4-6 against the Indians at LSF. For the 13th time in the past 14 seasons, Louisville and Indianapolis close out the regular season against each other, with 2017 being the lone exception.
WE HAD A PUNISHER, HOW ABOUT AN IMPALER?: Right-hander
PITCHING EXCELLENCE: Since July 1, Louisville pitching owns the second-lowest ERA (3.96) in the International League, with the Syracuse Mets (3.88) the only other IL club with an ERA below 4.00. In that time span, 6 clubs have a team ERA above the 5.00 mark.
68 PLAYERS: Right-hander
DANCING IN SEPTEMBER: The Reds recalled 5 players on Sunday: RHP
- The Bats added RHP
2,000 TOTAL BASES: Louisville tallied its 2,000th total base as a team last night with
25 COMEBACK WINS: The Bats trailed 1-0 in last night's game, before coming back to win by a 2-1 score. The offense was led by Peraza, who went 3-for-4 and is now batting .625 (5-for-8) in his first 2 games for LOU this season. The win marked Louisville's 25th come-from-behind victory of the season, matching their 2018 total.
ONE-RUN KINGS MEET: Louisville and Indianapolis are tied for the league lead with 46 one-run games played, with LOU 17-29 (.370) and IND 24-22 (.522) in games decided by one run.