A nice offensive night for several Louisville players. Jay Bruce went 3-5 with with a homerun, 2 rbi, and 2 runs scored. Jorge Cantu also went 2-5 with a homerun, double, 2 rbis, and a run scored. Ryan Jorgensen went 3-4 with 2 doubles and 2 runs scored. Aaron Herr went 3-5 with with 2 rbis and 2 runs scored. Anderson Machado went 2-6 with a run scored.
On the pitching side, Johnny Cueto improved to 2-0 in his first 2 starts in Louisville by pitching 6 scoreless innings, allowing just 2 hits and striking out 4.
The offense forgot to show up, but the Reds recent acquisition from the Phillies, Matt Maloney, did show up. Maloney took the loss, but pitched well enough to pick up the win. Matt went 7 innings, allowing 6 hits, 1 walk, 1 run, and recorded 10 strikeouts
The Reds had 6 hits, and Tonys Gutierrez had 3 of those. Tonys went 3-4 on the night with a double. The pitching did not fare any better than the offense in this game.
The Dragons got the bats going last night, pounding out 4 homeruns. Zachary Cozart had the best night, going 3-4 with a homer, double, 2 runs scored, and 3 runs batted in. Justin Turner, Juan Francisco, and Redleg Nation Spotlight Player Logan Parker each had solo homeruns and combined to go 7-14 with 3 runs scored and 3 rbis.
Alexander Smit picked up the win by going 6.2 shutout innings, allowing 5 hits, 1 walk, while striking out 4.
Tony Brown went 2-5 with a homerun, run scored, and 2 runs batted in. Jose Gualdron managed just 1 hit, but made it a long ball. Gualdron added 2 runs scored and drove in 2. Todd Waller went 2-3 with a run scored and 2 rbis.
The defense let the Reds down again. The Reds committed 4 errors that resulted in 2 unearned runs.
Pitching was the name of the game in this one as well. Enerio Del Rosario picked up the win for the Mustangs by going 6 innings, scattering 3 hits, 3 walks, and recording 3 strikeouts. Phillippe-Alexandre Valiquette preserved the shutout and picked up the save by going the final 3 innings, allowing 2 hits, 3 walks, and striking out 1.
Offensively, Kevyn Feiner went 1-3 with a solo homerun.