Louisville 10 – Lehigh Valley 3
Seven of the nine Bats starters had 2 hits in this game. A game in which the Bats had 15 total hits as a team. Ryan Hanigan led the way for the Bats, going 2-4 with a homerun, his 4th, and 3 rbis. Luis Bolivar went 2-3, scoring twice and driving in 2 runs. Chris Dickerson went 2-5, adding a double and 2 runs batted in.
Matt Maloney received plenty of run support, improving to 9-4 on the season. Matt went 6.2 innings, giving up 3 runs (1 earned) on 5 hits and 2 walks while striking out 7. He lowered his ERA to 4.11 in 111.2 innings pitched this season.  In his last 4 starts, Matt is 3-0 and has given up just 5 earned runs in 27.2 innings pitched.
The Lookouts led briefly 1-0 before the Huntsville bats came alive. Travis Wood lasted just 3 innings, giving up 8 runs on 10 hits and 2 walks. Pedro Viola faired no better, giving up 4 runs on 6 hits in 2 innings of work. Lee Tabor was given the same treatment, giving up 3 runs on 4 hits in 2 innings of relief. Only Sean Watson went unscathed, pitching 2 scoreless innigns of relief.
Chris Valaika went 3-5, hitting his 7th homerun of the season, a solo shot in the 1st. Sean Henry hit homerun number 7 as well, another solo shot in the 5th.
Carson Kainer and Justin Tordi each had 2 hits and scored a run for the Reds in the loss.
Misael DeJesus fell to 2-4 on the year with the loss. DeJesus gave up 4 runs on 4 hits and 4 walks in 3 innings pitched. He struck out 5.
I’m not sure if it rained in Dayton last night, but I know it did here in Virginia where I live. Matt Klinker improved to 4-4, giving up just 1 run on 3 hits and a walk. Matt struck out 5 and lowered his ERA to 3.66 on the season.
Denis Phipps had 3 rbis and hit his 7th homerun of the season for the Dragons. Neftali Soto went 2-4 with a double, 2 rbis, and a run scored while Angel Cabrera went 2-4 with a double and a run scored.
Alex Buchholz hit his 1st homerun of the season, a 2-run shot in the 6th. Miguel Rojas went 2-4.
Oscar Castro allowed 6 runs on 10 hits in 4 innings of work to fall to 1-1 on the season.
Mariekson Gregorius went 2-4 and Kevin Coddington went 1-4 with an rbi.
Efrain Rodriguez picked up the loss, falling to 2-3 on the season. Rodriguez gave up 3 runs on 6 hits and 2 walks in 5 innings pitched.
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