The Louisville Bats managed just three hits in their loss. Chattanooga scored four runs but it wasn’t enough as their losing streak continued.
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The Louisville Bats lost 4-0. Box Score
- Alejo Lopez went 1-4.
- Henry Ramos went 1-2 with a walk.
- Jacob Hurtubise went 1-3.
- Randy Wynne allowed two runs in 4.0 innings with 5 strikeouts.
- Kevin Herget threw a shutout inning with a strikeout.
- Tony Santillan threw a shutout inning with a strikeout.
Game Notes
The Bats managed just three hits on the day as they were shutout by Durham.
Tony Santillan has thrown a shutout inning in four straight appearances, walking just one batter and striking out six. In August he walked 12 batters in 8.1 innings.
Top Pitch Velocity: Tony Santillan – 97.5 MPH (ball)
Top Exit Velocity: Henry Ramos – 105.8 MPH (single)
Furthest Hit Baseball: Matt Reynolds – 345 feet (flyout)
The Chattanooga Lookouts lost 5-4. Box Score
- Blake Dunn went 0-3 with 2 walks.
- Francisco Urbaez went 0-2 with 3 walks.
- Mat Nelson went 2-3 with a walk and 2 runs.
- James Free went 2-4 with a triple, run, and an RBI.
- Alex McGarry went 2-4 with an RBI.
- Jose Torres went 1-3 with a run.
- Julian Aguiar allowed 2 runs in 4.0 innings with a walk and 7 strikeouts.
- Brooks Crawford threw 3.0 hitless innings with a walk and 2 strikeouts.
Game Notes
The loss was the 9th in a row for Chattanooga. The Lookouts are 1-10 in September. There are 4 regular season games remaining. Winning just one of them would guarantee a winning record for Chattanooga, but if they lose out they will fall below .500. They have already qualified for the playoffs and will face Tennessee in a best-of-three series that start on the 19th.
Mat Nelson kept his good start with Chattanooga going, picking up two more hits. He’s hitting .300/.432/.633 in his first nine games with the Lookouts.
Julian Aguiar rebounded after his 8-run (6 earned), 4-inning outing the last time out by allowing just two runs in 4.0 innings and picking up seven more strikeouts. He now has 138 strikeouts and 37 walks in 125.0 innings between Dayton and Chattanooga.
Brooks Crawford had a strong Double-A debut, tossing 3.0 hitless innings. He lowered his ERA on the season to 3.31 in 84.1 innings – all out of the bullpen.
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| Team | Record | Time (ET) | Probable | Box Score | Listen | Watch |
| Louisville | 70-68 | 6:35pm | Kennedy | Here | Here | Here |
| Chattanooga | 68-65 | 7:15pm | Spiers | Here | Here | Here |
| Dayton | 67-65 | Season | Complete | Here | Here | Here |
| Daytona | 56-72 | Season | Complete | Here | Here | N/A |
| ACL Reds | 28-28 | Season | Complete | Here | N/A | N/A |
| DSL Reds | 28-26 | Season | Complete | Here | N/A | N/A |
GREAT season for Aguiar. Will be curious if the Reds start him in Louisville next season or if 11 AA starts wasn’t enough.
Interesting thought, I could see that scenario playing out. It will be a lot of fun to see where all of these pitchers start in 24.
Chattanooga may be where the effects of having to call up about three rosters worth of players to the MLB level, especially pitching, is showing the effects.
The teams in the farm system for whatever the reasons are, have lost a lot of games recently falling bellow .500 mark as a whole after have been the most of the season 20 or more games over that mark. Louisville has no winning record since 2011 and arrives this last week still 3 games over .500 but they are facing a really tough opponent
Spiers called up again with Phillips optioned. Guessing Kennedy will replace Antone so they can have innings covered today. Reds will need to bring the bats to have a chance to win the finale against the Tigers.
Sorry, Phillips was “returned”.
Also activated Lively. Ideally you have the offense explode for 8+ runs, so you can go Law for 2, Lively for 3 or 4, Spiers for the other 3 or 4.