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Bottom of the fifth in Richmond:
Franco hits the ball well but it is hauled in by Godwin in left. 1 down.
Mendez up for the pitcher. Slow roller to 3rd. Snyder flips to 1st. 2 down.
Harris lines his second hit of the game to center for a single.
Blanco goes down on a swing and a miss. 3 down.
Shearn 5ip 3h 0r 0bb 3k
*Side note:So far on this road trip (five games) the ERA for the Louisville starters is 1.00 (not including today's game).
Top 6. Louisville leads 1-0.
McBride on for Richmond (started the year in Atlanta).
Shearn takes a strike three called. 1 down.
Tyrell Godwin - hit hard to center but playable. 2 down.
Bubba time as Crosby steps in. K's swinging. 3 down.
Bubba Crosby is absolutely struggling. He is hitting .135, ouch.
Bottom of the 6th. 1-zip Louisville.
Middle of the order for Richmond.
Prado draws the first walk of the game from Shearn.
Escobar grounds a single through the hole between 3rd and short.
Stone on in relief. That's all for Shearn.
T.J. Bond moves the runners up with a sacrifice. 1 down.
Clark intentionally walked to juice the bases.
Cannizares grounds into an inning-ending DP (6-4-3).
Shearn's final numbers: 5ip 4h 0r 1bb 3k.
End of 6. 1-0 Bats.
That was a close one for Shearn. I was worried for a second but he came through.
Entering inning number 7. 1 run lead for the Bats.
Votto facing McBride. 2 for 17 so far on the road trip. Strike 3 called.
1 down.
Herr lines a base hit into left.
Wise shoots a line drive into right for his second hit of the game. 1st and 2nd.
Earl Snyder (207 career minor league dingers) walks to fill the bases.
Machado lifts a sac fly to left. Wise scores. 2-0 Bats. 2 down.
Conway strikes out.
Seventh inning stretch. Louisville 2 Richmond 0.
*Side Note:Five of the Eight Louisville starters came into today's game looking up at the Mendoza line. Eek.
Bottom 7: 2-0 Bats.
Franco grounds out to Snyder at 3rd. 1 down.
Timmons batting for McBride. Rolls to Herr for out number 2.
Brian Shackelford relieves Stone carrying an ERA over 19.
Shack promptly hits the first batter he faces. Sound familiar?
Blanco skies to CF for the 3rd out so no harm no foul.
7 in the book and Louisville still up 2-0.
Top 8: 2-0 Bats.
Bannon reaches first somehow. Goes to 2nd on failed pickoff attempt.
Godwin goes down on strikes. 1 down.
Crosby pops to first. 2 down.
J. Votto up. Broken bat grounder to 2nd.
Middle of the 8th. 2-0 Louisville.
*Side note:Louisville Bats will wear VTech caps tomorrow night and then auction them off starting Saturday morning. The caps will be autographed. www.batsbaseball.com for those interested.
Home half of the 8th: Still 2 zip good guys.
Wes Wilkerson (30 year old who pitched for the Marlins' AAA ballclub in 2006)on to pitch for the Bats.
Prado reaches on a walk.
Escobar grounds to Bannon at short who throws wildly into right field. Runners on 2nd and 3rd. (scored a single and an error - radio announcer disagrees saying it was an error all the way)
Bond draws a walk to load the bases.
Fifth pitcher for the Bats coming on. Jason Kershner
Clark steps in. Swing and a miss. 1 down.
Weird play. Both managers with beefs. Stay tuned. Wow. The end result is a two run sacrifice fly. Crosby hauls in a deep fly ball and falls down. Runners from 2nd and 3rd both tag to come in and score. Bats thought runner on second left early. Braves thought Crosby did not hold on to ball. Appeal at second denied. It's all tied at 2. 2 down.
Runner on first picked off. 3 down.
End of 8. All tied at 2.
Top 9. New game all knotted up at 2.
Herr out on a hot smash to 3rd. 1 down.
Wise can't catch up to a high fastball. 2 down.
Snyder flies to center.
Middle of the 9th. 2-2.
Bottom 9. 2-2
Franco flies deep to Wise in center. 1 down.
McCarthy batting for Bush. Strike 3 called. 2 down.
Harris flies to left.
On to extra innings. 2-2.
Into the 10th. 2-2.
Acosta pitching for Richmond.
Gutierrez up and then promptly down on strikes. 1 down.
Conway receives a free pass and strolls to first but is erased on another unsuccessful hit and run try. 2 down.
Jeff Bannon flies deep to left but caught on the warning track.
2-2 after 9.5.
Crap, I was really hoping Votto would destroy AAA so we could get rid of Hatteberg for a prospect.
give it time Selig.... Votto struggled in April last year too.... then went on to destroy the league. Not quite as bad as this year, but there are still 10 games or so left in April.
B10. 2-2
Steve Kelly hauls an ERA of over 18 to the hill.
Blanco grounds out 6-3. 1 down.
Prado out on a one-hopper to Herr. 2 down.
Escobar whiffs.
After 10. 2-2