After six straight games against Indianapolis, Louisville is happy to see a different uniform in the opposing dugout. Louisville begins play in second place in the I.L. West Division. They stand a game above .500 at 9-8.
Before the game Thomas Neal was activated and new-kid-in-town whipping boy, David Holmberg was placed on the 7-day D.L. retroactive to April 19th, making him eligible to come off of it on my mother's 86th birthday. Hi, mom!
It is Bark-in-the-Park night. So, it is only fitting that Chien-ming Wang is on the mound for the Bats. As mentioned in a previous thread, wang is the Chinese onomatopoeia for a barking dog.
There are forces in the universe that we cannot comprehend.
Wang is either pitching better or dodging some bullets. He has only four hits and three walks in four innings of work. Still, he has given up just one run.
Bourgeois has scored the lone Louisville tally, reaching on a force and coming around on a two-bagger off the bat of Ruben Gotay.
Perhaps it was the latter for Wang. In the top of the fifth the first three batters have reached base safely, an error and two singles. Syracuse has grabbed a 2-1 and threaten to tack on more. Another base hit has the loaded them up with no outs.