Feb 22, 2013; Goodyear, AZ, USA; Partch pitches during the second inning against the Cleveland Indians at Goodyear Ballpark. (Jake Roth-USA TODAY Sports)

Bats Lose in Extras

Looked like a “W” was headed the way of the Bats heading into the home half of the 8th. The Bison got to Curtis Partch (pictured) for the game-tying run on an Andy LaRoche single. In the 11th, LaRoche struck again. This time, it was a game-winning double off Mike MacDougal to plate Mauro Gomez and 10,249 Bison fans left happy.

W: Perez, J (1-1, 1.74) ; L: MacDougal (0-1, 2.57)

Henry Rodriguez: 2-6
Felix Perez: 2-5, R
Emmanuel Burriss: 2-4
Greg Reynolds: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO

Next Game: 5/4 @ Buffalo, 1:05 PM ET

Pensacola Blue Wahoos

How Do You Lose on a Walk?

The Blue Wahoos jumped out to an early 2-0 lead when Ryan LaMarre drove one home with a double and Steve Selsky singled in the other. Unfortunately, those would be the last and only runs the Blue Wahoos would score. They lost the lead in the 8th (same inning as the Bats) when Lee Hyde walked Montgomery’s Mark Thomas with the bases loaded and Mikie Mahtook would score the game-winning run.

Pensacola made an exciting bid to tie it in the 9th as LaMarre started things off with a single and was sacrificed to second by Selsky. A Tucker Barnhart ground out sent LaMarre to third with two outs. After Bryson Smith was plunked to put runners at 1st and 3rd, Brodie Greene grounded out to end the game.

W: Nevarez (2-0, 0.00) ; L: Hyde (1-3, 7.59) ; SV: Sandoval (6)

Ryan LaMarre: 3-4, RBI (5)
Daniel Renken: 6 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 3 BB, 6 SO

Next Game: 5/4 v. Montgomery, 7:30 PM ET

Speaking of LaMarre. Catch this form the other night…

Bakersfield Blaze

Aw, Nuts!

Back and forth early, but the Nuts posted two bigger innings than the Blaze. Marquez Smith continues to blast the ball in California as he accounted for half of the Blaze runs with his 4th home run since being signed in mid-April. The other Blaze home run came from an inside-the-park jaunt from Kyle Waldrop, but Modesto took advantage of the Blaze’s poor fielding and plated four unearned runs.

W: Alsup (2-2, 4.03) ; L: Allen, J (1-3, 5.81) ; SV: Oberg (6)

Marquez Smith: 3-4, HR (4), 2 RBI (6), R

Next Game: 5/4 @ Modesto, 10:05 PM ET

Dayton Dragons

Rain, Rain, Go Away…

Well, the rain wouldn’t go away, forcing the cancellation of the tilt with the LumberKings. The game will not be rescheduled.

Next Game: 5/4 @ Kane County, 7:30 PM ET

Transactions

Bakersfield – Assign Wes Mugarian from Dayton
Dayton – Assign Joseph Housey from Billings

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(Kim Klement-USA TODAY Sports)

Louisville Bats

The Bats were off. They will travel to Buffalo for tonight’s 7:05 PM ET game. Armando Galarraga (1-1, 1.40 ERA) gets the call for Jim Riggleman.

Pensacola Blue Wahoos

W: Thompson, J (2-2, 4.88) ; L: Rogers, Ch (2-1, 1.47) ; SV: Sandoval (5)

Chad Rogers: 6 IP, 4 H, 1 R, 0 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO
Chris Manno: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R

Rogers pitched a whale of a game, but a fielding error led to the ony run the Biscuits would score on him. Tucker Barnhart led off the 9th with his second home run of 2013, but that was all the scoring the Blue Wahoos would do on this night.

Next Game: 5/2 v. Montgomery, 8:00 PM ET. Ryan Dennick (1-1, 2.74 ERA) will be on the hill for Pensacola.

Bakersfield Blaze

W: Doyle (2-0, 4.12) ; L: Bandilla (0-2, 3.57) ; SV: Pearl (3)

Kyle Waldrop: 2-5
Dominic D’Anna: 2-4, RBI (13)
Chris Berset: 2-3
Juan Silverio: 1-4, 3 RBI (11)
Pat Doyle: 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 SO

Doyle grabs the win in support of Tanner Robles going the first 4 innings. Marquez Smith swatted another homer (3). Brian Pearl threw 2 pitches in order to get his 3rd save.

Next Game: 5/2 @ San Jose, 3:05 PM ET. Carlos Contreras (1-2, 2.92 ERA) gets the nod for the Blaze.

Dayton Dragons

W: Stephenson (1-3, 5.79) ; L: Holman (0-1, 3.68)

Junior Arias: 3-5, HR (4), 3 RBI (12), 2 SB (11), 2 R
Zach Vincej: 2-4, RBI (4), R
Seth Mejias-Brean: 1-3, 4 RBI (13)

The bats were alive somewhere. Could say this was the Junior Arias show as he came within a double of hitting for the cycle. The Dragons managed to score multiple runs against all four LumberKings pitchers. Robert Stephenson recorded his first win of 2013, but he did allow 4 runs in 5 innings. He also struck out 4, but also walked 4.

Next Game: 5/2 @ Clinton, 7:30 PM ET. Ismael Guillon (0-3, 8.64 ERA) will look to garner his first win of the season.

Transactions

Louisville – Assigned Mark Teahen. Assigned Ray Chang to Pensacola.
Dayton – Activated Nick O’Shea from 7-day disabled list.

April 18, 2013; Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Batting practice balls await use by the Atlanta Braves before the game against the Pittsburgh Pirates at PNC Park. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

Last few days have been a little tough on everyone that is a fan of the Reds and the organization. Quite frankly, there haven’t been a whole lot of wins. The big guys in Cincy now own two straight wins after dropping a trio of games in Washington, DC. Maybe some of the guys in the farm system can get on a roll now.

And maybe last night is a sign of things to come…

Louisville Bats

W: Corcino (1-4, 7.65) ; L: Morgan (1-2, 3.23)

Neftali Soto: 4-4, HR, 2), 2 RBI (9), 2 R
Felix Perez: 2-4, RBI (10)
Daniel Corcino: 6 IP, 6 H, R, BB, 5 SO

Considering the train wreck that was Corcino’s last start, he seemingly flipped a switch and got the result he sorely needed.

Next Game: 4/30 v. Lehigh Valley, 11:05 AM ET

Pensacola Blue Wahoos

W: Smith, J (3-2, 5.16) ; L: Jokisch (3-1, 1.84) ; SV: Hayes (1)

Devin Lohman: 2-3, R
Ryan LaMarre: 2-3, RBI (4)
Josh Smith: 5 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 SO

W: Hatley (1-0, 2.79) ; L: De La Rosa, W (0-1, 9.64)

Tim Crabbe: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 3 SO

Two great pitching efforts from the Blue Wahoos starters. A shame they were unable to score runs in the second game to reward Crabbe with a W.

Next Game: 5/1 v. Montgomery, 8:00 PM ET

Bakersfield Blaze

The Blaze had the day off.

Next Game: 4/30 @ San Jose, 10:00 PM ET

Dayton Dragons

W: Cisco (2-1, 3.00) ; L: Love (1-2, 5.40) ; SV: Klimesh (1)

Jeff Gelalich: 2-4

Tanner Rahier drove in a pair of runs with his first home run as a member of the Dragons. Jesse Winker cracked his second of the season and Drew Cisco went 7 innings in getting his second win of the season.

Next Game: 4/30 v. Burlington, 7:00 PM ET

Transactions
Cincinnati Reds: Recall Donald Lutz from Pensacola

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