Louisville Bats vs. Indianapolis Indians (International League)

Louisville Slugger Field-Louisville, KY:  We were back at it last weekend for another Bats game.  I really wanted to hit 80’s night the day before, but just couldn’t make it happen.  That promotion is simply tailor made for me, but Bri and I still had a great time on Sunday.  And the weather was perfect for baseball, as it’s been lately.  Also, coming in the gate Brian got a free mini-bat from the Louisville Slugger Museum.  We already have a few of these, but you can never have too many mini-bats.  We’ll be making it back to the museum soon to check out their Lego exhibit, anyway!

On to the game, starting on the mound for Louisville was Cody Reed, who only lasted through the first two innings.  He held Indy off the board, though, waling two, striking out three, and giving up one hit.  Asher Wojciechowski pitched three innings, giving up one Indian run on four hits while striking out five.  Kyle McMyne gave up the only other Indy run, but still earned the win.  He pitched two innings and struck out one batter.  Earning the save was Kevin Shackelford, who pitched a scoreless ninth inning.

Also during the game, Brian got a game ball thrown to him by Indians manager Andy Barkett.   He managed for a few years in the Detroit organization, and must have sensed we were Tiger fans!

The Bats scored one run in the first, and went on to take the lead with three in the seventh.  Leading the offense for the Bats, was catcher Rob Brantly, who went 2/4 with an RBI.  Helping out was Sebastian Elizalde who went 1/3 with an RBI and run scored.  Alex Blandino started the scoring for Louisville in the first, and was 1/2 with an RBI and run scored in the game.  FINAL:  Bats 4, Indians 2.

Another fun day for us, and the Bats had BBoy McCoy, the break dancing bat boy, in attendance to entertain the fans between innings.  I still think that break dancing is very cool, and the movie Breakin’ 2: Electric Boogaloo still holds up, today.  Unfortunately, the times he was out, we were either at the playground, or I couldn’t get my camera or phone focused in in time to catch a photo or video.  I did find a nice video of him on YouTube, though, that I’ll share.  I highly recommend seeing him if he’s at a ballpark near you!

Video courtesy of the Skillville Group

Photos property of Minoring In Baseball