O'Grady clubs 3 home runs in 7-3 Bats win
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Louisville Bats (18-25) put on an offensive show in their win over the Buffalo Bisons (16-23) in the series finale on Sunday afternoon at Sahlen Field, hitting five home runs and totaling 16 hits. The 7-3 win for Louisville avoided tying its season-long losing streak, snapping
BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Louisville Bats (18-25) put on an offensive show in their win over the Buffalo Bisons (16-23) in the series finale on Sunday afternoon at Sahlen Field, hitting five home runs and totaling 16 hits. The 7-3 win for Louisville avoided tying its season-long losing streak, snapping a string of four straight losses.
The Bisons were the first to get on the scoreboard, scoring a pair on a
Louisville attacked Buffalo pitching with the long ball, hitting five home runs for just the second time this season.
O'Grady was not done, however, as he stepped up to the plate in the top of the eighth hoping to make history. The powerful first baseman etched his name in the Louisville books, sending a fly ball over the left field fence for his third home run of the game, becoming just the seventh player in Louisville franchise history to hit three in a game, and the first since his teammate
The league's strikeout king, Sims, threw a quality start, but it was the Louisville bullpen that filled up the strikeout column in the box score, with relievers
The Bats avoided a series sweep with the 7-3 win over the Bisons and also a five-game losing streak, which would have tied their season high. They return to Louisville Slugger Field for a seven-game homestand starting Tuesday, for a pair of divisional series with the Indianapolis Indians and Toledo Mud Hens.