In the penultimate game of the 2025 season, the Louisville Bats rallied back from an early six-run deficit to the Nashville Sounds to tie the game and subsequently go to extras. Leading off the bottom of the 10th, Edwin Rios demolished a curveball down in the zone to give the

The Louisville Bats stayed hot on the road Tuesday night, shutting out the Toledo Mud Hens 3-0 to take the first game of the six-game series. Louisville has now won ten consecutive games and 14 of its last 15 dating back to August 23. The Bats came out swinging against

On the back of Chase Petty and timely offense, the Louisville Bats picked up another win and their first series sweep of the season on Sunday with a 6-1 victory over the St. Paul Saints. Louisville extends its season-long winning streak to nine games, and the club has won 13

The Louisville Bats blanked the Columbus Clippers in game one of the six-game series, winning 7-0 on Tuesday night. The Bats pounded four home runs, finishing one short of tying their season high for home runs in a game. This is the Bats' seventh time this season shutting out an

It was a busy night on the bases for the Louisville Bats in their crushing 13-4 victory over the Nashville Sounds. The Bats piled up 13 total hits, highlighted by five home runs, including two from Reds number one prospect Sal Stewart. The Bats jumped to an early lead in

On the night that former Bats manager Rick Sweet moved into sole possession of third place in minor league managerial wins, Raynel Delgado made history of his own by hitting for the cycle, and the Nashville Sounds defeated the Louisville Bats 7-3 on Tuesday night. It was Nashville that drew

The Louisville Bats grabbed a series victory over the Gwinnett Stripers with a 6-3 win in game five. This is the first series on the road the Bats have won this season, as they have taken four of the first five games against Gwinnett. The Bats started the scoring in

The Louisville Bats and Omaha Storm Chasers each plated a pair of runs in the first inning, but neither offense generated much action thereafter. A solo homer by Christian Encarnacion-Strand in the sixth broke the stalemate, propelling the Bats to a 3-2 victory and a series split on Sunday night

The Louisville Bats came alive in game three with the Omaha Storm Chasers, soaring to a 14-2 win on Thursday night. Louisville slugged 13 hits with eight of the nine starters finishing with both a hit and RBI. The Bats, after struggling offensively in the first two games of the

Just like the scorching July heat, the Louisville Bats brought the fire on offense to secure the series win against the Iowa Cubs in an 8-4 Sunday afternoon victory. The I-Cubs struck first, loading the bases after Bats starter Jose Franco walked three of the first four he faced. With

While Nothing Night at Louisville Slugger Field on Tuesday night meant no in-game entertainment or mid-inning promotions, the Louisville Bats still put on a show for the fans, scoring early and often to defeat the Iowa Cubs 9-4 in the opener of a six-game series. The scoring began in the

Despite surging back from a four-run deficit to tie the game in the seventh inning, the Louisville Bats’ comeback was ultimately wiped away as the Norfolk Tides took the lead in the ninth. The Bats came up empty in the bottom of the frame, spoiling their comeback hopes and falling,

Despite scoring double-digit runs for the fourth time this season, the Louisville Bats allowed their largest run total of the year, falling 14-10 to the Norfolk Tides on Wednesday night, a score more reminiscent of a football game. Eight of nine Louisville starters recorded a hit in the ballgame, but

The Louisville Bats dropped their fourth game in a row to the Toledo Mud Hens on Friday night, falling 13-4. Despite the Bats leading in the sixth, they couldn’t stop the Mud Hens from scoring as the home team put up 10 in the bottom of the frame to put

Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in each farm system. Next up in our 2023 Organization All-Stars series are the Cincinnati Reds. 2023 organization summary: Triple-A Louisville: 75-73 Double-A

Each week, MiLB.com profiles an elite prospect by chronicling the steps he's taken toward achieving his Major League dream. For more stories about players on The Road to The Show, click here. There's typically a boom of promotions at the end of the first half of the Minor League season

If competition does indeed breed success, Triple-A Louisville is in good hands. After Elly De La Cruz smoked a 118.8 mph double before popping two lengthy homers on Tuesday, it was Christian Encarnacion-Strand's turn in the spotlight. The No. 6 Reds prospect did not miss.

It’s not often that the heart of a Triple-A lineup can encapsulate the promise and possibility of what’s to come at the big league level. But most lineups aren’t that of the Louisville Bats. Thursday marked a banner night for the Cincinnati affiliate. For the second time in his career,

The Louisville Bats and Iowa Cubs didn't get together and play a game of Madden on Thursday. The clubs played nine innings of baseball, and when it was over the scoreboard showed I-Cubs 18 - Bats 16. The offenses combined for 34 runs and 80 total bases on 42 hits

Each offseason, MiLB.com goes position by position across each organization and honors the players -- regardless of age or prospect status -- who had the best seasons in each farm system. Next up in our 2022 Organization All-Stars series are the Minnesota Twins.

Minor League Baseball has announced the end-of-season award winners and All-Star teams for the three High-A leagues, based on votes cast by league managers. In the Midwest League, third baseman Christian Encarnacion-Strand, who played for Twins-affiliated Cedar Rapids before being traded to the Reds, was named the Most Valuable Player.

Only four days into his Double-A tenure, Christian Encarnacion-Strand is holding himself to a high standard. “Today, honestly, the focus was just honestly to have a better day than I did yesterday,” Encarnacion-Strand said. “Yesterday, I didn’t have really good day, didn’t have any hits yesterday, so today I just