AAA Louisville Game 29: Bats 8, Indians 1
By
Amanda
Posted at 8:40 pm
The family and I drove to downtown Indianapolis this afternoon to witness the match up between the Pirates' AAA affiliate, the Indianapolis Indians, and the Reds' AAA affiliate, the Louisville Bats.
One of my personal faves, Tom Shearn, took the mound for the Bats. Seven innings later, he'd given up just one run on five hits. A very nice outing. Wes Wilkerson finished the game out without allowing so much as a hit.
On the offensive side, the Bats came through with hit after hit. 13 when it was all said and done, resulting in eight runs. Names you might recognize bringing in runs for our Louisville friends: Aaron Herr, Mark Bellhorn, Jeff Bannon, and Chad Moeller.
This was the first time that we bought the lawn seats and sat on the berm at Victory Field in Indianapolis, and I must say that I highly recommend it. You have to find a spot in extreme left field if you want to be able to see the big scoreboard, but if you're OK with just the score and the inning, where we were sitting just left of center is great. Not only do you have the option of lying in the sun to watch the game, but you get super-close views of the center and left fielders both diving for a ball deep in left center and both missing it. You can actually hear them grunting as they hit the ground.
Plus, if you stay on the grass you can bring in your own food. Since we're trying to be frugal while we're paying for two mortgages and daycare, we carried in a cooler filled with Capri Suns and Jon's Famous Lunch Meat and Barbecue Sauce sandwiches. Good luck getting those at the concession stand!
After the game, Knothole Club Members and kids who were there for the big Cub Scout outing were invited to run the bases. There must have been a few hundred kids who lined up to take part in that particular event. I bet the Victory Field grounds crew is going to have a good time cleaning that up. On the other hand, each of those kids weighs, like, 50 pounds, so maybe it doesn't make a difference.
Anyway, back to the game. The win brought the Bats' record to 14-15, tied for second in their division and three and a half games back on the Indians. Tomorrow they return home to face Ottawa.
When HMZ said you were at the game, I thought you were at the [i]Reds[/i] game.
Nice report and pics. I like outfield seats. They’re cheap. And it’s definitely the place to sit if you like to check out out the outfielders’ butts! 😀
You picked a good day to go. The Bats finally broke out the lumber yesterday.
My Bubba wasn’t with the team. They decided to send him to Cincinnati yesterday, so the Reds medical personnel could check out his injured shoulder.
My bad. When I logged on it was ten minutes before game time, there was no game thread yet, there was a comment RHM had written that morning near the top of the “Recent Comments” which I scanned real quick and saw something about RHM going to the game. In my haste, I missed the word “Bats” as I headed off to find the starting lineups. I thought RHM was at the Reds game until she got home and posted that she’d been at the Bats game.
One of the best things about minor league baseball is that even the best seats are pretty affordable.
Word.
I’m not into outfielders’ butts. Unless it’s women’s softball – then I’m all over that like a cheap suit.
But, hey, less than ten bucks to cop a squat in the bleachers. And you do get to watch some pretty good baseball at the AAA level. Hard to beat that deal without getting really lucky and having somebody flip you free tickets. Especially when the team you’re rootin’ for kicks some serious boo-tay!
HMZ