Louisville Bats @ Rochester Red Wings

• Louisville sends its ace Matt Maloney to the mound in the opening game of a four-game series in Rochester.  Maloney is 7-8 with a 2.72 ERA for the Bats with 97 strikeouts and just 16 walks in 119.1 innings pitched.  Matt received a brief callup to Cincinnati earlier this season where he went 0-2 with a 6.11 ERA in three starts for the Reds.  Maloney’s 2.72 ERA is eight best in the International League.
• Futures Game representative and Louisville outfielder Chris Heisey is 6-12 in his past three games.  During the three-game hitting streak, Heisey has two runs scored and an RBI.
• Among current Bats Drew Stubbs had the best performance in Louisville’s first series against Rochester.  Stubbs was 4-15 (.267) with a double and an RBI in the first meeting.  Sam LeCure recorded the Bats’ only win in the earlier series with seven shutout innings, eight strikeouts and no walks against the Red Wings.
• Rochester will send RHP Kevin Mulvey to the mound against the Bats.  Mulvey is 4-6 with a 4.33 ERA on the season.  Kevin earned the win with six innings of two-run ball in his last start.  In that game Mulvey struck out nine Gwinnett Braves and walked four.  Mulvey is 1-3 with a 4.61 ERA in nine starts at home this season.
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