Louisville falls twice in Columbus after rain-delayed game resumes
Louisville opened the day tied in the eighth, but Columbus cashed in late twice and left the Bats with a 7-5 and 2-1 loss at Huntington Park.
Louisville walked into Huntington Park needing to finish one tied game and then play another, and instead spent Wednesday afternoon watching Columbus turn a rain delay into a sweep. The Bats lost the completion of Tuesday night’s suspended game 7-5, then dropped the scheduled matchup 2-1 after two late breakdowns across the full day.
The suspended game resumed Wednesday, May 20 at 12:05 p.m. with the score tied 3-3 and Louisville batting in the top of the eighth. Noelvi Marte, who had already driven in all three Louisville runs before the rain hit Tuesday night, kept the Bats alive again when Austin Hendrick lined a sacrifice fly for his first Triple-A RBI. But the inning turned fast. Caleb Ferguson, working in a rehab role, almost escaped before Milan Tolentino poked a blooped bases-loaded single into play and Cooper Ingle followed with a double that pushed Columbus in front for good. Columbus added two more runs in the inning, then held Louisville to an RBI fielder’s choice from Marte in the ninth before Michael Toglia grounded out with the tying run still in the on-deck circle. Ferguson took the loss after allowing two runs in 0.2 innings. The official box score listed 12 hits and no errors for Columbus, 10 hits and one error for Louisville, along with pitch-timer and ABS challenge entries in the suspended game. Attendance was announced at 8,515.
The second game started more like a pitcher’s duel, with Davis Daniel and Kolby Allard both working effectively before Daniel exited after a collision at first base in the third inning. Louisville’s defense then cracked in the fourth. Will Banfield’s throwing error helped set up trouble, and Kody Huff followed with an RBI single that made it 2-0 Columbus. Those were the only runs Columbus needed.
Louisville finally scored in the seventh when Banfield singled and Garrett Hampson drove him home with a double to the right-field corner, but Trenton Denholm and the Clippers’ bullpen shut the door from there. Across both games, the Bats had chances to seize control and never finished the job, leaving Columbus with a frustrating double loss built on one damaging inning, one costly error and too little late-game support.
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