Mike Costanzo set the table with a leadoff single and came home on a two-out single from former Mud Hen Argenis Diaz to claim a 1-0 Bats lead. After threatening in the fourth with the first hits of the game, Louisville pushed the first run of the game across in the fifth. Crabbe would leave the game after the sixth inning, finishing with eight strikeouts and only one earned run on two hits and a walk. Crabbe was perfect through 4.1 innings and held the Mud Hens scoreless through five innings before Daniel Fields' sixth inning solo homer put Toledo on the board and tied the game at one. Saturday night marked Crabbe's third career start in a Bats uniform after he made his Triple-A debut with the team in 2013 and posted a miniscule 0.71 ERA in two starts. Early in the evening, Louisville got their second quality start in as many nights, as right hander Tim Crabbe followed up Jeff Francis' impressive Opening Night performance with one of his own. In four frames of work, Smith allowed three hits and a walk en route to shutting down the Mud Hens' offense and making way for the victory. In his first outing at the Triple-A level, Bats reliever Josh Smith (W, 1-0) delivered in extra innings with a remarkable performance that included seven strikeouts. LaMarre's hit came finally after the Bats had left 14 runners on base on the night. The single was his first hit of 2014 and his first RBI in a Louisville uniform dating back to his Triple-A debut in 2013. Ryan LaMarre came up with the clutch RBI single in the 13th inning to score Hernan Iribarren and take the final Bats lead.
In a 13-inning affair, the Bats rode a combination of clutch hitting and gutsy pitching to a 3-2 marathon win in the Glass City. It took just over four-and-a-half hours to complete, but the Louisville Bats outlasted the Toledo Mud Hens Saturday night at Fifth Third Field to move to 2-0 on the young season.
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