Neftali Soto News

The Louisville Bat's Kristopher Negron is tagged out at homeplate by the Indianapolis Indian's catcher Kris Watts during Sunday's game at Louisville Slugger Field.

Neftali Soto, a first baseman for Triple-A Louisville, is one of two Reds minor leaguers who broke out of a slump in a big way this week.

After a disappointing year at AA last year, it seems like he's starting to figure things out in his second full season there.

A home run ends scoreless inning streak at 38, and 9-2 loss to Louisville snaps five-game winning streak.

Louisville got all the runs it needed in the fourth inning in a 5-1 victory over Lehigh Valley in... Willie Harris touches the bat of Neftali Soto after scoring the Bats' first run in a five-run fourth inning.

Louisville's Denis Phipps hits a two-run homer in the sixth inning Monday night, but it was the only offense the Bats could generate.

With a guy like Billy Hamilton on your team, it's easy to see why Cingrani has gone under the radar, but what a year he's having right now.

Manager Charlie Montoyo of the Durham Bulls was excited about seeing Neftali Soto when the Louisville Bats visited for a recent series.

The Durham Bulls' three-game winning streak came to an end Thursday night in a 4-3, 11-inning loss to the visiting Louisville Bats.

Louisville won in 11 innings on a home run by Neftali Soto in the top of the 11th.

With the Rays playing a day game, all eyes were on the Rays minor league affiliates on Thursday night.

DBAP/Durham-Before I report on last night's game between the Durham Bulls and the Louisville Bats, I want to mention that two days ago, on May 2, the AAA Bulls drew 9356 fans to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park while their parent, the Tampa Bay Rays, a team that has won more games than any team in MLB since 2008 and is off to a strong start in 2012, ... (more)

Louisville got beat 7-5 by the Bull Durhams. Jeff Francis did not help his cause in the replace Mike Leake in the rotation sweepstakes , by throwing 6.1 innings of 5-run ball.

DBAP/ DURHAM-Minor-league life is small-town life. The stakes are lower, the pace is slower.

Yeah, like we weren't going to mention him. .398/.481/.591 over the season so far, but his 29 stolen bases in 23 games is the stat that has people talking.

Norfolk's Matt Antonelli puts the ball in play in the bottom of the fourth on Sunday, April 29, 2012, at Harbor Park in Norfolk.

The Louisville Bats' bullpen, which has been reliable this season, showed it's not invincible Sunday at Harbor Park.