TOLEDO, Ohio — Jarrod Patterson and Derek Nicholson both drove in two runs Thursday night as the Toledo Mud Hens rallied for the second night in a row to defeat the Louisville Bats 6-4 in the International League.

        The victory moved the Mud Hens to within 2 1/2 games of the first-place Bats in the IL West Division.

        Patterson and Nicholson both hit RBI singles in the third. A triple by Patterson and a double by Nicholson drove in runs in Toledo's four-run seventh.

        Omar Infante scored the first run of the inning when Andres Torres singled and advanced to second on an error by losing pitcher Trever Miller. Craig Monroe's pinch-hit single made it 6-4.

        A double by Chris Sexton and a two-eun single by Robin Jennings put Louisville ahead 3-0 in the first. Jose Guillen hit a run-scoring double in the seventh.

        Jose Paniagua (2-0), the fourth of five Toledo pitchers, was the winner. He went 1 1-3 innings, allowing two hits, walking one and striking out one. Franklyn German pitched the ninth for his 11th save, giving up two hits and striking out two.

        Miller (8-4) came on in the seventh, faced five batters and gave up hits to four of them, allowing four runs.

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