Schlosser Deals in Hillcats Victory
Published on May 20, 2012 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Hill City Howlers News Release
Lynchburg, VA- It was all Gus Schlosser in a 5-1 victory over the Winston-Salem Dash. Schlosser struck out a career-high nine batters and went five-plus innings of no-hit ball. Tommy La Stella added his fourth bomb of the season to lead the 'Cats offense.
Before Gus Schlosser's stellar game began, the Hillcats provided him with a bit of a cushion. Nick Ahmed was the first base runner of the game, reaching on a walk. The very next batter was Tommy La Stella and drove the third pitch he saw from Spencer Arroyo over the left field wall and off the walkway at beautiful BB&T Ballpark. The two-run homer was La Stella's fourth of the season.
Now Schlosser was ready to deal and certainly did that.He retired the first 11 batters of the game with six going down with a "K"onthe scorecard.It wasn't until Trayce Thompson worked a walk in the fourth that the perfect game would end.
Arroyo would cruise through his next three frames, racking up three strike outs on the way.The Hillcats did put some pressure on him in the fifth with a pair of hits, but abase running blunder ended with Matt Lipka rounding second on an infield hit and being thrown out at third.That would be Arroyo's last full inning after leaving with an undisclosed injury in the sixth. Chris Bassit would take over for his injured teammate.
Finally, the Dash were able to getapositive number in the hit column. Nick Ciollidrove the first pitch of the inning into left fieldpast a diving Edward Salcedo. Ciolli got himself in scoring position with a stolen base. Juan Silverio followed him with a double into the left field gap; Ciolli scored to cut the lead to 2-1. Wagner followed with an infield hit and Dan Black was intentionally walked to load the bases for Brady Shoemaker. It was Schlosser who got the better end of the battle with Shoemaker grounding a ball weakly back to Schlosser for the final out of the inning.
The 'Cats would add an insurance run in the top of the seventh. Matt Weaver walked tostart the inning andnew catcher, Chad Comer,laid down a bunt to get him to second. Weaver advanced to third on a Lipka ground ball. Nick Ahmedgot his firstRBI of the day with a double to right. Weaver easily scored and theHillcats held tight to a 3-1 lead.
Lynchburg would add to the lead in the next frame. Salcedo gottheinning going with an infield single. Robby Hefflinger hit a shot to theleft-center field gap, the left fielder Shoemaker would race overto try to make a play. The ball would go off the end of his mitt, Salcedo scored and Hefflingerslid into third.It was ruled an erroron Shoemaker. Hefflinger would score on a Mycal Jones sharp singlepast the infield to make it 5-1.
Juan Jaime came in to finish the game off for the 'Cats. It was a rough outing for the hard-throwing righty. Shoemaker and Michael Earley each had a double with the latter resulting in a run. Jaime would end the game one batter after Earley's RBI double by fanning Ciolli.
Gus Schlosser (5-2) picked up the win. He went5.0+ of no-hit ball,7.0 innings overall, he allowed one run on four hits. He also walked one, intentional walked another and struck out a career-high nine batters.Spencer Arroyo (2-2) got the loss to add insult to injury. He went 5.1 innings, gave up two runs on four hits.He walked one and sat down four.
Lynchburg willget the day off tomorrow before making the trip to Myrtle Beach to take on the Pelicans. Lefty Dimasther Delgado(1-1, 4.50) will be on the bump for the Hillcats. Wilmer Font(1-3 4.57) will getthe nod for the Pelicans.Tune in and listen live to all the action on 105.5 FM KD Country and online at lynchburg-hillcats.com starting with the Hillcats On-Deck Show coming on the air at 6:40pm with Erik Wilson and Mike Viso.
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