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Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes

July 4, 2012 - Carolina League (CarL) Lynchburg Hillcats

WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS (35-48, 6-7) vs LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (46-37, 7-6)

July 4th, 2012 -- 7:05 PM

Calvin Falwell Field at Lynchburg City Stadium

RHP Chase Boruff (1-4, 5.24) vs RHP Aaron Northcraft (7-4, 3.35)

THE HILLCATS: Last night, the Hillcats beat the Winston-Salem Dash 3-2 in 13 innings...The game was scoreless through seven innings last night as neither starter surrendered a run...The Dash struck first when 1B Cyle Hankerd hit a solo homer in the seventh...Winston-Salem added another in the eighth before LF Adam Milligan tied the game with a two-run homer in the bottom of the eighth...In the 13th inning RF David Rohm doubled off the left field wall to bring home 3B Bobby Stevens for the walk-off win...The Hillcats are now 7-6 in the second half and in first place in the Northern Division...

VS. WINSTON-SALEM: Lynchburg is 5-5 against the Blue Rocks this season, 3-3 in Wilmington and 2-2 at home...They have blanked the Blue Rocks three times this season, and won each of those games 1-0...Lynchburg is hitting .259 as a team this season but just .215 as a unit against Wilmington...Most recently the Hillcats were limited to jus six runs in three games in Wilmington last weekend...

CALL IT A COMEBACK: The Hillcats trailed 2-0 entering the bottom of the eighth inning last night...After tying the game in the eighth, the 'Cats went on to win in the 13th...It was their first win when trailing after seven innings this season, now 1-29...Two teams in the league are still winless when trailing after seven...The Dash are 0-26 and the Frederick Keys are 0-40...

AT LEAST IT WASN'T 23: Last night's 13-inning affair was the longest Hillcats game of the season (well short of the CL record 23 innings last year)...It went final after 3 hours and 41 minutes, breaking the previous mark by 3 minutes...The most innings the 'Cats had played prior to last night was 11 (6/22 vs Salem)...That game was supposed to go seven as part of a doubleheader but needed four innings of extras, just like last night's 13-inning game...

WITH THE SERIES ON THE LINE: The Hillcats are 5-0 in rubber-matches this season after last night's 3-2 win...They have dominated three-game series this season winning 13 of 18 sets...On the other hand, the 'Cats are 1-4-3 in four-game sets...Their one four-game series win came as a sweep in Frederick where the Hillcats are 7-0 against the Keys...

A BRILLIANT STRIKE: Lynchburg's walk-off win in the 13th inning last night makes them 2-4 in extra time...They no longer hold the worst record in the league...Frederick is last in the circuit at 2-6, while the 'Cats are tied for sixth with Winston-Salem...

IN..CREDIBLE, PHE..NOMENAL: OF David Rohm 'is burning'...Went 1-for-4 last night with a walk-off RBI-double...He is currently on a season-high six game hitting streak, batting .350 (7-for-20)...Has three doubles, two RBI, and two runs scored in that stretch...Prior to the streak, his average was at .207, lowest since he was hitting .200 four games into the season...Raised his season clip 20 points, to .227 in the last six games...He has 32 hits this season, 14 are doubles, but he still has no home runs...

ONLY TEN I SEE: OF Adam Milligan has 10 hits in his last 10 games after going 2-for-6 with a double and a two-run homer last night...The long ball was his second in as many games, and he now has 7 in 44 games with Lynchburg...The Morristown, TN native is currently on a four-game hitting streak...Hitting .375 (6-for-16) with a double, two home runs, three RBI, and four runs scored in the stretch...

NORTH FOR THE SUMMER: RHP Aaron Northcraft makes his 16th start of the season tonight and first of July, coming off the best month of his career in June...Went 3-0 with a 1.41 ERA in five starts...He threw two complete games, his only two in his career, and his first ever no-hitter...In 32 innings, he struck out 30, and walked only 12...Opponents his just .180 against him, and he had a groundout to air out ratio of 2.94...Northcraft currently ranks among the league leaders in ERA (9th, 3.35), complete games (T-1st, 2), shutouts (T-1st, 1), strikeouts (4th, 85), batting average against (5th, .241), strikeouts per nine innings (4th, 8.90), and walks (5th, 36)...

TONIGHT'S OPPOSING PITCHER: RHP Chase Boruff was signed as a non-drafted free agent July 26, 2010 by the Kansas City Royals...Attended Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, TN for four years before signing...Play football his freshman year, and pitched for the baseball team his last three years...The Knoxville, TN native graduated from Halls High School in 2006...Made his professional debut August 3, 2010 with the Surprise Royals...Gave up a run in an inning and one-third and took his first loss...Made six appearances total his first season...Went 0-1 with a 1.80 ERA and three saves...Promoted to Low-A Kane County in 2011..Went 4-1 with a 2.30 ERA in 41 relief appearances...Struck out 63 in 66.2 innings...Recorded seven saves...This year, he is 1-4 with a 5.93 ERA in 17 appearances, 3 starts...Made his first professional start June 17 and completed a career high three and one-third innings, allowing four runs, three earned, on three hits and took a no-decision...As a starter, he is 0-1 with a 7.45 ERA...Set a new career-high in innings pitched with four against the Hillcats in his last start...Surrendered just two hit, hit two batters, and walked one in four scoreless innings...

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