Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes
August 26, 2007 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release
WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS (39-21, 69-59) @ LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (25-36, 54-74)
AUGUST 26th, 2007 -- 6:05 PM
CALVIN FALWELL FIELD AT LYNCHBURG CITY STADIUM
RHP JULIO PIMENTEL (10-4, 2.78) vs. RHP DEREK HANKINS (8-4, 4.91)
THE HILLCATS...continue their final homestand of the year with the third game of a four-game set against their Northern Division rivals, the Wilmington Blue Rocks...Dropped a back-and-forth affair by a score of 11-10 last night...Have lost four straight games...Are 1-8 in their last nine contests...Are in a stretch of playing 15 out of 18 games at City Stadium (7-9)...Are just 27-50 (.351) in their last 77 games...
THE BLUE ROCKS...Have won 9 of their last 10 games...Own a magic number of 4 to clinch the Northen Division second-half crown...Have posted a 60-42 (.588) mark since beginning the season with a league-worst 9-17 (.346) record...Have a league-best 3.48 ERA and have four starters (Rowdy Hardy, Julio Pimentel, Blake Johnson, Dan Cortes) that have the top four ERA's in the league...Are in the first-year of a two-year player development contract with the Kansas City Royals...
2007 vs. WILMINGTON: Wilmington has dominated the season series, winning eight straight contests and posting a 14-3 overall mark...Lynchburg captured the 2006 season series, 12 games to 8...Overall, the Blue Rocks have an advantage in the lifetime series 149-107 (.582) including a 72-55 (.567) mark in 127 all-time games at City Stadium...These two teams last met in the post-season in 2003, with Lynchburg sweeping the best-of-three series to advance to the Mills' Cup...
TRANSACTIONS: RHP Pat Bresnehan was promoted to Double-A Altoona today...The Pirates' fifth round selection in 2006 went 4-3 with a 4.18 ERA in 34 relief appearances for Lynchburg...RHP Jacob Cuffman (see page 5) and INF Victor Alvarez (see page 9) have been promoted to Lynchburg and will fill out the 25-man roster...
RELEASED: INF Jose De Los Santos was released by the Pirates' today...He was hitting .306-1-12 in 29 games...
RECORD WITHIN REACH: OF Pedro Powell tied his own his Hillcats record by stealing his 63rd base last night...The 23-year-old led the league last year with 63 stolen bases and is attempting to become just the 2nd player in league history to win back-to-back stolen base crowns...Jack Mitchell led the league in the category in both 1952 and 1953...
LEAGUE LEADER: OF Brad Corley leads the league in both hits (138) and RBIs (89)...In addition, Corley is among the league leads in extra-base hits (2nd/54) and doubles (T-2nd/36)....He led all Pirates' farmhands a year ago with 100 runs batted in...
TWO HOMERS: OF Jamie Romak collected 11 total bases in a 4-for-5 effort with a pair of home runs last night...The 21-year old has hit two home runs in a game on three occassions this year...
ATTENDANCE MARK: The Hillcats are 1,728 fans shy of establishing a new single-season attendance record...The team drew a franchise-record 157,744 fans to City Stadium in 2006...Prior to 2002, the Lynchburg attendance record of 127,883 stood for 53 seasons...
BAD CREW: The Hillcats are just 1-11 this year in games umpired by John Saphire and Andy Dudones...
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