Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes
September 3, 2011 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release
WINSTON-SALEM DASH (36-31, 68-69) vs LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (28-37, 58-77)
September 3rd, 2011 -- 6:05 PM
Calvin Falwell Field at Lynchburg City Stadium
RHP Cameron Bayne (12-7, 3.41) vs. RHP Gary Moran (1-1, 2.53)
THE HILLCATS: Friday, the 'Cats lost to the Potomac Nationals 7-3...Lynchburg led 3-2 heading into the fifth after taking advantage of a two-out Potomac error in the fourth for two unearned runs...The 'Cats would end up returning the favor with walks and errors later...The Nationals scored four runs in the sixth and seventh frames with the help of six walks and two errors to take a 6-3 lead...LHP Sammy Solis, 2-0 against Lynchburg, earned the win tossing seven innings allowing three runs and only one earned while striking out four...The Hillcats are now 28-37 in the second half...They sit in third place in the Northern Division 10.0 games behind the Frederick Keys in first place...
VS. WINSTON-SALEM: The Hillcats are 6-11 against the Dash this season...Lynchburg is 3-4 when hosting Winston-Salem heading into the final series of the season...Winston-Salem took the season series 16-4 against the Hillcats in 2010...However, the Hill-City has welcomed a new affiliate in the Atlanta Braves this year...Last season the Myrtle Beach Pelicans (2010 Braves Advance-A affiliate) nearly split the season series with the Dash taking nine games of 20...
PARTY AT OUR HOUSE': The Potomac Nationals clinched a post-season berth and officially eliminated the Hillcats this past Wednesday night after defeating the Hillcats 6-3 at City Stadium...The 'Cats had to watch as the Nationals crowded their home infield at Calvin Falwell Field...Welcoming the Dash to town this weekend, it's possible the Hillcats may have to witness another celebration...The Dash are currently tied with the Kinston Indians for first place in the Southern Division...Kinston will play four games over the next three days in Potomac, while the Dash have three in Lynchburg...
FINISHING STRONG: Lynchburg finished the month of August with a 15-11 record, second-best in the league to Kinston's 16-12 mark...The pitching staff posted a league-best 3.38 ERA...The bats compiled a .278 batting average (3rd) and scored 136 runs (2nd), while hitting 16 home runs, 61 doubles, and seven triples...SS Andrelton Simmons had his best individual month, setting or matching season-bests in average (.324), home runs (1), RBI (14), doubles (11), triples (2), and steals (8)...
ARIZONA FALL LEAGUE: C Christian Bethancourt, INF Phil Gosselin, and OF Todd Cunningham are set to play with the Surprise Saguaros in the Arizona Fall League this year...Bethancourt is regarded by many as the top position player prospect in the Braves organization...He spent the first half with Low-A Rome where he hit .303 and threw out 32 percent of would-be base stealers...He's hitting .271 since joining Lynchburg and has thrown out 47 percent of those running against him...Cunningham and Gosselin have been with the Hillcats all season with the exception of time missed due to injury...They were both drafted last year and were rated as the closest to the majors by Baseball America in the Braves 2010 draft class...
YEAR-END ALL-STARS: SS Andrelton Simmons and 1B Joey Terdoslavich were named to the Carolina League year-end All-Star team today...Simmons leads the league in batting average (.305) and hits (154)...His 12.98 plate appearances per strikeout is a league-best mark as well...His 33 doubles rank second in the circuit to Terdoslavich's 50...Terdoslavich also ranks among the league leaders with 18 home runs (T-4th), 75 RBI (4th), 133 hits (T-4th), a .508 slugging percentage (2nd), 70 extra-base hits (1st), and 241 total bases (2nd)...
BEST OF THE BRAVOS: Eight members of the Hillcats are ranked amongst the top 30 prospects in the Atlanta Braves organization according to Baseball America...That list includes C Christian Bethancourt (12), SS Andrelton Simmons (15), RHP David Hale (17), RHP Dimasther Delgado (18), OF Todd Cunningham (20), OF Adam Milligan (22), INF Joe Leonard (23) and 2B Phil Gosselin (25)...
WICKED WILEY: OF Keenan Wiley went 1-for-4 last night...He's now hit safely in seven of his last eight games and has multiple hits in four of those games...Hitting .314 (11-35) in that span...On the season, he's hitting .284, which is good for third best in the Carolina League...
TONIGHT'S OPPOSING PITCHER: RHP Cameron Bayne was drafted in the 13th round of the 2009 draft by the White Sox out of Concordia University...Spent 2010 in Low-A Kannapolis...Led the South Atlantic League in wins (12) and innings pitched (165)...Rejoined Winston-Salem in July after making three starts for AA Birmingham...Went 2-0 with a 3.50 ERA in those starts...Has made three starts against Lynchburg...Earned win May 8...Pitched five innings, giving up four runs on five hits and striking out six...Picked up win on May 25...Gave up four runs on four hits in five innings pitched...Pitched against Lynchburg in his first game back in the Carolina League on July 15...Earned the win, limiting the Hillcats to one run in six innings pitched...Currently 12-7 with a 3.41 ERA while pitching for Winston-Salem...
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