Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes
June 11, 2012 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release
CAROLINA MUDCATS (30-33) @ LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (33-30)
June 11th, 2012 -- 7:05 PM
Calvin Falwell Field at Lynchburg City Stadium
RHP Will Roberts (3-2, 5.15) vs LHP Dimasther Delgado (4-2, 4.14)
THE HILLCATS: Yesterday, the Hillcats beat the Frederick Keys 5-0...RHP Gus Schlosser went eight innings scoreless, allowing just three hits, while striking out five on his way to his seventh win...SS Nick Ahmed and DH Adam Milligan both homered in the game...Lynchburg took three of five from the Keys over the weekend, after getting swept in a doubleheader Friday and sweeping a doubleheader Saturday...The Hillcats are now 33-30 and remain in first place in the Northern Division by four games with seven to play...
VS. CAROLINA: Lynchburg is just 2-6 against the Mudcats this season...They have played two four-game series and lost three out of four each time, once on the road and most recently at home...The Mudcats have outscored the Hillcats 44-34 this season...Only one game has been decided by more than three runs...
SEE YA IN WINSTON: The Carolina League announced their All-Star selections today...The Hillcats will have five representatives, RHP J.R. Graham, 1B Chris Garcia, 2B Tommy La Stella, SS Nick Ahmed, and C Braeden Schlehuber...Graham is tied for the league-lead in wins (7) and ranks third in ERA (2.58)...Garcia ranks sixth in the league in batting (.320), second in on-base percentage (.435) and second in walks (40)...La Stella is the only Hillcat in the starting lineup...He leads the Hillcats and all second baseman in RBI (36), also is tied for fifth most in the circuit...Ahmed leads the league in stolen bases (20) and leads all shortstops in chances, assists, putouts, and double plays...Schlehuber is hitting .305, which would rank ninth in the league, but he is 23 plate appearances short of qualifying...He also has a career-high six home runs already this season...
ABRA KADABRA: The Hillcats lead the second place Potomac Nationals by four games with just seven to play...Their magic number is technically four, but since they own the tie-breaker over Potomac, it is essentially three...The Hillcats have three games against the Carolina Mudcats at home this week followed by a four-game set over the weekend in Frederick against the Keys...
UNDER PRESSURE: Lynchburg lost a season-worst eight games in a row from May 29 - June 5...They watched a 4.5 game lead over the Wilmington Blue Rocks fall to just a half game...The Hillcats snapped the slump on June 6 in Myrtle Beach with an 8-1 victory and are 5-2 since...The team is hitting .297 in that seven-game stretch after hitting less than .170 during the eight-game slide... The 'Cats were limited to two runs or less in six of those eight games...
HIT PARADE: The Hillcats racked up 12 hits for the second straight game yesterday...Every player in the starting lineup had at least one hit, and all but three scored or drove in a run in the 5-0 win...The leadoff, seven-spot, and nine-spot in the order were the only two left out of the scoring...Lynchburg is now hitting .264 on the season, which ranks third in the Carolina League...
TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE: SS Nick Ahmed and OF Adam Milligan both hit solo homers yesterday against Frederick...Ahmed hit his fourth, and Milligan hit his third...It was the first time the Hillcats had mulitple home runs in a game since hitting a season-high three at home against Potomac on May 26...The 'Cats have hit 52 homers this season, which is second to Winston-Salem (56) in the league...The Hillcats have now hit 24 of their 52 long balls at home...OF David Rohm is the only player on the team with more than 10 games played without a home run...
JONES'N TO GET ON BASE: OF Mycal Jones went 1-for-2 with three walks yesterday in the leadoff spot, but did not score a run...It was the first time he'd reached base four times in one game with the Hillcats this year...He has now drawn five walks in his last three games while going 3-for-7 at the plate in the same stretch...His on -base percentage is .667 in those three games bringing his season clip from .294 to .331...
TEAM EDWARD: 3B Edward Salcedo went 1-for-4 with an RBI last night...Has now hit safely in six of his last seven with four multi-hit games...He is 11-for-22 (.500) in that span with two doubles, four RBI, and three runs scored...Prior to this hot streak, he was just 7-for-44 in his previous 13 games (one PH appearance)...His averaged dipped from .265 to .243 after that slump, but is now back to .268...
SCHLE' RIDE: C Braeden Schlehuber went 2-for-4 with a double yesterday...Has now hit safely in seven of his last eight games, he is 12-for-26 (.462) in the stretch with three doubles, a triple, a home run, five RBI, and five runs scored...Has raised his batting average 38 points, from .267 to .305 in that stretch...Has his season clip above .300 for the first time since April 25, when he was hitting .324, ten games into the season...The home run was his sixth of the year, which is a new single-season career-high, and the triple was just the second one of his five-year career...
TONIGHT'S OPPOSING PITCHER: RHP Will Roberts was selected in the fifth round by the Indians in the 2011 draft out of the University of Virginia...Born in Salem, VA, he now resides in Richmond, VA...Was originally drafted in the 49th round by the Los Angeles Angels in 2008 out of high school but did not sign...Made his professional debut with Short-season Mahoning Valley (NYP) in 2011...Went 1-3 with a 3.27 ERA in nine games, eight starts...Struck out 29 in 41.1 innings, and walked only seven...Began 2012 with Low-A Lake County...Went 2-1 with a 2.90 ERA in five starts...Struck out just 13 and walked eight in 31 innings...Promoted to Carolina on May 4...He is 3-2 with a 5.15 ERA through seven starts with the Mudcats...Tonight will be his first start against the Hillcats...
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