Cats Bash Way to Win Over Keys
Published on July 26, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release
Lynchburg homered four times in a game for the first time this season en route to a 7-4 victory at Frederick.
The Hillcats wasted no time jumping all over the Keys with a five-run first inning. The first five Cats that came to the plate all got hits and all scored. Neftali Soto started the scoring with a three-run home run. It was his team-leading 15th of the season and it was his first three-run shot of the campaign. After a single by Denis Phipps, Chris Richburg followed with a two-run homer, his first as a Hillcat to make it a 5-0 game with still no outs recorded in the ballgame.
In the third inning the Green & Gold added to their lead with another long ball, this one a solo shot by Phipps, his fifth dinger in 12 games with the Hillcats. That homer gave Phipps seven straight hits, which tied Pedro Powell for the most consecutive hits in Hillcats history.
The Keys plated their first run of the evening in the bottom of the frame with an RBI single by Kyle Hudson to make it 6-1. With the bases loaded later in that inning with one out, Billy Rowell hit a sharply hit ground ball down the third base line that appeared to be headed into the left field corner. But Shane Carlson made a diving stop, got to his feet, stepped on third base and threw to first in time for the inning ending double play. The next half inning Carlson started things off by hitting his first homer as a Cat to up the lead to 7-1.
Frederick got back within striking distance in the bottom of the seventh inning with three runs to pull within three at 7-4. Bobby Stevens, Xavier Avery and Hudson had three straight doubles to plate a pair of runs and chase Hillcats starter James Avery from the contest. Ronnie Welty singled in another run in the inning to finish the scoring in the frame and on the night.
The win went to Avery (6-3) and the save was notched by Donnie Joseph (11) for Lynchburg (13-17, 42-58) and the loss went to starter Nathan Moreau (3-1) for Frederick (15-15, 56-44). The Hillcats will look for their fourth straight win on Tuesday night at 7:00 p.m. at Harry Grove Stadium. Right-hander Chase Ware (0-2, 3.66) will get the call for the Cats opposite righty Ryan Berry (2-1, 2.67) scheduled to start for the Keys. Tune-in for all the live action on 105.5 FM KD Country and on the web at lynchburg-hillcats.com.
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