Hillcats Fend Off Pelicans to Take Series
May 27, 2010 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release
The Cats outlasted the Birds 7-6 in 10 innings on Thursday night at BB&T Coastal Field in the rubber-match of the three-game series. It was the Hillcats first extra-inning victory of the season and they improved to 2-12 in series finales.
Lynchburg plated a pair of runs in the first inning to jump out to a 2-0 lead in the deciding game of the series. Neftali Soto singled in a run and Alex Buchholz doubled in the other. Myrtle Beach did not wait long to erase that advantage. Mike Jones doubled in a run in the bottom of the first and the game-tying run scored in the second on a wild pitch.
The Hillcats bounced back immediately though with three runs in the top of the third to recapture the lead. Soto singled in a run and then Devin Mesoraco crushed a two-run shot over the bleachers in left and out of BB&T Coastal Field to give the Cats a 5-2 lead.
In the bottom of the seventh inning the Pelicans would rally again with three runs to tie the game at five. Travis Jones hit a two-run homer and Mike Jones lined an opposite field long ball over the wall in left-center to knot up the contest at five a piece. In the top of the eighth inning the Hillcats took their third advantage of the night with an RBI single by Jsh Fellhauer. Miguel Rojas collided with Pelicans pitcher Angelo Paulino on his way home as the go-ahead run, but he was awarded home plate for interference t give the Green & Gold a 6-5 lead.
Back came the Pelicans again in th bottom of the ninth inning to tie the game at six. Down to their final strike, Myrtle Beach tied the game with an infield RBI single by Gerardo Avila. But yet again, after the Birds tied the game, the Cats came right back and took the lead back with a run in the top of the tenth inning. Josh Fellhauer drove-in the game-winning run with a ground out to short.
The win went to Justin Freeman (1-1) who blew the save in the ninth, but preserved the win for Lynchburg (19-28) with a perfect bottom of the tenth. The loss went to Angelo Paulino (1-1) for Myrtle Beach (14-33).
The Hillcats finished their six-game road swing with a 2-4 mark. The Cats had gone five straight series without a victory before taking two out of three from the Birds. On Friday night Lynchburg is back at home for game one of a three-game series with Frederick at 6:05 p.m. at City Stadium. Right-hander Curtis Partch (2-3, 3.53) gets the call for the Cats opposite fellow righty Ryan Berry for the Keys. Tune-in for all the live action beginning at 5:40 p.m. with the Hillcats On-Deck Show on 105.5 FM KD Country.
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