Hillcats Game Notes
Published on August 22, 2007 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Hill City Howlers News Release
WINSTON-SALEM WARTHOGS (20-35, 58-66) @ LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (25-31, 54-69)
AUGUST 22nd, 2007 -- 7:05 PM
CALVIN FALWELL FIELD AT LYNCHBURG CITY STADIUM
RHP DEREK RODRIGUEZ (11-5, 4.00) vs. LHP KYLE BLOOM (9-10, 4.93)
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THE HILLCATS...continue their final homestand of the year with the third game of a four-game series against the Winston-Salem Warthogs at City Stadium...Salvaged a split of a doubleheader with a 4-1 win in the nightcap last night...Squandered a late-inning lead in a 3-2 loss in the opener...Snapped a three-game losing streak with the Game 2 win last night...Are in a stretch of playing 15 out of 18 games at City Stadium (7-4)...Are still just 27-45 (.375) in their last 72 games...
THE WARTHOGS...Have lost three of their last four games..Are a league-worst 20-35 (.364) in the second half...Despite going 38-31 (.551) in the first-stanza, finished 7.0-games behind the front-running Kinston Indians...Have committed a league-high 168 errors...
2007 vs. WINSTON-SALEM: Winston-Salem leads the season series nine games to eight...They captured the 2006 season series, 12 games to 8...Overall, the Hillcats have an advantage in the lifetime series 137-119 (.535) including a 76-53 (.589) mark in 129 all-time games at City Stadium...These two teams last met in the post-season in 2003, with Winston-Salem sweeping Lynchburg in the Mills' Cup...
START ME UP: RHP Derek Hankins continued to perform well with 5 and 1/3 innings of one-run baseball in the lid lifter last night...The 24-year old has posted a 2.08 ERA in his last 3 starts (17.1 IP)...
START ME UP, TOO: RHP Serguey Linares (5-6) earned the win in Game 2 last night, allowing just one run in 5 innings of action...The Cuban native has gone 4-0 with a 2.89 ERA in his last 5 starts (9 ER/28 IP)...
ROMAK ROLLING: OF Jamie Romak picked up a pair of multi-hit games in the doubleheader split last night...In total, he went 4-for-6 with a homer and 3 RBIs...The slugger is batting 8-14, .571-1-5 in the last four games...
GONZO DELIVERS: SS Angel Gonzalez went 3-for-3 with a double in the nightcap last night...The youngster is batting 18-56, .321-0-10 over last 14 games
STREAK SNAPPED: OF Brad Corley had an 11-game hitting streak with an 0-for-3 effort in the nightcap last night...He batted 16-44, .364-1-7 over the stretch...
RECORD WITHIN REACH: OF Pedro Powell has a league-best 61 steals (74 attempts)...The 23-year-old led the league last year with a Hillcats' record 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...
STOP SWITCHING: OF Pedro Powell is batting 23-76, .303-0-5 since batting exclusively from the right side of the plate beginning on August 1st...The 23-year old is a natural right-handed hitter...
LEAGUE LEADER: OF Brad Corley leads the league in both hits (130) and RBIs (81)...In addition, Corley is among the league leads in extra-base hits (2nd/50)....The slugger led all Pirates' farmhands a year ago with 100 runs batted in...
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