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Hillcats Game Notes

Published on June 3, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release


THE HILLCATS: Last night the Hillcats completed a three-game sweep of the Red Sox with a 4-3 win in the final game of the series at City Stadium...The Hillcats went 5-1 on their six-game homestand and tonight they play game one of a four-game series at Frederick and the first of seven in a row on the road...They enter play tonight six games back of the first place Keys in the Northern Division with 17 games left to play in the first half of the season...

VS. FREDERICK: The Hillcats are 5-5 against the Keys this season and are 1-2 at Harry Grove Stadium...Last season the Cats went 14-5 versus the Keys and were 7-2 at in the Hill City...Lynchburg holds the all-time advantage 161-138 and they are 76-72 at The Grove...Last season the Cats record against the Keys was their best against any opponent in the Carolina League at home, on the road and overall...

HAVEN'T WE DONE THIS BEFORE? Lynchburg is in the midst of 13 games in a row that are all against Salem and Frederick...They just played six at home against the two teams (three against each squad) and now are on the road to play seven games (four in Frederick and then three at Salem) at the Keys and Sox home parks...The Hillcats began the season with 14 games against only Salem and Frederick as well and they will have a similar stretch at the end of July...

BACK IN THE SADDLE AGAIN: With their win last night the Hillcats now have their longest winning streak of the season with five straight victories...Over a longer stretch they have won seven of their last nine contests after they had dropped 13 out of 16...Lynchburg has now won three straight series after failing to win any of their last five sets...

WHEN THE LIGHTS GO DOWN IN THE CITY: Last night Lynchburg improved to 21-19 in night games, while they are just 3-10 in day games this season...

MOODY MAY: The month of May was an up and down one for Lynchburg...They began the month 5-2, then went 3-13 over their next 16 games, only to finish the month with a 5-2 mark and three straight victories to close things out... The Hillcats batted .281 with a team ERA of 3.86 and had a record of 13-17...

SPELLING RELIEF: Over the last five games the Lynchburg pen was gone 4-0 with two holds, a save and a 1.27 ERA (four earned runs in 28 and 1/3 innings of work) to lower their ERA to 5.15, the lowest it has been that after two games into the season (3.18 ERA)...

NKOTB: The Hillcats bullpen has been bolstered by three additions they received during the month of May...RHP Nick Christiani (promoted from Low-A Dayton on May 2nd), RHP Sean Watson (reassigned to Lynchburg on May 12th) and LHP Donnie Joseph (promoted from Dayton on May 27th) have gone a combined 1-1 with two holds and one save with a 0.61 ERA (two earned runs in 29 and 2/3 innings of work)...Christiani has now worked 13 straight innings without allowing a run, the longest stretch by a Hillcat this season, and has only allowed one earned run in 17 and 2/3 innings with Lynchburg (0.51 ERA)...Watson has only allowed just one earned run in eight and 2/3 innings with the Cats (1.04 ERA) after he had a 14.54 ERA in nine games with Double-A Carolina...And Joseph has not allowed a run in his first three and 1/3 innings of action with the Green & Gold...

SOX ASSASSIN: INF Jose Gualdron went 2-for-4 last night with a double and a run...In six games against Salem this season he is 11-for-22 (.500) with five two-baggers, three RBI and five runs scored...Over the last seven games he is 13-for-25 (.520) with six doubles, four RBI and six runs scored...Gualdron is a career .260 hitter and last season batted a combined .220 between Low-A Dayton and Advanced-A Sarasota...In the last six games he has raised his average from .264 to .346...

CLEAN SLATE: RHP Jeff Jeffords worked two scoreless innings of relief last night to earn his first win of the season, which was his first decision in a game this year...The outing prior to a night ago Jeffords allowed five runs in 1/3 of an inning on three hits and four walks (three of which walked in a run)...

TONIGHT'S OPPOSING PITCHER: RHP Ryan Berry was drafted by the Orioles in the ninth round of the 2009 draft out of Rice University...His junior and final season with the Owls he went 7-2 with a 2.42 ERA in 14 games (11 starts)...As a freshman in 2007 he posted an 11-3 mark with a 3.01 ERA in 23 games (20 starts) and was named National Freshman of the Year...This season marks his first in professional baseball and he began the season with full season Low-A Delmarva and had an 0-3 mark with a 3.50 ERA in eights starts prior to his promotion to Frederick...He has made two starts for the Keys and gone 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA...Berry is ranked as the 24th best prospect in the Orioles system...His last start was against Lynchburg and he earned the win at City Stadium by working five scoreless innings...

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