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Hillcats vs. Dash - Game Notes - August 12, 2013

August 12, 2013 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release


THE HILLCATS: Opened up their six-game homestand last night with a 5-4 win over the Winston-Salem Dash...RHP Williams Perez (5-1) pitched well once again allowing just two runs over seven innings on six hits...He walked two and struck out five and earned the win...The Hillcats took the early lead as RF David Rohm singled home a run in the first inning...They added four more runs in the fourth inning...C Anthony Nunez contributed with an RBI-groundout, but the other three runs scored via a wild pitch and an error...Winston-Salem mounted a steady comeback scoring in the sixth, seventh, and eighth innings...They loaded the bases down by just one in the eighth but RHP Nate Hyatt was able to strand the bases loaded and pitch a scoreless ninth to record his 11th save of the season...The ‘Cats are now 19-26, tied for the lead in the wild card standings with the Frederick Keys...

VS. WINSTON-SALEM: The Hillcats are 12-6 against the Dash this season...The ‘Cats went 5-1 in series openers against the Dash, and are 7-5 in the rest of the meetings...Lynchburg has won four of the first five series, but neither team has swept the other this season...In the first half the Hillcats averaged 6.18 runs per game against the Dash, but have been limited to just 3.29 runs per game in the second half, getting shut out twice in seven games...The Hillcats are batting .262 with 17 home runs in 18 games overall...

RUNNING WILD: The Hillcats stole five bases as a team last night, although only two ‘Cats contributed to that total...2B Levi Hyams took two and OF Matt Lipka snagged three...It was a season-high for the Hillcats...They had stolen four bases in a game once this season back on June 12, which was also against the Dash...It was in Winston-Salem and 2B Ross Heffley was thrown out once that night, otherwise Lynchburg could've had five...They were a perfect 5-for-5 last night...C Kevan Smith was behind the dish last night, while C Martin Medina was playing on June 12...Lynchburg has the fewest steals in the Carolina League with 69...Every other team has at least 93...But, the ‘Cats 23 of those steals against the Dash, in 30 attempts...

PERSONAL BEST: OF Matt Lipka's three stolen bases last night set a new career-high for the fourth-year pro...A former All-State wide receiver in Texas, Lipka drafted out of high school as a shortstop...His average arm strength but plus-plus speed motivated a move to centerfield prior to the 2012 season...He has stolen 87 bases in his career, but never more than two in a single game...2013 is his third season with 20 or more steals...He was limited to just 51 games in 2012 due to a hamstring injury...At 26 swipes this year, he is two shy of his career-best for a single season, as he stole 28 bases with Low-A Rome in 2011...

REYES OWNS BLOUGH: SS Elmer Reyes went 2-for-4 last night....He went 2-for-3 against Dash starter RHP Bryan Blough...Facing the right-hander twice in the last week, Reyes is 5-for-6 against him...He went just 1-for-6 against him in the first month of the season...The Nicaragua native is hot right now...He batted .476 (10-for-21) over the six-game road trip with a double, home run, four RBI, and five runs scored...

SEASON-LONG STREAK: UTL Matt Weaver drove in the game-winning run Saturday night in the ninth inning...He went 1-for-4 extending his current hitting streak to six games matching his longest of the season...His first six-gamer was from May 16-22...He went 8-for-20 with a double, triple, five RBI, and three runs scored...During his current streak, he is 8-for-20 once again, with two doubles, two RBI, and three runs scored...The ‘Cats just played their last game in Wilmington last night where Weaver finished the season there, coincidentally, 8-for-20...

JUST WIN BABY: RHP Williams Perez is now 5-1 for the Hillcats in six starts...He is averaging 6.1 innings per starts, completing the seventh three times already...He has four quality starts allowing just eight earned runs over 38 innings (1.89 ERA)...He's also throwing strikes...He has fanned 36 batters and only walked 10 on a staff that has walked a league-high 461 in a league-low 985.2 innings....

TONIGHT'S OPPOSING PITCHER: RHP Myles Jaye was acquired via trade with the Toronto Blue Jays prior to the 2012 season in a deal that sent big league pitcher Jason Frasor to Toronto...The Blue Jays originally drafted Jaye in the 17th round in 2010 out of Starr Mills High School (GA)...Signed late, and did not make his professional debut until 2011 with Bluefield in the Rookie Appalachian League...Went 3-3 with a 3.00 ERA in 13 games, nine starts...Reported to Low-A Kannapolis in 2012 after joining the White Sox (4-7, 6.04)...Made 17 starts for the Intimidators...Repeated in Kannapolis this year, but was promoted in May after going 4-1 with a 2.20 ERA in seven starts...Tonight is his ninth Hi-A start and third against the Hillcats...He was 3-0 in his first four starts despite an ERA over 4.00...He is 1-1 with a 6.06 ERA against the Hillcats in three starts...Pitches better on the road with a 3.88 ERA as opposed to a 5.40 ERA at home...In his only start at Lynchburg City Stadium he gave up one unearned run over six innings...He gave up six hits, walked no one, and struck out four earning the win...

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