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Lynchburg Hillcats game notes

Published on June 23, 2005 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release


TONIGHT'S GAME
The Hillcats and Indians meet for the final game of a three-game series to open the second half and Lynchburg looks to salvage the series finale from Kinston. Last night, The Indians took an early lead en route to a 6-2 victory over the Hillcats. The Cats have now dropped 12 of their last 16 contests, including four straight to the Indians. Still, the Hillcats are 18-15 over their last 33 games.
-Unfamiliar Territory: The Cats are 1.0-game back in the division after not trailing in the standings at any point in the first half schedule.
-Reset: The Indians have outscored the Hillcats 13-0 in the first inning of the six games played between the teams at City Stadium in 2005.

2005 SERIES WITH KINSTON
The Kinston Indians lead the season series, 10-3. The Indians won the 2004 season series, 11-8, marking just the third time in 11 seasons that the K-Tribe took the season series. However, the Hillcats won the 2003 matchup, 13-7. Lynchburg also dominated the 2002 series, 17-3, and then took the Mills Cup Series, 3-1. Overall, Lynchburg leads the lifetime series, 109-99 (.524).
-The Hillcats have gone 44-32 (.579) in the last 75 G of this series & they've have taken 60 of the last 102 (.588) going back to '00.
-Arrows, but no Broomsticks: The Indians have not swept the Hillcats in a series since 1999 (8/19-8/20/99; 3-game series)
-Kinston has outscored Lynchburg 91-58 in 13 meeings this year; In addition, the Cats scored 21 runs in one game (4/27 @ KIN)

STREAKS & SUCH
OF Pat Magness has homered in three straight games (5-9, .556-2-4), the first Cat to accomplish the feat since INF Brad Eldred connected on HRs in a Hillcats-record 4 straight games last year...INF Brad Rea has reached base safely in four straight games (5-12, .417) with 3 2Bs and 4 BBs...RHP Jonathan Albaladejo has allowed just one run in his last four appearances (11.0 ip)...LHP Greg Martin has allowed just two earned runs in his last 8 outings (17.0 ip)...

NORTH VS. SOUTH
24 of the Cats 32 losses have come at the hands of a Southern Divison foe...The Cats have gone just 6-13 in their last 19 games against the Southern Division...Lynchburg is in a stretch of going 29 days without playing a team from its own division...The Cats open up their second half schedule with 12 of their first 15 games at Lynchburg City Stadium (0-2)...

PAST & FUTURE
Lynchburg alumni LHP Zach Duke (2004) and RHP Ian Snell (2003) were both named to the 2005 XM Satellite Radio Futures Game Roster. Duke (11-3, 2.87 ERA) and Snell (9-2, 4.06) currently rank first and third respectively in the International League in wins. The game will be played July 10th at Comerica Ballpark in Detroit. For more information, visit www.milb.com.
-Tonight, LHP Brian Holliday (see page 3) seeks to get back over .500 with a win against RHP Bear Bay, who has won two of his last three decisions and has the fifth best ERA in the Carolina League.
-Bay, 21, is a 6-2, 160-pound left-hander selected by the Chicago Cubs in the 25th round of the 2002 draft out of Angelina (TX) JC. The Cleveland Indians acquired Bay from Chicago (NL) in a trade for RHP Cliff Bartosh this past off-season. The Houston, TX native led the Midwest League in innings pitched last year (168.1) compiling a record of 11-9 and a 3.10 ERA (28 g, 168.1 ip, 166 h, 71 r, 58 er, 30 bb, 139 k). In his first professional season, he led the Arizona League (R) in wins (7), was 2nd in strikeouts (69), 3rd in ERA (2.50) while earning an all-star berth. -Bay has gone 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA in 1 G, 1 GS vs. LYN in 2005 (6.0 ip, 4 h, 0 r, 0 er, 2 bb, 7 k, .190)
-BB @ LYN, 5/4 (W, 9-3): W, 6.0 ip, 4 h, 0 r, 0 er, 2 bb, 7 k (Staked to 5-0 lead in 3rd; Did not allow more than 1 baserunner in any ip; left up 8-0)
-Holliday has gone 0-1 with a 12.27 ERA in 1 G, 1 GS vs. KIN in 2005 (3.2 ip, 8 h, 6 r, 5 er, 2 bb, 1 k, .421)
-BH vs KIN, 4/26 (L, 10-0): L, 3.2 ip, 8 h, 6 r, 5 er, 2 bb, 1 k (5 of 1st 6 batters reached, incl. 2-R HR from Mulhern; left with 2 on in 4th)

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