Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes
Published on May 3, 2006 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Hill City Howlers News Release
TONIGHT'S GAME:
The Hillcats continue a week-long homestand with the third of four games against Southern Division front-runner Kinston...The Indians defeated the Hillcats 7-3 last night...The K-Tribe have won each of the first two games of this series and have led at the conclusion of every inning...The Cats have now dropped a season-high 5 consecutive games...Over a longer stretch, the team is 2-10 in their last 12 games...Lynchburg has scored just 40 runs (3.33/game) over that stretch...The Hillcats are a season-high 4.0-games out of first place...Kinston is 4-1 to begin their seven-game road trip against Salem and Lynchburg...The Indians lead in the Southern Division is 3.0-games over Myrtle Beach...
TONIGHT'S MATCHUP
- RHP Clayton Hamilton seeks his first win of the year against RHP Joe Ness, who has not allowed more than 2 earned runs in any of his first 4 outings this season.
- Ness, 22, is a 6-5, 230-pound right-hander selected by Cleveland in the 4th round of the 2005 draft out of Ball State University. The Indiana native spent 2005 with Mahoning Valley (A, NYPL) and compiled a 4-2 record with a 1.67 ERA (59.1 ip, 52 h, 15 r, 11 er, 19 bb, 68 k). Ness was selected with the 184th overall selection, the ninth-highest selection in Ball State history. A 2005 All-Mid-American Conference Second Team selection, Ness finished the season with a 5-5 overall record as the Cardinals' No. 1 starter on the mound.
- Ness is 2-0 with a 3.05 ERA this season (20.2 ip, 17 h, 7 r, 7 er, 9 bb, 28 k)
NEWS AND NOTES:
The Hillcats have posted an above .500 record in the month of May just 3 times in their history (12th season)...They have begun this month by registering an 0-2 record...The Cats are 2-9 against the Southern Division...Vince Rooi has hit safely in a season-high 8 straight games (11-28, .393-1-3)...In addition, he is the reigning Carolina League Player of the Week...Nyjer Morgan has also hit safely in a season-high 8 straight games (10-30, .333-0-0) and has reached base safely in each of his last 11 games (13-39, .333-0-3)...The speedster leads the Carolina League with 17 steals (T-2nd in all of minor league baseball)...Dan Schwartzbauer has hit safely in each of his last 4 games (5-15, .333-0-4)...Brian Bixler has reached base safely in 13 of his last 14 games (15-48, .313-0-6)...RHP Matt Bishop has been unscored upon in his 3 outings this season (3.0 ip)...RHP Dustin Craig has a 0.61 ERA in his last 6 outings (14.2 ip/1 er)...The reliever went 3.0 scoreless frames in last night's 7-3 loss...
INDIANS AT A GLANCE
Kinston has 5 active players that were drafted by Cleveland in 2005 (Jensen Lewis, Joe Ness, Stephen Head, Jordan Brown, Trevor Crowe)...They have 3 former first round selections (Micah Schilling, Matt Whitney, Trevor Crowe)...They are seeking to advance to the post-season for the sixth consecutive season...They have appeared in the Mills Cup in 3 of the last 4 seasons...Their lone title over that stretch came in 2004 (3 games to 2 over the Wilmington Blue Rocks)...
2006 SERIES WITH KINSTON
Kinston leads the season series, 4-1. The Kinston Indians won the 2005 season series, 12-8. The Indians also won the 2004 season series, 11-8. 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.
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