Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes
April 28, 2010 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release
LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (7-11) @ KINSTON INDIANS (7-11)
April 28th, 2010 -- 11:00 AM
@ Grainger Stadium
LHP Travis Webb (0-1, 3.86) vs. LHP T.J. House (0-2, 3.21)
THE HILLCATS: Last night Lynchburg won 4-2 in the series opener of a three-game series at Kinston...The Hillcats are now 4-7 on their current stretch of 13 in a row on the road...Today is the middle-game of a three-game set at Grainger Stadium and game 12 of the longest set of consecutive road games in 2010...
VS. KINSTON: The Hillcats went 10-10 versus the Indians in 2009 and were 6-4 at Grainger Stadium...After starting 8-4 against the K-Tribe, the Cats lost six of the final eight games between the two...Lynchburg is 148-147 all-time against the Indians and 66-83 in Kinston...
IT'S A MARATHON, NOT A SPRINT: With their win last night the Hillcats are now 4-0 in road series openers and 5-1 in game one of series thus far this season...Unfortunately, they are 0-7 in road games that have followed the opener that and 2-10 overall after the first game of the set...Lynchburg is now 0-5 in series finales and 0-3 in rubber matches...
HANDS ON APPROACH: Hillcats Manager Pat Kelly elected to bring in a fifth infielder in the bottom of the ninth inning on Sunday with the bases loaded and one out...The move worked to perfection as the Nationals knocked into a 4-2-3 double play to end the inning and the threat...On Saturday he gave C Devin Mesoraco the green light with a 3-0 count in a tie game in the top of the eighth inning and he smacked a solo home run to give the Green & Gold a one-run lead...
THE BOXER: RHP Brad Boxberger went five innings, allowed two hits, one run and struck out seven in earning his second win of the season...His 1.89 ERA his fourth in the Carolina League and his 11.37 SO/9 ip ratio is third amongst CL starters...
POUNDING PUCKETT: INF Cody Puckett went 2-for-4 with a triple, a home run, three RBI and two runs...In eight games on this road swing he is batting .333 (10-for-33) with five doubles, a triple, a home run, with five RBI and seven runs scored...His three RBI games yesterday was just the second by a Hillcat this season...
TONE SETTER: OF Josh Fellhauer went 1-for-4 with a double and a walk last night to extend his hitting streak to a season-high eight games...Over that time he is batting .355 (11-for-31) over that time with three doubles, a home run, three RBI and six runs scored...He has led off two games on this road swing with a home run...INF Carlos Mendez has the longest hit streak of the season for the Hillcats, as he hit in the first ten games he played in this season...
ALL FOR NAUGHT: C Devin Mesoraco hit the Hillcats first three-run home run of the season in the sixth inning on Sunday to tie the game at four a piece...Lynchburg would eventually fall in extra-innings 6-4...On Saturday the Cats catcher hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning only to have that lead go to waste in a 4-3 loss to the Nationals...Mesoraco leads the team with four home runs and 11 RBI and he is tied for fifth in the Carolina League in long balls...
TODAY'S OPPOSING PITCHER: LHP T.J. House was selected in the 16th round of the 2008 draft out of high school in Mississippi...Last season he made his professional debut with full season Low-A Lake County and he went 6-11 with a 3.15 with 26 starts...This season he progressed to Advanced-A Kinston and he has gone 0-2 with a 3.21 ERA in three starts...He is the 12th ranked prospect in the Indians minor league system according to Baseball America...Today will be his first appearance against Lynchburg...
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