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Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes

Published on June 16, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release


LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (27-38) vs. KINSTON INDIANS (34-31)

June 16th, 2010 -- 7:05 PM

Calvin Falwell Field @ Lynchburg City Stadium

RHP Mark Serrano (2-4, 3.62) vs. LHP T.J. McFarland (7-1, 2.16)

THE HILLCATS: Lynchburg lost 2-1 to Kinston last night in the series opener of their three-game series at City Stadium...The Hillcats are now 2-3 on their seven-game homestand which continues tonight with the middle game of a three-game series with Kinston and the sixth contest of the homestand...

VS. KINSTON: Lynchburg is 5-3 against Kinston this season with two series victories prior to their loss last night...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 153-150 all-time against the Indians and 85-66 in the Hill City...

HOLDING THEM IN CHECK: Last night Kinston scored two runs in their 2-1 victory over Lynchburg...The Hillcats pitching staff has allowed just ten runs in their last six games played (1.7 runs per game) and have not allowed more than three runs in any of those games...In the series against Potomac the Cats had a stretch of 21 straight scoreless innings...The Cats had posted two shutouts in 61 games before blanking the P-Nats in back-to-back games on Friday and Saturday night...Over the last six games Lynchburg has lowered their ERA from 4.11 to 3.88...

MISSING IN ACTION: Through five games on their current seven-game homestand the Hillcats are averaging just 2.4 runs per game (12 runs in five games played)...In their three losses Lynchburg has plated just three combined runs...

CLEAN-UP AFTER YOURSELF: The Hillcats bullpen inherited two runners last night and neither one scored...In the first two months of the season the Cats pen allowed 23-of-49 (47%) of inherited runners to score...Since then in the month of June, Lynchburg's relievers have allowed just 1-of-15 (7%) inherited runners to score to lower their total number to 38% (24-for-64)...

LOST THAT SPARK: Last night Lynchburg lost their fourth straight series opener...After starting the season 8-1 in series openers, the Hillcats are just 4-7 since...

WALKING WOUNDED: OF Kyle Day returned to the line-up after missing the previous six games with a sore right heel...OF Efrain Contreras was a late scratch from last nights line-up after playing the night before...Prior to that he had missed six straight games with an ankle injury...OF Josh Fellhauer was in the line-up again for the series opener after he missed Sunday's game with a stomach ailment...Last night's game also marked the return of C Kevin Coddington who was inactive over the weekend to attend a wedding...The Hillcats also have three pitchers on the Disabled List...

ROAD TO RECOVERY: RHP Edinson Volquez is made his 2010 debut Saturday night with the Hillcats and tossed three scoreless innings in the rehab appearance...After allowing the first two batters of the game to get base hits, he set down the next nine in order before his night came to a close...In 2008 he was the Reds' lone representative in the National League All-Star game...He was 17-6 with a 3.21 ERA with 206 strikeouts in 196 innings...The righty last threw June 1, 2009 for the Reds against St. Louis...He missed the rest of last season and had reconstructive elbow surgery August 3...Volquez was 4-2, with a 4.35 ERA in nine starts with Cincinnati last year...On April 20, Volquez was suspended for 50 games for testing positive for a performance-enhancing substance in violation of Major League Baseball's Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program...Volquez is scheduled to start again for Lynchburg Thursday night at City Stadium...

TONIGHT'S OPPOSING PITCHER: LHP T.J. McFarland was selected by the Indians in the fourth round of the 2007 draft out of high school in Palos Hills, Illinois...He made his professional debut with the GCL Indians in 2008 and went 3-4 with a 5.07 ERA in 12 games (10 starts)...Last season he moved up to full season Low-A Lake County and posted a 9-4 mark with a 3.58 ERA with one save in 25 games (23 starts) with the Captains...This season with Advanced-A Kinston he has a 7-1 record with a 2.16 ERA...McFarland is leading the league in ERA, tied for first in wins, fourth in WHIP (1.05) and fifth in batting average against (.225)...He has been named to the 2010 Carolina League Mid-Season All-Star team...The southpaw has tossed against Lynchburg once and he picked up the win as he tossed five innings of scoreless relief at City Stadium on May 6th...

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