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Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes

Published on June 25, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release


LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (0-1, 29-42) @ KINSTON INDIANS (1-0, 37-34) June 25th, 2010 -- 7:00 PM @ Grainger Stadium RHP James Avery (2-2, 4.40) vs. LHP T.J. House (2-4, 3.30)

THE HILLCATS: Lynchburg started the second half with a 2-1 loss last night at Kinston...Tonight is the second game of the three-game series at Grainger Stadium...

VS. KINSTON: Lynchburg is 6-5 against Kinston this season and they are 2-2 at Grainger Stadium...The Hillcats went 10-10 versus the Indians in 2009 and were 6-4 at Grainger Stadium...Lynchburg is 154-152 all-time against the Indians and 68-85 in Kinston...After starting 5-1 this season versus the K-Tribe, the Cats have dropped four out of the last five against them...

INVITATIONS: On Tuesday night Myrtle Beach hosted the California versus Carolina League All-Star Game at BB&T Coastal Field...The California League won 4-3 with a ninth inning run...RHP Brad Boxberger was the Hillcat lone representative and he worked a perfect sixth inning in the contest...

IN A NEW YORK MINUTE: RHP Lance Janke tossed six shutout innings on Sunday at Potomac to earn his third win of the season...The six innings of work matched his longest outing of the season and it marked the first time in four starts this season the right-hander did not allow a run...In his last two games Janke has not given up a run in seven and 1/3 innings pitched...In his five previous appearances he had allowed 15 runs in 12 and 2/3 innings of action (10.66 ERA) to raise his earned run average to 6.98...In his last two games he has shrunk that number 5.87...

DESERVED BETTER: RHP Jordan Hotchkiss allowed two runs in a season-high five and 1/3 innings of work and took the tough luck loss last night...In his last three starts, Hotchkiss has gone at least five innings and given up two runs or less, yet he is 0-1 in those three outings...If he was eligible for the league leaders in earned run average, he would be first in the circuit (1.97)...He is tied for the team lead in holds (4), he has finished five games and started five this season for the Hillcats...

INTO THE FRAY: UTIL Brodie Greene was promoted to Lynchburg from Rookie Billings last Friday and made his professional debut that night...He batted second and started at short stop and went 1-for-5 with his first career hit as a pro...Just ten days earlier he was playing his final collegiate game for Texas A&M in the NCAA Coral Gables Regional...The Aggies lost to Miami in the regional, a team that was led by C Yasmani Grandal, who was the Reds first round selection (12th overall) in this year's draft...Greene was the fourth round selection of the Reds in the same draft and batted .395 with 14 homers, 55 RBI and 23 steals in 65 games this season with the Aggies...Greene was a second-team All-Big 12 selection and in his college days he played every defensive position except catcher and first base...

THE SWITCH: OF Josh Fellhauer went 2-for-4 last night and he is now 6-for-16 (.375) on the road swing with a double and two runs scored...He has batted in the fifth, third, seventh and sixth spot in the line-up in the last four games, which marked the first times this season he has hit anywhere in the line-up other than first or second...Fellhauer was 1-for-15 (.067) in his previous four games, was 4-for-27 (.148) in his last nine contests and was batting .167 (9-for-54) in the month of June before his multi-hit game on Friday night, which was his first since June 8th...

TONIGHT'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 2-4 with a 3.30 ERA in 14 starts...He was the 12th ranked prospect in the Indians minor league system prior to the season according to Baseball America...House has made two starts against Lynchburg this season and is 0-1 with a 2.89 ERA (three earned runs in nine and 1/3 innings)...

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