Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes
Published on August 14, 2010 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Hill City Howlers News Release
LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (20-25, 49-66) vs. KINSTON INDIANS (21-25, 57-59)
August 14th, 2010 -- 6:05 PM
Calvin Falwell Field @ Lynchburg City Stadium
LHP Justin Walker (1-1, 11.37) vs. RHP Joey Mahalic (4-7, 4.43)
THE HILLCATS: Last night Lynchburg beat Kinston 6-1 in game one of a three-game series with the Indians at City Stadium...The Hillcats have won four of their last five games...Tonight is the middle game of the set with the K-Tribe and game two of a seven-game homestand...
VS. KINSTON: Lynchburg is 12-6 against Kinston this season and they are 5-3 against them at City Stadium...The Hillcats went 10-10 versus the Indians in 2009 and were 6-4 at Grainger Stadium...Lynchburg is 160-153 all-time against the Indians...
K-TRIBE CRUSHING: Last night the Hillcats improved to 12-6 against the Indians, their best mark against any opponent this season...This season they went 7-3 at Kinston and they won five of their last six games this season at Grainger Stadium...Their 7-3 mark at Grainger is their best record in any ballpark this season, including their own (25-32)...The Cats have now won six of seven against the K-Tribe...
CARRY ME HOME: The Hillcats won last night to start their seven-game homestand after entering the series 3-13 in their last 16 games at City Stadium...Lynchburg is 11-8 in their last 19 road games, including a 5-2 mark on their most recent road trip...
HELTER SKELTER: The Hillcats have made 88 transactions so far this season, and have seen a total of 52 different players on its roster...Today OF Andrew Means was placed on the Disabled List and RHP Justin Freeman was promoted to Double-A Carolina...RHP Nick Christiani was transferred from Double-A Caroline back to Lynchburg...This season 49 different players have seen game action, as RHP Dallas Buck was on Lynchburg's roster for one day in April and did not appear in a game...
EARLY BIRD CATCHES THE WORM: The Hillcats have scored in the first inning in the past five games, stretching back to their series finale at Kinston...That doesn't include the completion of the suspended game, when the Hillcats also scored in the first frame at City Stadium...In those five games, the Hillcats are 4-1 and have scored 25 total runs (five runs per game)...Overall in 2010, Lynchburg is 36-21 when scoring first...OF Kyle Day hit a grand slam in Sunday's finale with Kinston and drove in two in the first inning of Tuesday's loss...OF Denis Phipps homered in Monday's series opener, INF Chris Richburg drove in a first-inning run on Wednesday and last night UTIL Neftali Soto singled in OF Andrew Means to give the Hillcats the early lead...
IF YOU LOVE SOMETHING, SET IT FREE: RHP Justin Freeman was promoted to Double-A Carolina today from Lynchburg...He was 1-2 with a 2.91 ERA with seven saves and 11 holds for the Hillcats...The righty was first in the league in games pitched (45), tied for fourth in games finished (26), second in holds, first in amongst relievers in lowest walks per nine innings (1.13) and third in fewest base runners per nine innings (9.70) at the time of his promotion...After posting an ERA of 7.88 in April (seven earned runs in eight innings), Freeman has a 2.08 ERA the rest of the season (11 earned runs in 47 and 2/3 innings)...The reliever had the longest scoreless innings streak this season by a Hillcat (16 and 1/3 innings)...
QUOTH THE RAVEN, NEVERMORE: RHP Josh Ravin pitched six innings, gave up one hit and did not give up a run in winning his Advanced-A and Hillcats debut last night...After two of the first three batters of the game reached base safely, the righty set down the next 16 in a row he faced to close out his evening...
THE SHANE-ING: INF Shane Carlson went 1-for-4 with a double last night, extending his hitting streak to a season-long 11 games dating back to July 23...Over that time, Carlson is 15-for-43 (.349) with four multi-hit games and six RBI...The RBI total in the span more than doubled his total with the Hillcats before the stretch...He has raised his batting average from .234 to .280...The streak is the longest active streak (INF Chris Richburg also has an active streak at nine), and is now tied for the second longest so far this season...Day's 15-game streak that was snapped during the last homestand is the longest, followed by OF Josh Fellhauer, INF Alex Buchholz, and OF Denis Phipps tied for second, each with 11-game hit streaks...
TONIGHT'S OPPOSING PITCHER: RHP Joey Mahalic was selected by the Indians in the 32nd round of the 2007 draft out of high school in Portland, Oregon...He made his professional debut with the GCL Indians that same year and went 2-0 with a 4.88 ERA in seven games (four starts)...In 2008 he threw for full season Low-A Lake County and had a 7-6 mark with a 4.19 ERA in 20 games (18 starts)...He returned to the Captains last season and had an 0-1 record with a 1.91 ERA in six starts before earning the call-up to Kinston...He made just one start with the Indians and took the loss as he allowed eight earned runs in three and 2/3 innings and missed the rest of the season with a right elbow strain...This season he has returned to action with the K-Tribe and has a 4-6 mark with a 4.20 ERA in 20 games (15 starts)...Mahalic has made five appearances (three starts) against Lynchburg this season and he is 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA (nine earned runs in 21 innings)...His last start was against the Hillcats on Sunday at Kinston and he took the loss giving up four runs in three and 2/3 innings of work...The right-hander walked a season-high eight batters in the effort, including five in the first inning...
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