Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes
Published on June 8, 2011 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release
SALEM RED SOX (26-31) @ LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (26-31)
June 8th, 2011 -- 7:05 PM
Calvin Falwell Field at Lynchburg City Stadium
RHP Anthony Ranaudo (0-1, 6.00) vs. RHP Willie Kempf (3-4, 7.02)
THE HILLCATS: Tuesday, the Hillcats beat the Salem Red Sox 8-5...Salem scored three runs on five hits in the first inning, and held on to the lead until the fourth...Lynchburg scored four that inning, highlighted by a two-run homer for Adam Milligan...The 'Cats led 8-5 going into the ninth, the Red Sox loaded the bases with two outs but LHP Ryan Buchter was able to strike out Reynaldo Rodriguez to secure the victory...The Hillcats sit in third place in the Carolina League Northern Division, now 9.5 games back of the first place Frederick Keys...
VS. SALEM: The Hillcats are 4-8 against the Red Sox this season...The two teams have met seven times in Salem and five times in Lynchburg...The Red Sox won the first seven match-ups of the year, but the 'Cats have pulled out four of the last five in dramatic fashion, with game-winning hits coming in the eighth inning or later in three of the four wins...Last season, the Red Sox took the season series 11-8 over Lynchburg...Myrtle Beach (2010 Braves Advanced-A affiliate) fared worse against Salem, winning just five of the 20 match-ups...
BEST SHOW IN TOWN: The Hillcats and Red Sox season series began as a boring one-sided affair with Salem taking all six of the first match-ups in April, outscoring Lynchburg 43-19...However, the last six games have been some of the most exciting games all year, with three games decided by one run and two by two runs...There have been two walk-offs, and one extra inning affair, and even last night's three-run win for the Lynchburg saw the Red Sox bring the go-ahead run to the plate in the ninth...The trailing team has tied or taken the lead five times in the eighth inning or later in the past six contests, with 25 of the 73 runs from both sides in those games scoring after the seventh frame as well...
WHAT A DIFFERENCE A MONTH MAKES: After the games on May 7 this season, the Salem Red Sox boasted a 20-7 record, best in the Carolina League, while the Hillcats who started the year 1-10, were working there way back to respectability at 10-17 good for seventh place overall in the league, ahead of the Potomac Nationals (10-18)...Exactly one month later, after the Hillcats' June 7 win over Salem the two teams now sit at equal 26-31 records...The Red Sox find themselves in fourth in the Southern Division and the Hillcats are in third in the Northern Division...
THE 'CATS CAN BAT: After racking up 15 hits (one shy of their season-high) last night, Lynchburg is hitting .270 on the season, .14 points higher than the next best clip (Myrtle Beach, .256)...The 'Cats are second in home runs (45), second in doubles (120), first in triples (19), and not surprisingly they lead the league in slugging percentage at .421 (only team slugging over .400)...They also boast the fewest strikeouts (383)...They average the most runs scored per game at 4.63...However, they also have given up the second-most runs in the league, only allowing less than the Potomac Nationals who boast the league's worst record at 22-36...
BEST OF THE BRAVOS: Seven members of the Hillcats are ranked amongst the top 30 prospects in the Braves organization according to Baseball America...That list includes SS Andrelton Simmons (15), RHP David Hale (17), RHP Dimasther Delgado (18), OF Todd Cunningham (20), OF Adam Milligan (22), INF Joe Leonard (23) and 2B Phil Gosselin (25)...
PLAYER OF THE MONTH: INF Joey Terdoslavich was honored as the Carolina League Player of the Month for May as voted by the league's managers...Terdoslavich hit .304 (31-for-102) with four home runs and 20 RBI in 27 games last month...He is second in the league in home runs with 11 on the season...He also racked up 11 doubles in May, and currently has 18 total, tying him for second in the league as well...His average went from .243 to .279 during the month...The honor was the first weekly or monthly award of his career...
BACK WITH A VENGEANCE: OF Adam Milligan was hitting just .224 (19-for-85) before hitting the disabled list with a pulled hamstring, which he injured on May 7...Since returning to action May 18, he's hitting .354 (28-for-79)...He has a hit in 16 of 21 games since coming back, with 10 multi-hit games...Has driven in 19 runs, scored 14, and hit four home runs in those 21 contests...He now has nine long balls on the year...His batting average has risen by .63 points to .287 (47-for-164)...Had his first two-walk game May 30, he's drawn 10 free passes since coming back, after having just two before the injury...His on-base percentage has gone from .247 to .344...He's now third in the league in slugging percentage at .555...
LET HIM SIMMER: INF Andrelton Simmons brought his average up to .311 on May 1 after going 3-for-4 in the midst of a season best 13-game hitting streak...Has kept it above .300 ever since, currently hitting .316...Last night, Simmons went 2-for-5 extending his current hit-streak to nine games...His .316 average is currently third-best in the league, and his 66 hits rank third as well...
TONIGHT'S OPPOSING PITCHER : RHP Anthony Ranaudo was selected in the supplemental round (39th overall) of the 2010 draft by the Red Sox out of Louisiana State University...Earned the win in the clinching game of the 2009 College World Series for LSU...Did not play professionally in 2010 after agreeing to a contract in August...Went 4-1 with a 3.33 ERA in Greenville in 2011...Struck out 50 batters in 46 innings pitched...Named South Atlantic League Pitcher of the Week for the week of 5/2-5/8...Called up to Salem on 5/31...Made his first start for Salem on 6/3 at Frederick...Gave up four runs on eight hits in six innings while striking out five...
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