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Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes

Published on June 19, 2011 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release


THE HILLCATS: Saturday, the Hillcats lost to the Kinston Indians 9-0...LHP T.J. House threw six scoreless and combined with right-handers, Tyler Sturdevant and Jose Flores, to shutout the Hillcats...The ‘Cats compiled seven hits but went 0-for7 with runners in scoring position in the loss...The Hillcats sit in third place in the Carolina League Northern Division, 11.0 games back of the first place Frederick Keys...

VS. KINSTON: The Hillcats are 3-7 against the Indians this season...All three wins for the Hillcats have been shutouts...Despite the losing record, the ‘Cats have outscored Kinston 36-30...Lynchburg took the 2010 season series 14-6...However, the Hillcats have switched affiliations since last season...The Myrtle Beach Pelicans (2010 Braves Advance-A affiliate) lost the season series 8-12 against the Indians a season ago...

FIRST HALF ENDS: Lynchburg wraps up the first half today against the Kinston Indians...Neither team will be securing a playoff spot at this point...The Frederick Keys clinched the Northern Division last Monday, and the Myrtle Beach Pelicans clinched the Southern Division Friday, after the Hillcats beat the Indians...The records will reset come the second half when the six remaining teams will battle it out for the two vacant playoff spots up for grabs...The All-Star Break starts tomorrow, and second half will begin Thursday June 23rd...

REMEMBER WHEN: The 2011 Hillcats got off to the worst start in Hillcats history this season beginning the year 1-10...They won their season opener in Potomac 6-5, and went on to lose the next 10 straight...Since snapping the streak April 21 in Frederick the ‘Cats have been a .500 team, posting a record of 29-29...Despite finishing third place, and either 11 or 12 games out of first in the Northern Division, the Hillcats earned bragging rights with the best divisional record amongst the Northern teams at 17-12...

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)...

ALL-STAR REVISION: OF Adam Milligan has been named to the Carolina League All-Star team to replace injured teammate Todd Cunningham as a reserve outfielder...Milligan, who had a rather slow start to the season, hitting just .224 and driving in just 10 runs through his first 23 games before hitting the DL with a hamstring injury May 10...Since returning May 17, he has hit .314 (37-for-118) through 31 games, raising his batting average 52 points to .276...He's also driven in 26 runs in that span, giving him 36 on the season, good for the team-high...Six home runs since the injury have him at 11 this year, tied for second in the league...Plate discipline may be partly responsible for the offensive surge, as Milligan has drawn 13 walks post-injury, after taking just two free passes prior...

228 AT-BATS LATER: INF Phil Gosselin homered in his eighth at-bat of the season, April 10 in Potomac...He was the first Hillcat to go deep in 2011...It went his next 228 at-bats with out a home run, before launching a three-run shot last night off Kinston reliever Francisco Jimenez in the sixth inning...In between home runs he had 62 hits, including 16 doubles, and a team leading five triples...

DON'T TEST ME: The Kinston Indians have had a runner thrown out at home plate three times the past this series, and each time it has ended the inning...Friday night, SS Andrelton Simmons relayed a throw from CF L.V. Ware to gun down Chase Burnette at home in the eighth inning to preserve the shutout...Thursday, OF Keenan Wiley and Simmons combined to throw out two Indians at home plate...In both scenarios, Kinston had a runner at first with two outs...Justin Toole was the first victim in the top of the second...C Shawn McGill played a big role as the throw did not beat Toole to the plate but McGill's left foot stopped Toole in his tracks blocking home and Toole was out...Deja vu in the eighth with the score tied 1-1, the trio struck again, Wiley to Simmons to McGill, nailing Anthony Gallas at home, saving the game for the moment...

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 22 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...So far in June, he is hitting just .212 with no home runs, and three RBI in 18 games...

TONIGHT'S OPPOSING PITCHER: RHP Clayton Cook was selected in the ninth round of the 2008 draft by the Indians out of Amarillo High School (TX)...2009 New York-Penn League Mid-Season All-Star...Ranked ninth in the Midwest League with a 3.35 ERA in 2010 while playing for Lake County...Combined with the bullpen for a one-hitter on May 30, 2011 against Wilmington...Gave up one hit in six innings in that outing...Earned a win against Lynchburg on May 19...Pitched five and two-thirds innings, giving up three runs, two earned, on eight hits...Currently 6-4 with a 3.12 ERA...

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