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Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes

Published on July 2, 2011 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release


THE HILLCATS: Last night, the Hillcats lost to the Frederick Keys 6-1...All-Star RHP Bobby Bundy tossed seven innings allowing just one run in the first inning to the Hillcats, while striking out six on his way to his eighth win of the season (T-1st)...Lynchburg lost the series 2-1, and are yet to win a series in the second half...The Hillcats currently sit in fourth place in the Northern Division at 2-6, 2.5 games back of the first place Frederick Keys...

VS. MYRTLE BEACH: The Hillcats are 3-6 against the Pelicans this season...Lynchburg was the first visiting team to win a series in Myrtle Beach 5/13-15 this season, but has lost both home series so far this year against the Pelicans...The road team is 7-2 in the season series...The Pelicans were the Advanced-A affiliate of the Braves last season...Seven active members on the Hillcats roster spent time in Myrtle Beach in 2010...

SCORELESS AFFAIRS: Lynchburg has been involved in 13 shutouts this season, second-most in the league next to the Kinston Indians at 17...The ‘Cats at 6-7 in shutout contests after losing Thursday night 4-0...That night, four Keys hurlers combined for the shutout, the most opposing pitchers in a shutout against the ‘Cats this season...It was the second time the Keys had shutout the Hillcats matching the two shutout issued by the Indians...Lynchburg has now been held scoreless in three of their last 10 contests...

BEST OF THE BRAVOS: Eight members of the Hillcats are ranked amongst the top 30 prospects in the Braves organization according to Baseball America...That list includes C Christian Bethancourt (12), 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)...

THE GREEN & GOLDEN GOOSE: INF Phil Gosselin went 2-for-4 last night extending his current hit-streak to five games...In that span, he is 9-for-19, with three doubles, four RBI, and a run scored...He has now hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games...He hit .286 with a home run, seven doubles, and 13 RBI in the month of June...He's driven in at least 10 runs in each of the first three months of the season, April (10), May (16)...His 40 RBI on the season lead the team, and his 23 multi-hit games and tied for most by any Hillcat this year with Andrelton Simmons...Now hitting .282 on the season, which is good for ninth in the league...

DEJA VU: On May 7 in Winston-Salem, OF Adam Milligan injured his hamstring running down a ball hit down the line in right field...He would exit the game and eventually land on the disabled list for a week...Sunday night, legging out a double, Milligan did it again...He remained in the game and was tagged out on the bases trying to advance to third, but would not re-enter...In both games, OF Keenan Wiley has replaced Milligan and done quite well, Wiley finished 3-for-3 with an RBI back on May 7, and went 1-for-2 last night with a double...Not playing since the injury, Milligan has now been placed on the DL, and C Ryan Query has been called up from Danville...

STREAKING ‘CATS: INF Joe Leonard did not play last night, but currently holds a season-high eight game hitting streak...He went 1-for-4 Thursday and is now 9-for-31 during the streak with three doubles and four RBI...OF Adam Milligan (DL) hasn't played since Sunday night but currently holds a career-high 10-game hitting streak...Milligan is 13-for-36 over his past 10, hitting .286 on the season, tied for sixth in the league...He should be a prime candidate for Player of the Month for June after hitting .306 with four home runs, 14 RBI, and 14 runs scored...He also totaled five doubles and three triples, slugging .576 in 23 June contests...

ALL-STAR MOMENTUM: INF Joey Terdoslavich was named Carolina League Player of the Month for May, after hitting .304, with four home runs and 20 RBI...Then through his first 19 games of June, leading to the All-Star break, he hit just .214 (15-for-70) with one home run and five RBI...Since returning from Modesto, CA where he started at first base for the Carolina League All-Stars, he has begun to pull out his funk hitting .285 (8-for-28) so far in the second half...On the season, he ranks among the league leaders in home runs (3rd, 12), doubles (1st, 27), extra base hits (2nd, 40), and total bases (3rd, 136)...

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...He went his next 228 at-bats with out a home run, before launching a three-run shot Friday June 17 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...

TONIGHT'S OPPOSING PITCHER: LHP Miguel De Los Santos was signed by the Rangers as a non-drafted free agent on February 23, 2006...He was rated as the 10th best prospect in the Rangers system by Baseball America coming into 2011...He has averaged 14.7 strikeouts per nine-innings pitched in his professional career...Missed parts of the 2007 and 2008 season to undergo Tommy John surgery...Began the season in Double-A Frisco...Went 1-3 with an 8.04 ERA in six starts...Was placed on the disabled list in May with bicep tendinitis...Making his first start for Myrtle Beach tonight...Made one relief appearance June 29 against Kinston, pitching two shutout innings...

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