Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes
Published on May 27, 2012 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Hill City Howlers News Release
POTOMAC NATIONALS (19-26) @ LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (26-20)
May 27th, 2012 -- 2:05 PM
Calvin Falwell Field at Lynchburg City Stadium
RHP Adam Olbryhowski (1-4, 7.20) vs LHP Dimasther Delgado (2-1, 4.15)
THE HILLCATS: Last night, the Hillcats beat the the Potomac Nationals 7-2...RHP Gus Schlosser pitched seven innings and gave up just two runs on his way to his sixth win of the season...The Hillcats homered three times in the game...3B Edward Salcedo, CF Matt Lipka, and LF Mycal Jones all went deep...The Hillcats are now 25-19 and remain in first place in the Northern Division...
VS. POTOMAC: The Hillcats lead the season series 6-2 over the Nationals...They swept the Nationals opening weekend April 4-6 and then took two of three in Potomac April 13-15...Today the Hillcats try to take their third straight series from the Nationals in this afternoon's rubber-match...The Hillcats lead the All-Time series at 177-169...Last year, Lynchburg lost the season series 9-11...
TRIPLE SCOOP: Three Hillcats players went deep last night...3B Edward Salcedo (5), OF Matt Lipka (2), and OF Mycal Jones (1)...It was the second time this season the Hillcats had three home runs in a single game...Last time it happened was April 24 at Carolina...
SCORING SPREE: Lynchburg put up seven runs last night and now has scored 21 over their last three games...This coming after averaging just 2.5 runs per game over their previous eight games...Oddly enough, the team's pitching was so good in that eight-game stretch (limited opponents to two runs or less six times) that the Hillcats went 4-4...Over the last three games, the team is 1-2, winning last night...
IT'S HARD TO LOOK RIGHT, AT YOU BABY: The Nationals rank last in the Carolina League in both batting (.231) and ERA (5.69)...Their 5.69 ERA is actually last in all of affiliated baseball...It's 1.3 runs higher than the next worst in the Carolina League...They've allowed 241 earned runs; 57 more than any other team in the league...Opponents are hitting .305 against them...Teams are hitting .272 against Lynchburg which is the next-worst mark in the circuit...The Nationals do have one shutout this season but every other team in the league has at least three...Potomac has lost 15 games this season by more than three runs...
LUCKY NUMBER SCHLEVEN: RHP Gus Schlosser went seven innings last night and allowed only two runs...He has now gone seven innings in each of his last four starts...Has allowed only five earned runs in that stretch, good for a 1.61 ERA...Is 3-1 over his last four and now leads the Carolina League in wins with six...Also leads the league in innings pitched (64)...
FIVE ON FIVE: SS Nick Ahmed had his first five-hit game of his career Friday night...Went 5-for-6 with two doubles, an RBI, and a run scored...He had his first four-hit game earlier this season (4/24 @ CAR)...The five-hit outburst gave him a five-game hitting streak in which he was 11-for-23 (.478) with three doubles and five RBI...He raised his batting average 20 points last night, from .262 to .282...Last night, he went 0-for-5 snapping the streak...
EXTRA EXTRA!: OF Mycal Jones hit his first home run of the season last night...His last home run came on August 18, 2011 with Double-A Mississippi...He went exactly 200 at-bats without a home run...He had not even recorded an extra-base hit this season until doubling in the third inning Friday night...Took him 124 at-bats to log a hit other than a single...Since the double he is 5-for-9 with two doubles, a triple, and a home run...Jones had 33 extra-base hits last season in 100 games, and in 2010 he compiled 48, including 15 homers, in 129 games...
ALL THE OTHER BOYS, TRY TO CHASE ME: 2B Tommy La Stella snapped his hitting streak last night at 13 games...Went 0-for-3 with a sacrifice bunt and a hit by pitch last night...The streak started May 12 after he broke an 0-for-17 slide in his final at-bat of the game...Went hitless in three straight games (5/8-5/11)...Prior to that, he had only three games all season in which he didn't have a hit...The 13-game streak is his season-best and the best streak by a Hillcat this year...He batted .314 (16-for-51) during his streak with two home runs, a double, eight RBI, and seven runs scored...
TONIGHT'S OPPOSING PITCHER: RHP Adam Olbrychowski was selected in the fifth round of the 2007 draft by the Yankees out of Pepperdine...Began his career as a starter, but was converted to a reliever going into the 2009 season...Made it as high as Double-A with the Yankees...Traded to the Nationals for outfielder Justin Maxwell in February, 2011...Went 5-7 with a 4.16 ERA in 31 appearances, 15 starts last season with Potomac...2-1 with a 3.63 ERA in five appearances, three starts against the Hillcats...First two starts this season against Lynchburg...Took the loss in both games...Gave up eight runs on 13 hits and five walks, while striking out five in 10.1 innings...Currently 1-4 with a 7.20 ERA through seven appearances, six starts...
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