Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes
Published on May 28, 2012 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Hill City Howlers News Release
LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (27-20) @ SALEM RED SOX (26-20)
May 28th, 2012 -- 1:05 PM
Calvin Falwell Field at Lynchburg City Stadium
RHP J.R.Graham (5-0, 2.33) vs RHP Ryan Pressly (4-1, 5.89)
THE HILLCATS: Yesterday, the Hillcats beat the the Potomac Nationals 6-1...LHP Dimasther Delgado pitched seven innings and gave up just one run on his way to his third win of the season...The game was tied 1-1 until the bottom of the seventh inning...Then, the 'Cats blew the game open with five runs...DH Chris Garcia highlighted the inning with a bases loaded triple driving in three, and he later scored in the inning as well...The Hillcats are now 27-20 and remain in first place in the Northern Division...
VS. SALEM: The season series between the Hillcats and Red Sox is tied at 3-3...The Hillcats have won two of three in Lynchburg and the Red Sox have won two of three in Salem...At LewisGale field the Hillcats were 3-7 last year, and lost their first five games against the Red Sox on the road...Overall last year, Lynchburg lost the season series 7-13...Lynchburg trails in the All-Time series 155-182...
WE'RE RUBBER AND YOU'RE...: Lynchburg's win yesterday secured them their ninth series win of the season...They are 9-3 in series play now and 3-0 in rubber matches...The win yesterday came after falling behind 1-0...The 'Cats are now 6-15 when their opponents strike first...
DAY WALKERS: The Hillcats are 6-3 in day games after yesterday's 6-1 victory...
HIGH FIVE! I LIKE!: The Hillcats put up five run in the seventh inning yesterday breaking a 1-1 tie in the process...There were four hits in the inning and two hit batters as all nine in the lineup came to the plate...It was the sixth time this season that the 'Cats scored five in a single frame, which is their season-high...The last time it had happened May 8 in Wilmington...They've also done it twice against the Red Sox...April 10 in the bottom of the first at City Stadium and April 17 in Salem in the top of the second inning off tonight's starter RHP Ryan Pressly...
SCORING SPREE: Lynchburg put up six runs yesterday and now has scored 27 over their last four 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 four games, the team is an even 2-2, winning their last two in a row...
UNCHARTED TERRITORY: LHP Dimasther Delgado pitched a season-high seven innings yesterday...It was the first time Delgado had finished seven innings since August 31, 2009...He never went more than six innings with Lynchuburg in 2011 through 23 games, 17 starts...He missed all of 2010 with a number of injuries resulting from a car accident...He also did not strike any out yesterday...It marked the first time he was unable to fan a batter in a start in his career...It was his 55th start as a professional...It was just the second time he didn't strike out a batter in any appearance... The only other time it happened was a one inning appearance July 25, 2011 on the road in Myrtle Beach...
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...Saturday night, he went 0-for-5 snapping the streak...
EXTRA EXTRA!: OF Mycal Jones hit his first home run of the season Saturday 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-11 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...
TODAY'S OPPOSING PITCHER: RHP Ryan Pressly was selected in the eleventh round of the 2007 draft by the Red Sox out of Marcus (TX) High School...Spent all of 2011 with Salem...Started 2t6 games (tied team-high), and pitched 130.0 innings (team-high)...Went 6-11, 4.50 ERA...Against Lynchburg, went 4-1 with a 3.46 ERA in five starts...2010, was seventh among Ted Sox minor league pitchers with a 3.72 ERA...Held opponents to three runs or less in 22 of 24 starts for Greenville...His 24 starts were tied for second on the team...Pitched for Lowell in 2009...and tied for first on the team in strikeouts (64) and tied for second in wins (6)...Went four and one third innings in Lynchburg April 12 and gave up six runs on seven hits while walking four...Started against the Hillcats again April 17...Surrendered six runs again on nine hits and walked just one...He took no-decisions in both games as the Red Sox bailed him out with enough offense to win despite the poor starts...Currently he is 4-1 with a 5.89 ERA through nine appearances, eight starts...Has taken a decision in each of his last five starts...
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