Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes
Published on June 16, 2012 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Hill City Howlers News Release
LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (37-31) VS FREDERICK KEYS (27-41)
June 16th, 2012 -- 6:00 PM
Harry Grove Stadium
RHP Cody Martin (5-5, 3.67) vs RHP Tyler Wilson (2-2, 3.33)
THE HILLCATS: Last night, the Hillcats beat the Frederick Keys 4-2...The 'Cats scored two in the first inning and two more in the fourth...All but one starter for the Hillcats recorded a hit, with SS Nick Ahmed highlighting the game with an RBI triple and a run scored...RHP Gus Schlosser won his eighth game of the year by allowing just two runs over five and one-third innings...He shares the league-lead in the wins with teammate RHP J.R. Graham...The 'Cats are now 37-31 and have already clinched first place in the Northern Division for the first half...
VS. FREDERICK: Lynchburg is 9-3 against the Keys this season, and have now won five straight games against them...Most recently, the two clubs met last weekend in Lynchburg for five games in three days...The Keys swept Friday's doubleheader, while the Hillcats swept Saturday's twinbill and won Sunday's finale...The Hillcats make their second trip to Frederick this weekend...They swept the Keys in three games in their last trip, and after last night's win are 5-0 in Frederick this year...The Hillcats won the season-series last year 11-9...
SORRY MR. MORA: It's only June and we're already talking playoffs...The Hillcats clinched a first half Northern Division championship Tuesday night with two wins over the Mudcats...They will meet the winner of the second half in the playoffs in September...This will be the first playoff appearance for Lynchburg since they won the Mills cup in 2009...Last year the Hillcats never even saw a .500 record...
SEE YA IN WINSTON: The Carolina League announced their All-Star selections Monday...The Hillcats will have five representatives, RHP J.R. Graham, 1B Chris Garcia, 2B Tommy La Stella, SS Nick Ahmed, and C Braeden Schlehuber...Graham leads the league in wins (8) and is tied for third in ERA (2.53)...Garcia ranks seventh in the league in batting (.317), second in on-base percentage (.430) and second in walks (40)...La Stella is the only Hillcat in the starting lineup...He leads the Hillcats and all second baseman in RBI (38), also is fifth most in the circuit...Ahmed is tied for the league-lead in stolen bases (20) and leads all shortstops in chances, assists, putouts, and double plays...Schlehuber is hitting .313, which would rank eighth in the league, but he is 26 plate appearances short of qualifying...He also has a career-high six home runs already this season...
SERIES PLAY: The Hillcats are 0-3 with three splits in four-game series this season...They have the Frederick Keys for four games this weekend, and have a chance to win their first four-game set tonight after taking the first two of this series...The Hillcats lost three of four at Carolina and at home against Carolina earlier this season...The Salem Red Sox also took three of four from Lynchburg in a home/road series...The 'Cats have split four-game sets with Frederick, Wilmington and Myrtle Beach...
WALKING OFF: OF Adam Milligan hit a walk-off sacrifice fly to give the Hillcats the win in game one Tuesday night...It was the third walk-off win for the Hillcats this season...Coincidentally, Milligan's last walk-off hit was an RBI-single June 6, 2011 for the Hillcats, and it was the third one for Lynchburg that season as well...The Hillcats never recorded another walk-off the rest of the season...
SLICING SCHLOSSER: RHP Gus Schlosser pitched five and one-third innings last night...He allowed two earned runs on six hits while walked three and striking out two...Picked up his eighth win of the year which is tied with RHP J.R. Graham for the league-lead, while no one else in the circuit has seven wins...Made his 14th start last night, which is also tied for the league-lead, and has now completed 88.1 innings, most in the CL...His two strikeouts were a season-low, but he still ranks third in the league in the that category with 69...
JUAN AND DONE: RHP Juan Jamie stranded a lead-off single at third base in the ninth inning of the Hillcats 4-2 win last night...He saved his 13th game of the season in his 13th opportunity...His 13 saves are tied with Salem's Michael Olmsted for most in the league...Jamie has appeared in a league-high 26 games this season, and has finished every game he has pitched in...Last night's scoreless appearance was his 19th of the season...
SCHLE' RIDE: C Braeden Schlehuber went 0-for-4, snapping a five-game hitting streak, last night...Was the only Hillcats starter not to record a hit in the game...He had hit safely in ten of his last eleven games, going 17-for-35 (.486) in the stretch with three doubles, a triple, three home runs, seven RBI, and ten runs scored...Had raised his batting average 54 points, from .267 to .321 in that stretch (it dropped to .313 last night)...Has his season clip above .300 the last five games for the first time since April 25, when he was hitting .324, ten games into the season...His last home run was his eighth of the year, which leads the Hillcats and is a single-season career-high (previous high, 5), and his triple was just the second one of his five-year career...
TONIGHT'S OPPOSING PITCHER: RHP Tyler Wilson was selected in the tenth round by the Orioles in the 2011 draft out of the University of Virginia...The Midlothian, VA native graduated from Virginia in 2011 ranking third all-time in wins (27), only started his senior year...Was a perfect 10-0 his senior season with a 2.24 ERA...Struck out 124 in 16 starts...Made his professional debut with the GCL Orioles in 2011...Pitched three scoreless innings in two starts...Moved up to Short-season Aberdeen, where he made six starts and posted a 2.10 ERA in 30 innings...Never took a decision, had three potential wins blown by the bullpen...Struck out 24, walked four...Began 2012 with Low-A Delmarva...Recorded his first professional win in his first start on April 8...Went 3-3 with a 5.06 ERA before getting promoted to Frederick...With Frederick, he is 2-2 with a 3.33 ERA through five starts...Gave up four earned runs on eight hits in just three and one-third innings last Saturday in Lynchburg...
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