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Lynchburg Hillcats Game Notes

Published on August 3, 2012 under Carolina League (CarL1)
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LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (58-52, 19-21) vs CAROLINA MUDCATS (53-57, 21-19)

August 3rd, 2012 -- 7:15 PM

Five County Stadium

RHP Gus Schlosser (11-4, 2.88) vs RHP Will Roberts (4-6, 5.99)

THE HILLCATS: The Hillcats lost to the Frederick Keys last night 5-4...OF Mycal Jones led off the bottom of the first with a home run to give the Hillcats a 1-0 lead...He eventually came up with the 'Cats down 5-3 in the bottom of the ninth and nearly left the yard again, but settled for an RBI-double...He went stranded at second base and the Hillcats fell by one run...Jones finished the game 3-for-5 with two doubles, a homer, two RBI, and a run scored...The Hillcats never trailed in the game until the eighth inning...RHP Ryne Harper (1-1) came into a 3-3 tie, gave up two runs, and eventually took the loss...The Hillcats are now 19-21 in the second half and have dropped to fourth place in the Northern Division...

VS. CAROLINA: Lynchburg is 5-9 against the Mudcats this season...That is their worst record against a team this year...Only the Myrtle Beach Pelicans also hold a winning record (8-7) against the Hillcats...This is the final trip for the Hillcats to Five County Stadium where they are currently 2-5...The Hillcats avoided a sweep two weekends ago in Zebulon with a 7-4 Sunday win...

NOT SO SWEET AT HOME: The Hillcats were swept at home for the first time all season as a result of their 5-4 loss last night to Frederick...It was also Frederick's first series sweep of the year...Frederick still owns the worst overall record in the league at 46-63...Lynchburg is 32-26 at Calvin Falwell Field this year...The 'Cats have now lost their last four straight home games going back to the finale against Potomac July 26...That matches their longest home losing streak of the season...They lost two games to Salem at home May 30-31 and two more to Frederick on a doubleheader June 8...The Hillcats won't have a chance to snap that streak until next Friday when they return to Lynchburg City Stadium to host Carolina...

TAKING ON WATER: Lynchburg dropped to two games under .500 (19-21) in the second half...The 'Cats were never below .500 once throughout the entire first half...So far in the second half, they have begun five games under .500 but had one each game until last night, dropping to two games under for the first time...Simultaneously, they fell into fourth place for the first time as well...All by themselves looking up at the rest of the division, albeit, only one game out of first place still...

JONES'N FOR SOME POWER: OF Mycal Jones went 3-for-5 last night with a pair of doubles, a home run, two RBI, and a run scored...His homer came on the first pitch he saw in the first inning, and it snapped a streak of 241 at-bats without a long ball...Jones, who hit 15 homers between three levels in 2010, and 7 with Double-A in 2011, only has two so far this season...He nearly left the yard again in the ninth but settled for a double off the top of the wall...Currently on a three-game hitting streak in which he is hitting .385 (5-for-13)...Has four hits in two August games after hitting .243 in July, his worst monthly mark...

HILLCAT HISTORY: RHP Gus Schlosser has a chance to etch his name in the Hillcat record books tonight...He enters the game with an active streak of 28.1 consecutive scoreless innings, which is the second-longest streak for any Hillcat...LHP Sean Burnett currently holds the best streak at 32.1 innings, which he did from June 4-July 4, 2002...Schlosser is 3-0 during his streak which spans over four-plus starts...The highlight of the streak was nine-inning complete game shutout July 23 against the Potomac Nationals...It was his first shutout, and first time he'd ever thrown nine innings...

LINEUP BOOST: 1B Chris Garcia went 1-for-3 with a double, an RBI, and a walk last night...He is now 6-for-17 (.353) with two doubles and a solo home run in four games since returning from the disabled list...He is currently batting .303, eighth in the circuit...He's also tied for third in on-base percentage (.422), and leads the league in walks (64)...

ROHM RETURNS AS WELL: OF David Rohm was activated from the disabled list yesterday...He hit the first pitch he saw in his first at-bat for a single...Finished the day 1-for-4...Rohm had missed nine games after getting plunked on the hand two weekends ago in Carolina...It was his second stint of the DL...He missed five weeks, late April into May, after jamming his foot into the fence in foul territory making a catch in Salem...

TONIGHT'S OPPOSING PITCHER: RHP Will Roberts was selected in the fifth round by the Indians in the 2011 draft out of the University of Virginia...Born in Salem, VA, he now resides in Richmond, VA...Was originally drafted in the 49th round by the Los Angeles Angels in 2008 out of high school but did not sign...Made his professional debut with Short-season Mahoning Valley (NYP) in 2011...Went 1-3 with a 3.27 ERA in nine games, eight starts...Struck out 29 in 41.1 innings, and walked only seven...Began 2012 with Low-A Lake County...Went 2-1 with a 2.90 ERA in five starts...Struck out just 13 and walked eight in 31 innings...Promoted to Carolina on May 4...He is 4-6 with a 5.99 ERA through 17 appearances, 12 starts, with the Mudcats...Against the Hillcats, he is 0-1 with a 2.38 ERA in two games, one start...

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