Lynchburg Rallies Past Mudcats
June 14, 2025 - Carolina League (CarL)
Carolina Mudcats News Release
LYNCHBURG, V.A. - The Lynchburg Hillcats scored five runs in the sixth inning on Saturday night at Bank of the James Stadium to come from behind and beat the Carolina Mudcats 7-5.
Carolina (35-25) jumped out to a 4-1 lead scoring four times in the top of the second inning highlighted by a two-run single from Jesus Made and an RBI hit from Luis Pena for the early lead.
Lynchburg (40-22) came charging back with a run in the last of the second before exploding for five runs in the sixth inning.
In that sixth inning, the Hillcats tied the game at four on a solo home run from Robert Lopez. They would take the lead when Jose Pirela tripled to right field and added to their advantage on a Tommy Hawke double and a Nick Mitchell single for a 7-4 lead.
The Mudcats got a run back in the eighth inning when Filippo Di Turi hit his eighth home run of the season to make it a 7-5 game.
That was as close as Carolina would get as Lynchburg worked a perfect ninth inning to beat the Mudcats 7-5 for their eighth consecutive victory.
The series concludes Sunday afternoon with first pitch set for 2:00 P.M. as the Mudcats give the ball to RHP Travis Smith (0-2, 2.95) while Lynchburg sends LHP Rafe Schlesinger (1-4, 4.23) to the mound.
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