McSwain Tosses Complete Game Shutout in Game two Win
August 23, 2009 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Lynchburg Hillcats News Release
Lynchburg bounced back from a 6-3 loss in game one of a doubleheader on Sunday night with a 6-0 victory in the night cap against Winston-Salem. Jordy Mercer homered and drove-in four runs in the double dip. On Monday night a four-game series with Wilmington kicks off starting at 7:05 p.m. at City Stadium.
The Hillcats struck first in game one of the doubleheader with a pair of runs in the first inning. Jordy Mercer and Matt Hague both singled in a run to give make it a 2-0 game.
In the fourth inning Winston-Salem tied up the contest with a pair of runs. A two-run single by Tyler Kuhn knotted up the game at two a piece.
In the next frame the Dash took the lead for good with a four-run frame. Dale Mollenhauer singled in the go-ahead run and Seth Loman followed with a three-run homer to give the Winston-Salem a 6-2 advantage.
A wild pitch brought in a run for Lynchburg in the seventh inning, but that would be the final run in the Cats 6-3 in game one of the double-header.
The win went to Dylan Axelrod (2-1) for Winston-Salem (28-26) and the loss went to Harrison Bishop (2-4) for Lynchburg (23-32). The save went to Tyson Corley (4).
In game two Lynchburg plated a pair in the opening frame again. Mercer brought in a run with a sacrifice fly and Kris Watts singled in a run to give the Green & Gold a two-run lead.
In the third inning Mercer drove-in two more with his eighth homer of the season to make it 4-0. Single runs in the fifth and sixth innings for Lynchburg would finish the scoring and 6-0 would be the final.
Starter Matt McSwain (10-8) tossed the first complete game of the season for the Hillcats (24-32) and the loss went to Levi Maxwell (4-14) for Winston-Salem (28-27).
After splitting the four-game series with the Dash, the Cats now take on the Wilmington Blue Rocks in a four-game series that starts on Monday night at 7:05 p.m. at City Stadium. Right-hander Bryan Morris will get the nod for Lynchburg opposite fellow righty Eduardo Paulino in the series opener of the four-game set that will closeout the eight-game homestand.
You can tune-in to all the live action beginning at 6:40 p.m. on KD Country 105.5 FM.
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