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Pelicans pounce on Hillcats' pitching early in series-ending win
In a chippy game that saw two ejections and the benches clear, Myrtle Beach came away with an 8-6 win over Lynchburg in the series finale Thursday night. Adam Milligan’s RBI double in the first gave the Hillcats an early 1-0 lead. But the contest quickly turned in the Pelicans’ favor.
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Hillcats' Graham outduels Pelicans' Buckel 2-1 in Myrtle Beach
A battle of top pitching　prospects was everything it was billed to be as Lynchburg’s J.R. Graham and Myrtle Beach’s Cody Buckel went toe-to-toe Wednesday in the Hillcats’ 2-1 win.
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Hillcats get clutch hitting in 3-2 win over Pelicans
Clutch hitting and solid pitching led Lynchburg to its second consecutive win, 3-2, over Myrtle Beach on Tuesday. It was a combined effort with Nick Ahmed and Chris Garcia leading the offense, while Dimasther Delgado led the pitching staff in a close game.
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Hillcats lose opener at Winston-Salem
The Lynchburg Hillcats lost a pitcher’s dual for the second straight night and ran their losing streak to three with a 2-1 loss to the host Winston-Salem Dash on Friday night.
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Pitchers' duel between Hillcats', Blue Rocks' aces lives up to hype
Thursday’s matchup between Wilmington and Lynchburg at City Stadium completely lived up to the billing of a pitching duel between two of the top prospects in the respective organizations of the Kansas City Royals and Atlanta Braves.
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Hillcats rally from behind, lose lead on Blue Rocks in ninth
The old saying in baseball is that pitching, defense, and timely hitting wins games. As for timely hitting, it’s usually the last timely hit that is the most important. That was certainly the case Wednesday night at City Stadium, as Brett Eibner’s tiebreaking two-out, two-run triple in the top of the ninth inning propelled the Wilmington Blue Rocks to a 7-5 victory over the Lynchburg Hillcats.
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Hillcats ride Hefflinger's homer to 1-0 win over Blue Rocks
Robby Hefflinger insists it was a bat-boy prank, not a conscious choice. But the recent change of his walkup music to the poppy, upbeat 1997 Aqua hit "Barbie Girl" suggested he might be looking for a slump buster.
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Hillcats' defense shuts down Blue Rocks
On some nights, baseball isn’t all about hitting. Consider this: Lynchburg’s Mycal Jones and Matt Lipka combined for an 0-for-6 night against the Wilmington Blue Rocks at soggy City Stadium, yet they were the heroes in the Hillcats’ 5-4 victory.
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Hillcats succumb to offensive barrage
The Dash never put together one big knockout inning, but they came in waves at Lynchburg.
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Delgado fine-tunes mechanics, delivers gem against Dash
Dimasther Delgado was supposed to start the year in Double-A, but some personal matters back in his native Panama prevented the Hillcats pitcher from starting the season on time. Instead, he remained at extended spring training when the minor-league season opened on April 6.
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Hillcats' winning streak snapped at Wilmington
The host Wilmington Blue Rocks snapped the Lynchburg Hillcats’ four-game winning streak with a 7-2 decision Thursday night. Lynchburg managed only six hits and committed three errors.
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Hillcats push win streak to four with 1-0 win over Blue Rocks
The Lynchburg Hillcats ran their winning streak to four games with a 1-0 victory over the host Wilmington Blue Rocks on Wednesday night.
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Highlight catch put Wates in spotlight
Austin Wates knew right away he had made an impressive grab. The former Richmond resident and Virginia Tech baseball player just didn't realize how many people would be impressed.
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Hillcats pitcher Graham pounds Pelicans in 4-1 win
J.R. Graham was in complete control once again Sunday in a 4-1 win over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans at City Stadium.
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Hillcats get walk-off win over Pelicans
Lynchburg Hillcats designated hitter Tim Smith sat by himself in the City Stadium dugout after Saturday’s game against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans. He stared ahead, replaying his disappointing day at the ballpark
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Hillcats shut out by Mudcats in early afternoon game
Of all of the farmhands in the Cleveland Indians’ system, none is a better power-hitting prospect than Jesus Aguilar, the 6-foot-3, 241-pound first baseman for the Carolina Mudcats. The Lynchburg Hillcats are well aware of that fact, especially after the display Aguilar put on Thursday afternoon at City Stadium. His two home runs provided all of the scoring punch in Carolina’s 3-0 victory during a matinee dominated mostly by the respective teams’ pitching staffs.
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Hillcats commit season-high five errors in loss to Mudcats
Hillcats manager Luis Salazar put it pretty bluntly Wednesday night. "It could have been a lot worse," he said after his team’s 5-2 loss at City Stadium to the Carolina Mudcats. "They could have scored like 10 or 11 runs."
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Hillcats-Mudcats game to resume today after yesterday's fog
The Carolina Mudcats led the Lynchburg Hillcats 4-1 in the top of the fifth inning Monday at City Stadium when the game was suspended because of fog.
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Hillcats unlock sweep of Keys
In Frederick, Md., the Lynchburg Hillcats held on for a 7-6 win Sunday over the Frederick Keys to complete a three-game sweep.
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Hillcats' Gattis continues tear with two homers against Mudcats
Evan Gattis continued his tear through the Carolina League, blasting two home runs and driving in five runs as the Hillcats pounded the Carolina Mudcats 14-8 Tuesday night in Zebulon, N.C.
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Dice-K has rough rehab start for Salem Red Sox
Matsuzaka would allow two home runs, and strike out three
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Ex-U.Va. star Cubbage knows the road to Richmond well
Houston Astros manager Larry Dierker stood before his players in spring training of 1997 and introduced his coaches.
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Keys' Welty punishes Hillcats' pitchers with five RBIs
When a baseball player spends an entire year in Double-A and is informed he’ll be starting the next season down a step in High-A, there are two natural reactions. One is to sulk, complain and generally feel sorry for oneself. The other? Prove the parent club it was wrong. The latter seems to be the case with Frederick outfielder Ronnie Welty, who was a Carolina League mid-season and post-season All-Star in 2010, struggled last year in Bowie and began 2012 right back in central Maryland.
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Gattis' walk-off homer lifts Hillcats past Keys
Chris Garcia was the first one to reach home, his slow trot from third base ending in a hop on the plate. The rest of the Hillcats surrounded home soon thereafter, waiting for the hero of the night to make his way around the bases. And when Evan Gattis made it around third and neared the mob of white jerseys waiting at home, he had tears in his eyes.
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Hillcats' pitchers survive rocky outing against Red Sox
The Hillcats rallied from an early three-run deficit and outslugged Salem 11-9 on Wednesday night at Lewis-Gale Field to salvage the final game of three-game set with the Red Sox.
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