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Tentative deal with Braves could move Hillcats to N.C.

The Atlanta Braves have reached a tentative agreement with the Lynchburg Baseball Corporation to purchase full control of the Hillcats.

02/08/2012 5:48 PM

Hillcats balanced out tragedies with some success stories

Joey Terdoslavich offered a fitting end to the Hillcats’ season Monday, hitting a seventh-inning sacrifice fly to help Lynchburg secure a 4-3 victory. It was an up-and-down game, a total battle, much like the 2011 season was for the Hillcats, who started slowly in April and never got on the sort of roll that allows a team to make it to the postseason.

09/08/2011 12:36 AM
Hillcats slugger breaks 65-year league record

It took all of two pitches for a 65-year-old Carolina League record to fall Monday at City Stadium.

09/06/2011 8:00 AM
Hillcats allow nine stolen bases in loss to Nationals

Potomac, which leads leads the Carolina League in stolen bases, had nine on Friday to pace the Nationals over the Hillcats, 7-3, at City Stadium. The Nationals jumped to a 2-0 lead after two innings. But the Hillcats struck back in the bottom of the second. Joe Leonard singled to lead off the inning and, a batter later, Shawn McGill singled. Ryan Query drove in Leonard with a single to cut the Nationals’ lead in half.

09/03/2011 1:44 AM
Potomac clinches second-half playoff bid in Lynchburg

Potomac took advantage of a throwing error by Hillcats shortstop Andrelton Simmons to score four unearned runs in the top of the eighth and held on for a 6-3 victory that clinched the Nationals’ spot in the Carolina League playoffs. The loss eliminated the Hillcats from playoff contention. Potomac will face Frederick in the Northern Division series next week.

09/01/2011 12:22 AM
Hillcats on brink of elimination after bench-clearing loss to Potomac

Lynchburg had three players ejected, two catchers leave with injuries and came up one run short as Potomac’s Zach Walters had a two-out single in the top of the 10th inning to score the game-winning run to knock off the Hillcats, 5-4, Tuesday at City Stadium. The Hillcats’ loss and the Nationals’ win puts Potomac up 6½ games with six games to play (seven for Lynchburg) in the Carolina League Northern Division’s second-half race. If the Nationals win tonight’s game, they would clinch the playoff spot and eliminate the Hillcats.

08/31/2011 3:11 AM
Hillcats blast past visiting K-Tribe

Back-to-back home runs in the seventh inning sent Lynchburg past Kinston, 3-2, on Monday at City Stadium. The Hillcats (28-33) took an early lead in the bottom of the second when Barrett Kleinknecht led off with a double. Marcus Lemon drove in Kleinknecht two batters later with another double. Kinston (32-29) tied it at 1-1 in the top of the third, stringing together the only two hits the K-Tribe got against Lynchburg starter Gary Moran.

08/30/2011 12:45 AM
Hillcats series at Kinston washed out by Irene

Count the Lynchburg Hillcats’ three-game series with the Kinston Indians as one of the first casualties of Hurricane Irene. The series was cancelled because of the heavy rain expected over the weekend in Kinston. No make-up dates were set. The Hillcats headed back to Lynchburg on Friday.

08/27/2011 12:41 AM
Hillcats fall to Pelicans on walk-off walk in 12th

Lynchburg reliever Matt Crim walked in the winning run in the bottom of the 12th inning Thursday night, giving Myrtle Beach a 3-2 win the series finale. Santiago Chirino sparked the Pelicans rally in the 12th with a double to left. Lynchburg pitcher Mark Lamm intentionally walked the next batter and followed that with a walk to load the bases. Crim then replaced Lamm, who walked Andrew Clark, bringing in Chirino.

08/26/2011 12:06 AM
Hillcats beat Pelicans but gain no ground on P-Nats

The Hillcats ran their win streak to three games with a 3-2 victory in Myrtle Beach on Wednesday night, but they gained no ground on Potomac in the race for the second playoff spot in the Carolina League’s Northern Division. Potomac routed Wilmington 11-3 in Woodbridge and remained five games ahead of Lynchburg. The teams meet in a four-game series at City Stadium next week.

08/25/2011 1:32 AM
Hillcats pounce on Pelicans with four-run rally in 11th

Joe Leonard’s ground-rule double in the top of the 11^th inning scored a pair of runs and Lynchburg added two more in the inning to take an 8-4 win over Myrtle Beach on Tuesday night. Despite a wild pitch, a passed ball and a hit batsman, Ryan Buchter kept the Pelicans off the scoreboard in the bottom of the 11^th to secure the win. The Hillcats trailed most of the game, but a sacrifice fly by Leonard in the top of the ninth that scored Andrelton Simmons tied the contest at 4-4.

08/24/2011 1:15 AM
Calvin Falwell honored at Hillcats game

The Hillcats game started off with a somber note as a moment of silence was held in honor of Calvin Falwell.

08/22/2011 7:01 AM
Hillcats' Crim notches second win against Keys

During a short season in Danville in 2009, Matt Crim won 10 games in 13 appearances, earning Appalachian League pitcher of the year honors. So the Braves know he’s capable of winning games. It just hasn’t happened this season in Lynchburg for the left-hander. The Hillcats beat Frederick 4-2 Friday night at City Stadium, and Crim pitched five strong innings to pick up the victory. It’s been a long time in between wins for Crim, whose only other victory this season came on April 23 in Frederick.

08/20/2011 1:17 AM
Hillcats capitalize on Keys' errors to make winner of Masters

Frederick shortstop Manny Machado committed three errors and Lynchburg scored four unearned runs to take a 5-2 win Thursday in the first game of a four-game series. It looked like it was going to be along night for the Hillcats when Frederick’s leadoff batter Steve Bumbry smacked a home run over the right field fence off Lynchburg starter Chris Masters.

08/19/2011 2:00 AM
Hilltoppers hope to build on last season's success

Last year’s major overhaul at E.C. Glass reaped immediate results on the football field. By adopting a set of core values for character building and changing their offensive philosophy, the Hilltoppers improved their win total from the previous season by four and made the playoffs for the first time in five years. And while that success was certainly nice, the players and coaches believe there’s more to come this year.

08/18/2011 8:11 AM
Simmons sparks Hillcats' victory with two-run homer

Andrelton Simmons finished a double shy of the cycle, and his two-out home run in the top of the seventh inning proved critical in the Hillcats’ 4-3 victory in Winston-Salem Wednesday night. The homer was the first of the season for Simmons, who also singled and tripled. Hillcats first baseman Joey Terdoslavich hit his 48th double of the season, moving him within three of tying the Carolina League record of 51.

08/17/2011 11:48 PM
Hillcats snap three-game skid at Winston-Salem

Lynchburg scored four runs in the first inning Tuesday night, and led the whole way, racking up 14 hits and 11 runs in an 11-5 victory over the Dash. With the win, the Hillcats snapped a seven-game losing streak at BB&T Ballpark in Winston-Salem where they had not won since May 5. The win also snapped a current three-game skid.

08/17/2011 12:23 AM
Hillcats hit hard by Blue Rocks on road

After managing just three runs in its previous 23 innings, Wilmington’s offense rallied for three times that in a 9-3 win over Lynchburg, Friday night at Frawley Stadium, where the Blue Rocks snapped a three-game losing streak. The nine runs were the most scored by Wilmington in a win at home since beating the Hillcats 10-7 on June 23.

08/13/2011 2:46 AM
Aguilar's 10th-inning home run lifts Kinston

Jesus Aguilar blasted a leadoff homer to center in the top of the 10th inning to score the game-winning run for Kinston in a 4-3 victory over Lynchburg, Wednesday night at City Stadium. It was Aguilar’s first home run in 12 games he’s played for the Indians, setting the table for Preston Guilmet to work a scoreless bottom of the 10th to earn his 30th save.

08/11/2011 1:44 AM
Hillcats starter Moran flirts with no-hitter

Lynchburg starter Gary Moran allowed just one hit over eight innings and the Hillcats offense erupted for nine runs in a 9-0 win over Kinston on Tuesday at City Stadium.

08/10/2011 1:41 AM
Simmons' seven RBIs help Hillcats outlast Kinston

Andrelton Simmons has hit in the No. 2 spot in the Hillcats’ lineup in 79 of his 106 games this season, so he hasn’t had a ton of opportunities to produce runs. That’s been true throughout his professional career. Before Monday night, he’d never driven in more than two runs in a game. The last time he had a night like he did against Kinston, when he drove in seven runs in an 11-6 Hillcats’ victory? "Maybe in college," Simmons said.

08/09/2011 1:23 AM
Hillcats claim 3rd series win in a row

The Hillcats had to go to their bullpen early after starter Blaine Sims exited before the third inning.

08/08/2011 8:09 AM
Hillcats even series with Keys, still trail by 11 games

The Lynchburg Hillcats evened their three-game series at Carolina League Northern Division-leading Frederick with a 7-1 victory, Wednesday night at Harry Grove Stadium, but still trail the Keys by 11 games in the second-half standings.

08/04/2011 1:33 AM
Hillcats deliver against Soxs ace Ranaudo

The Hillcats made some adjustments since the last time they faced Salem's Anthony Ranaudo. The result? A 10-5 victory at home.

08/01/2011 7:00 AM
Hillcats beat the heat with refreshing late-night rallies

It was 100 degrees when the Lynchburg Hillcats hosted Salem on Friday in their first game back in town since July 16, Christmas in July Night at City Stadium. The Hillcats bats’ were nearly as hot, providing a summer snowball of support for a pitching staff that has endured plenty of tough-luck losses this season.

07/30/2011 12:29 AM