Hillcats double up Nationals with 14 runs on 17 hits

By: By Chris Lang | Lynchburg News and Advance
Published: April 11, 2009

HILLCATS 14, NATIONALS 7

WP: Justin Wilson (1-0); LP: Will Atwood (0-1).

HOW THEY SCORED:

POT 2nd — Chris Marrero homers to left; Jesus Valdez strikes out swinging; Francisco Plasencia strikes out looking; Sean Rooney flies out to right. Potomac 1, Lynchburg 0.

LYN 2nd — Matt Hague singles to right; Miles Durham grounds into fielder’s choice, Hague out at second; Maiko Loyola doubles, Durham to third; Marcus Davis strikes out swinging; Kris Watts walks; Ray Chang doubles to right center, Durham, Loyola, Watts score; Jose De Los Santos triples to right center, Chang scores; Jordy Mercer doubles to right center, De Los Santos scores; Pedro Alvarez grounds out to first. Lynchburg 5, Potomac 1.

POT 3rd — Aaron Seuss doubles to center; Dan Lyons singles to shortstop, Seuss to third; Danny Espinosa walks; Michael Burgess grounds out third to pitcher, Seuss scores; Stephen King pops out to second; Lyons scores on wild pitch, Espinosa to third; Chris Marrero strikes out looking. Lynchburg 5, Potomac 3.

LYN 3rd — Matt Hague singles to center; Miles Durham strikes out swinging; Maiko Loyola hits bunt single to first, Hague to second; Marcus Davis flies out to center; Kris Watts doubles to right, Hague, Loyola score; Ray Chang flies out to left. Lynchburg 7, Potomac 3.

LYN 4th -- Jose De Los Santos singles to right; De Los Santos moves to second on errant pickoff throw; Jordy Mercer grounds out second to first, De Los Santos to third; Pedro Alvarez grounds out second to first, De Los Santos scores; Matt Hague singles to left; Miles Durham doubles to right, Hague scores, Durham to third on the throw; Durham scores on a wild pitch; Maiko Loyola doubles; Marcus Davis pops out to second. Lynchburg 10, Potomac 3.

LYN 5th — Kris Watts homers to right; Ray Chang pops out to second; Jose De Los Santos grounds out second to first; Jordy Mercer doubles to left; Pedro Alvarez grounds out to first. Lynchburg 11, Potomac 3.

LYN 7th — Marcus Davis doubles to left; Davis to third on a passed ball; Kris Watts walks; Ray Chang walks; Jose De Los Santos singles to right center, Davis scores; Jordy Mercer strikes out swinging; Pedro Alvarez grounds out to first, Watts scores; Matt Hague singles to right, Chang scores; Miles Durham flies out to center. Lynchburg 14, Potomac 3.

POT 9th -- Dan Nelson singles; Lyons hits into fielder’s choice, second to shortstop, Nelson out at second; Danny Espinosa singles, Michael Burgess reaches on an error by RF Miles Durham, Lyons scores, Espinosa to third, Burgess to second; Stephen King singles to center, Espinosa scores, Burgess to third; Chris Marrero strikes out swinging; Jesus Valdez singles to center, Burgess scores; Francisco Plasencia singles to center, King scores, Valdez to second; Sean Rooney strikes out swinging. Lynchburg 14, Potomac 7.

PLAYER OF THE GAME: Hillcats catcher Kris Watts went 2-for-3 with a home run, a double, two walks and three RBIs, part of a 17-hit attack for Lynchburg on a night when top prospect Pedro Alvarez went 0-for-5.

HILLCATS C KRIS WATTS ON HIS FIFTH-INNING HOME RUN: “Fastball inside. Sometimes, you get the sense if the pitcher is away, away, away, you keep it in the back of your mind that he might come in now. I guess I cheated and got the fastball and turned on it.”

TODAY’S PROBABLES:

Potomac: LHP Tom Milone (0-0, 0.00)

Lynchburg: RHP Ronald Uviedo (0-0, 0.00)

First pitch: 6:05 p.m. Radio: 105.5-FM