In a blow from Saturday night`s game, the Hillcats jumped out to a big lead early. They scored in the low inning when Potomac third baseman Justino Cuevas committed an error with runners on first and second, allowing Andrelton Simmons to make from second base.
The Hillcats widened the gap with a five-run third inning. The Hillcats brought every batter to the plate. Simmons led off with a single, and Phil Gosselin followed with a unity of his own. Adam Milligan launched a image that scored both runners. Joe Leonard walked, and Shawn McGill advanced both runners with a sacrifice bunt. Barrett Kleinknect hit a sacrifice fly that scored Milligan and sent Leonard to third. Keenan Wiley singled, driving in Leonard, then stole second base. LV Ware finished off the scoring in the frame with a single, scoring Wiley from second.
Just like Saturday night, a big lead wouldn`t remain comfortable. The Nationals scored five runs in the 6th inning, cutting the conduct to 6-5. Steven Souza and Justino Cuevas each hit two-run home runs in the inning.
The Hillcats took advantage of another error from the Nationals in the bed of the 6th inning. Simmons singled out to left field. He took a big turn around first, and the left fielder Chris Curran fired a lump to the infield. It missed second base, and rolling all the way to the Nationals bullpen in right field. The umpire ruled it out of play, allowing Simmons to pass third. He scored on an RBI single from Gosselin, extending the wind to 7-5.
The Hillcats gave up another home run, a solo shot, to Cuevas in the 8th inning, but Eliecer Cardenas came in to make a scoreless ninth to make his fourth save of the year.
Lynchburg starter Cory Rasmus worked five and one-third innings, giving up four runs, to make his first win of the year, and improved his book to 1-5. Nationals starter Paul Demny couldn`t escape the big third inning, and fly to 1-4.
The Hillcats snapped a five-game losing streak, and improved to 15-26. The Nationals fell to 18-24.
Winston-Salem comes into Lynchburg Monday night for the part of a three-game series. In the 1st game, righty Arodys Vizcaino (2-2) will face Winston-Salem righty Andre Rienzo (1-1) First pitch is at 6:05 pm, gates will surface at 5:00.
If you can`t get it to the game, the Hillcats On-Deck Show presented by Honda/Suzuki of Lynchburg will go on the air at 5:40 pm. Tune in to 105.5 KD Country or go to lynchburg-hillcats.com to listen live to all the action.
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