Myrtle Beach outlasts Hillcats in extra-innings contest
Lynchburg, Va. - The Lynchburg Hillcats made a late push, coming back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game in the ninth inning, but fell in 10 innings to the Pelicans, 5-4.Lynchburg (21-20) narrowly missed on sweeping the Pelicans (16-28) when the 'Cats failed to cash in with the bases
Lynchburg, Va. - The Lynchburg Hillcats made a late push, coming back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the game in the ninth inning, but fell in 10 innings to the Pelicans, 5-4.
Lynchburg (21-20) narrowly missed on sweeping the Pelicans (16-28) when the 'Cats failed to cash in with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning.
Down by a score of 5-4 in the bottom of the 10th, the Hillcats loaded up the bases after
Back in the first inning, the Pelicans got out to an early lead against Lynchburg starter
Myrtle Beach added onto its lead when
The Hillcats answered back in the bottom of the second when
In the bottom of the third inning,
In the fifth inning, Brooks rifled a solo home run of his own, his third of the year, to tie the game up at 3-3.
With the game knotted up in the top of the seventh inning,
Down to their last breath in the ninth inning, the Hillcats sent Wakamatsu up to the plate with nobody on base. The shortstop crushed his fourth homer of the season over the right field wall to tie the game up at 4-4 and send the game into extras.
With Sepulveda starting off the 10th inning on second base, a single by Balego put runners on the corners with nobody out.
Wakamatsu collected his first three-hit game of the season in the loss while Vicente, Kwan and
Garza went five innings while allowing three earned runs on seven hits and one walk, striking out seven in the start for the Hillcats.
The Hillcats will hit the road on Monday to play the Carolina Mudcats in a four-game set. Lynchburg will send right-hander
Max Gun will be on the air at 6:50 p.m. with the Hillcats pre-game show on TuneIn Radio and the Radio434 App.
The Hillcats return to City Stadium on Friday, May 24 for a four-game series against the Fayetteville Woodpeckers for the first-ever series between the two teams in Lynchburg. Aloha Weekend highlights include postgame fireworks shows on Friday, May 24 presented by Pepsi and Saturday, May 25 presented by MedExrpess. Saturday's game will also be Cats Cares Night at City Stadium, where all tickets are free but fans are asked to give a donation at the box office to a pre-selected charity of their choice.
For tickets or more information, visit lynchburg-hillcats.com, call 434-528-1144, or visit the City Stadium box office.