Red Sox use 19-hit attack to crush Hillcats
Lynchburg, Va. - The Lynchburg Hillcats found themselves on the wrong side of a blowout on Tuesday, falling to the Salem Red Sox, 14-1.Lyncburg (4-2) mustered just six hits, while the Red Sox (3-3) pounded eight extra-base hits.
Lynchburg, Va. - The Lynchburg Hillcats found themselves on the wrong side of a blowout on Tuesday, falling to the Salem Red Sox, 14-1.
Lyncburg (4-2) mustered just six hits, while the Red Sox (3-3) pounded eight extra-base hits.
Salem plated a run in the first inning and never looked back.
In the second, Salem added another on a pair of doubles.
Salem's biggest inning came in the fourth, when the Sox plated four runs.
Three more Red Sox runs came across in the fifth. Lucena doubled and scored when Acosta poked an RBI base hit. After Duran singled, Fitzgerald hit a two-run double to make it a 9-1 lead.
A trio of Salem runs in the seventh pushed the lead to a 12-1 spread, and the Sox scored twice more in the ninth to cap the scoring at 14-1.
The Hillcats scored their only run of the night in the third inning.
Justin Garza (Loss, 1-1) allowed six earned runs on nine hits in 3.1 innings.
The Hillcats will send left-hander
Wednesday's game will be Winning Wednesday at City Stadium, where EVERY FAN WINS! Any fan who attends the game will receive a free ticket to the following Wednesday home game. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30 p.m.
Max Gun and Anders Jorstad will be on the air beginning at 6:20 p.m. on TuneIn Radio and Radio434.
For tickets and more information, visit lynchburg-hillcats.com, the City Stadium box office, or call 434-528-1144.