Hillcats Rally to Walk-Off Shorebirds in the Ninth
Hillcats Rally to Walk-Off Shorebirds in the Ninth Delmarva Unable to Hold Late Lead LYNCBURG, VA: The Delmarva Shorebirds (40-68, 13-29) were walked off by the Lynchburg Hillcats (57-49, 16-24) on Tuesday night by a final score of 7-5. The Hillcats took an early lead in the first inning, thanks
Hillcats Rally to Walk-Off Shorebirds in the Ninth
Delmarva Unable to Hold Late Lead
LYNCBURG, VA: The Delmarva Shorebirds (40-68, 13-29) were walked off by the Lynchburg Hillcats (57-49, 16-24) on Tuesday night by a final score of 7-5.
The Hillcats took an early lead in the first inning, thanks to back-to-back two-out doubles by Riley Nelson and Nolan Schubart, giving them a 1-0 advantage after one inning.
Delmarva tied the game in the fifth with an RBI double from Luis Almeyda, who scored Brayden Smith from first base, making it 1-1.
Caden Bodine put the Shorebirds ahead in the sixth as his first hit as a pro scored Wehiwa Aloy from third, giving Delmarva a 2-1 advantage.
The back-and-forth game continued in the seventh as the Hillcates evened the score on a solo home run by Welbyn Francisca.
The Shorebirds counterpunched with their best inning of the night in the top of the eighth as Cobb Hightower put Delmarva back in front with an RBI single with two outs. He was followed by Brayden Smith, who drove home two runs with his second hit of the night to put Delmarva ahead 5-2.
Lynchburg came back with two runs in the bottom of the eighth on a single by Welbyn Francisca that plated a pair, trimming the Shorebirds' lead to 5-4.
Delmarva couldn't hold the lead in the ninth as the Hillcats walked off the Shorebirds with a game-winning, three-run homer by Luis Merejo, resulting in a heartbreaking 7-5 loss.
Keegan Zinn (1-0) earned the win in relief, while Joe Glassey (2-1) took the loss for Delmarva.
The Shorebirds try to bounce back on Wednesday as Boston Bateman makes his second start with Delmarva against Cam Walty for the Hillcats. First pitch is scheduled for 6:30.
F.H. Furr Plumbing, Heating, Air Conditioning & Electrical has partnered with Megee Home Services and is now providing residential products and services in the plumbing, heating, air conditioning, and electrical business to the Delaware region. The dedicated team of service professionals takes pride in building strong relationships with the customers in their community while providing leading standards of service. They have committed themselves to the highest degree of professional development and training in the industry, to work diligently in exceeding every expectation of the client in need. Based out of Manassas, Va., the company has expanded throughout, Northern Va., Rockville, Md., Fredericksburg, Richmond, Va and Delaware. For more information, please visit, https://www.fhfurr.com/ or call 800-772-FAST