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Hillcats Suffer Setback in Salem, Lose Series

(Gary Streiffer)
August 9, 2021

Salem, Virginia – The Lynchburg Hillcats (42-41) tied the game up in the eighth inning (42-41) but a solo shot from Salem Red Sox (50-34) second baseman Nick Yorke handed Lynchburg their first series loss in two weeks. HOW IT HAPPENED - Lynchburg tallied first in the top of the

Salem, Virginia – The Lynchburg Hillcats (42-41) tied the game up in the eighth inning (42-41) but a solo shot from Salem Red Sox (50-34) second baseman Nick Yorke handed Lynchburg their first series loss in two weeks.

HOW IT HAPPENED

  • Lynchburg tallied first in the top of the second inning when Andres Melendez drove home Gabriel Rodriguez with an RBI single off Salem starter Bradley Blalock.
  • Salem knotted the game at one in the bottom of the frame, getting a leadoff double from Nick Northcut. The run moved to third when ‘Cats starter Josh Wolf threw a wild pitch, coming home on a sacrifice fly from Alex Erro.
  • The Hillcats made a pitching change in the bottom of the third, throwing out reliever Randy Labaut. After fanning Red Sox catcher Alan Marrero, Labaut gave up a solo-shot to Salem’s Nick Yorke to put the Sox up 2-1 after three innings of play.
  • That’s how the score stayed until the bottom of the seventh inning when the Red Sox extended their lead to three. Angel Maita ripped an RBI double to right-center field and Jecorrah Arnold scored a run on a sacrifice fly to make it 4-1 Salem.
  • The Hillcats tied the game at four apiece in the top of the eighth inning. The frame started with Yordys Valdes reaching on a fielding error, followed by back-to-back walks from Christian Cairo and Angel Martinez to load the bases. Valdes came home on a sac-fly to left field and Cairo scored on a single sliced by Johnathan Rodriguez. It took two fielding errors from the Red Sox to get Martinez home, with the Salem mistakes forcing a tie into the bottom of the eighth.
  • The Red Sox did not stay down for long, Nick Yorke crushed a leadoff home run to left field in the bottom of the frame to put Salem back up one on his second bomb of the day.
  • The Hillcats got the tying run to third in the top of the night inning, but a double play ended the game to hand Lynchburg a 5-4 loss in the series finale in Salem.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

  • Gabriel Rodriguez is currently on a six game hitting streak and has five RBIs over the last four games.
  • The Hillcats will play the Red Sox twelve more times this season, all at Bank of the James Stadium.

WHAT’S NEXT

The Hillcats return home for a thirteen game homestand Tuesday in game one against the Delmarva Shorebirds. Game time is 6:30pm.