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Lynchburg Hillcats walk off with 2-1 win over Salem Red Sox

Lynchburg Hillcats walk off with 2-1 win over Salem Red Sox

Edison Sanchez’s line-drive single to center field drove home David Nick from third base to break a 1-1 tie in the ninth and give Lynchburg its sixth walk-off of the season in a 2-1 victory over Salem Friday night.

With two runners in scoring position and two outs, Sanchez ended the game with his 15th RBI of the year to improve Lynchburg to 31-31, while Salem remained below .500 after falling to…

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Lynchburg Hillcats, Potomac Nationals split two

Lynchburg Hillcats, Potomac Nationals split two

The Lynchburg Hillcats (20-23) split a pair of finals with the Potomac Nationals (23-19) tonight, falling 6-5 in the completion of a suspended game from April 28, and winning the second game 10-1. Fresh off the disabled list, Josh Elander went 3-for-5 with a home run and three RBIs as well as two walks between the two games.

Play began at 5:30pm in the top of the second inning with Kevin Ahrensat…

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Potomac Nationals walk off, 6-5, over Lynchburg Hillcats

Potomac Nationals walk off, 6-5, over Lynchburg Hillcats

The Potomac Nationals (14-8, 7-4) earned a 6-5 walk-off victory in series Game Two over the Lynchburg Hillcats (9-14, 5-7) on Sunday afternoon at Pfitzner Stadium when 1B Shawn Pleffner lined an RBI single into center field in the bottom of the 9th inning.

This was the second last at-bat victory for the Nationals in 2014.

Potomac used an arsenal of 13 base hits to create their fourth three-game…

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Lynchburg splits doubleheader with Wilmington

Lynchburg splits doubleheader with Wilmington

Greg Ross struck out six and only allowed two bunt singles in five shutout innings to claim a victory in his first start of the season and earn a split for the Lynchburg Hillcats in a doubleheader against Wilmington at Calvin Falwell Field Wednesday night.

After falling 7-2 in game one, Lynchburg (8-5) answered with a strong outing from Ross (1-0) and timely hitting throughout the lineup to…

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Lynchburg tops Frederick, 8-1

Lynchburg tops Frederick, 8-1

The first run of the game belonged to the Frederick Keys, but the final eight all crossed in favor of the Lynchburg Hillcats this afternoon as the ‘Cats won their first day game of the season 8-1. Lynchburg’s pitching was outstanding striking out 12, while holding the Keys scoreless after the first inning.

carolina league batting leader Glynn Davisled off the bottom of the first inning with a…

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