Lynchburg Hillcats 41-41 (Braves) At Carolina Mudcats 36-44

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Lynchburg Hillcats 41-41 (Braves) At Carolina Mudcats 36-44 (Indians)

Mudcats start one of the best pitchers at this level on the mound tonight.(Ryan Merritt 8-2 1.58 ERA)
He will have to shut down a good offense.
Jose Martinez .447 1 HR 6 RBI
Emerson Landoni .353 1 HR 10 RBI
Are two red hot players of the Hillcats.

Carolina takes a, 1-0 lead in the first inning when,LeVon Washington homers (2)

The Hillcats would get their only two runs off of Merritt in the 2nd inning when,Tyler Tewell hits a two- run homer. (5)
The Mudcats would score the next three runs to go up, 4-2 after four.

In the third Jeremy Lucas grounds intro a double play, with a run scoring on the play to make it a, 2-2 game.
Luigi Rodriguez singles in a run to give the home team a, 3-2 lead.


Then in the fourth inning Joe Sever gets a sac fly to make it a,4-2 game.

Merritt would throw 99 pitches, going seven innings.
He gave up two earn runs and strike out five, while allowing only one walk.

The bullpen made it exciting but the Mudcats hang on to win, 4-2.

WP Ryan Merritt (McLennan CC, TX) 9-2
SV Elvis Araujo 8
LP Cody Scarpetta