Mudcats defeat Hillcats in final home game
Jacob Schrader hit a game tying home run in the third and Joey Meneses was 3-for-4 with two RBI as the Mudcats defeated the visiting Hillcats 5-3 in Carolina’s final home game of the season Sunday afternoon at Five County Stadium.
The victory prevented a four game sweep by the Hillcats (70-63, 37-26) and lifted the Mudcats (67-65, 33-30) to a league best 42-29 home record.
Schrader and Meneses were both 3-for-4 in the game and combined to drive in three of the Mudcats’ five runs. Schrader struck out with the bases loaded in the first, but hit a game tying home run in the third. It was his team and Atlanta Braves farm system best 15th of the season. Meneses drove in the go-ahead run with a single to right in the fifth and extended the lead in the seventh with a bases loaded RBI hit to left.
Andy Otero earned the win after taking over for starter Matt Bywater in the fourth. Otero (W, 1-3, 2.40) worked through two and 2/3 scoreless innings and left two inherited runners on base while pitching a scoreless fourth.
Bywater started and gave up a run in each of the first three innings before leaving with the game tied 3-3. He allowed 11 hits, gave up three runs and struck out two while throwing 55 pitches (39 strikes) in the start.
The Hillcats jumped out first with a run in the first on back-to-back doubles from Clint Frazier and Joe Sever, but the Mudcats answered back with two in the bottom side to take the lead. Connor Lien started the first with a bunt hit to third and later scored on a bases loaded sacrifice fly to deep right-center by Carlos Franco. A single to left from Joseph Odom then scored Reed Harper and the Mudcats moved in front 2-1.
Sunday’s box score
Lynchburg | ab | r | h | bi |
Ison, LF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Medina, DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Frazier, CF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Sever, 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Hendrix, 3B | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Papi, RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Haase, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Bautista, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Castillo, Ss | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 3 | 4 | 3 |
Carolina | ab | r | h | bi |
Lien, CF-RF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Harper, 2B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Peterson, LF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Schrader, DH | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
Franco, 3B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Odom, C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Meneses, RF | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
Curcio, PR-CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Krietemeier, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Camargo, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 5 | 11 | 5 |
Lynchburg | 111 | 000 | 000 | — | 3 | 13 | 1 |
Team | 201 | 010 | 10X | — | 5 | 11 | 0 |
E — Castillo. DP–Lynchburg 2, Carolina 2. LOB–Lychburg 12, Carolina 9. 2B–Frazier, Sever, Ison, Haase, Krietemeier. HR—Hendrix 1 (6), Schrader 1 (15). SF–Franco. SB–Schrader 1 (1). CS—Krietemeier. PO—Bywater
LynchburgIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Lugo | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
Brantley (L, 5-6) | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Garner | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Frank | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CarolinaIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Bywater | 3 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 |
Otero (W, 1-3) | 22/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
Tate (H-1) | 21/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 |
Roney (S, 4) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
This story was originally published August 30, 2015 at 9:03 PM with the headline "Mudcats defeat Hillcats in final home game."