Rodriguez’s walk leads Lynchburg to 7-3 win over Carolina
Luigi Rodriguez drew a bases-loaded walk in the fifth inning, leading the Lynchburg Hillcats to a 7-3 win over the Carolina Mudcats on Friday.
The walk by Rodriguez started the scoring in a three-run inning and gave the Hillcats a 2-1 lead. Later in the inning, Francisco Mejia hit a sacrifice fly and Taylor Murphy hit an RBI single.
The Hillcats later added a run in the sixth and two in the seventh. In the sixth, Anthony Santander hit an RBI single, while Mark Mathias hit a two-run single in the seventh.
Tyler Krieger homered and singled, scoring two runs for Lynchburg.
Luke Eubank (2-2) got the win with two innings of scoreless relief while Carolina starter Ryan Clark (0-10) took the loss in the Carolina League game.
Lynchburg improved to 11-5 against Carolina this season.
Friday’s box score
Lynchburg Hillcats | ab | r | h | bi |
Greg Allen, CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Tyler Krieger, 2B | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Anthony Santander, DH | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Bobby Bradley, 1B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Luigi Rodriguez, LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Francisco Mejia, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Taylor Murphy, RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Mark Mathias, SS | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Paul Hendrix, 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 32 | 7 | 8 | 7 |
Carolina Mudcats | ab | r | h | bi |
Stephen Gaylor, CF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Reed Harper, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Braxton Davidson, RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Sal Giardina, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Tanner Murphy, DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Isaias Tejeda, 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Jordan Edgerton, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Joesph Daris, LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Jose Fernandez, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 30 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Lynchburg | 001 | 031 | 200 | — | 7 | 8 | 2 |
Carolina | 100 | 000 | 002 | — | 3 | 4 | 1 |
E — Brown; Edgerton. DP–Carolina 1. LOB–Lynchburg 8, Carolina 7. 2B–Mejia; Tejeda, Daris. HR—Krieger (2). SB–Kriger; Gaylor. CS—Murphy.
Lynchburg Hillcats IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Mitch Brown | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
Luke Eubank (W, 2-2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
Cameron Hill | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Trevor Frank | 2/3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
Carolina Mudcats IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Ryan Clark (L, 0-10) | 4 2/3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 |
Carlos Salazar | 1 1/3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Chase Johnson-Mullins | 2/3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
A.J Minter | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Erison Mendez | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This story was originally published July 1, 2016 at 11:30 PM with the headline "Rodriguez’s walk leads Lynchburg to 7-3 win over Carolina."