Pannone, Santander lift Lynchburg over Carolina 3-0
Anthony Santander homered, and Thomas Pannone allowed just one hit over seven innings as the Lynchburg Hillcats topped the Carolina Mudcats 3-0 Thursday in the Class A Carolina League.
Pannone (2-0) struck out three and walked one.
In the bottom of the first inning, Lynchburg took the lead on a solo home run by Santander. The Hillcats added single runs in the fifth and eighth innings. In the fifth, Taylor Murphy scored on a groundout, and Yu-Cheng Chang hit an RBI double in the eighth.
Enderson Franco (5-8) went six innings, allowing two runs and five hits to take the hard-luck loss. He also struck out one and walked one. David Speer pitched two scoreless innings for his second save of the season.
The Mudcats were held scoreless for the sixth time this season. Lynchburg’s staff recorded its 11th shutout of the year.
Thursday’s box score
Carolina Mudcats | ab | r | h | bi |
Valenzuela, SS | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Obregon, 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Davidson, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Tejeda, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Curcio, LF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Fernandez, DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Murphy, C | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Edgerton, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mendez, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 30 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Lynchburg Hillcats | ab | r | h | bi |
Allen, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Mathias, 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Santander, LF | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Bradley, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Chang, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Krieger, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Murphy, RF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Hendrix, DH | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Loopstok, C | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 31 | 3 | 7 | 3 |
Carolina | 000 | 000 | 000 | — | 0 | 3 | 0 |
Lynchburg | 100 | 010 | 01X | — | 3 | 7 | 0 |
DP–Carolina 0, Lynchburg 0. LOB–Carolina 4, Lynchburg 6. 2B–Loopstok, Hendrix, Santander, Chang. HR—Santander (15).
Carolina Mudcats IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Franco (L, 5-8) | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
McLaughlin | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Lynchburg Hillcats IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Pannone (W, 2-0) | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
Speer (S, 2) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
This story was originally published July 21, 2016 at 11:30 PM with the headline "Pannone, Santander lift Lynchburg over Carolina 3-0."