SALEM, Va. – In a rather sluggish display of offense Thursday night, the Lynchburg Hillcats defeated the Salem Red Sox 4-1.
The Hillcats improved to 6-6 while the Red Sox fell to 5-7 this season.
Salem had a seemingly golden opportunity to get the games first run in the bottom of the third inning after a lead off triple from Karim Ayubi. But on a pop fly out in left field, Kelvin Diaz throw home made it in time for the out.
Lynchburg finally got going in the fifth inning thanks to a two-run single from Carlos Guttierez. Hillcats plated another run on a throwing error to end the inning with a 3-0 lead.
On the mound, Jogly Garcia was dialed in. He racked up 8 strikeouts in his four innings of work to get the win for the Hillcats.