COLUMBIA, SC – The Lynchburg Hillcats are your 2025 Carolina League Champions! The Hillcats won the best-of-three series (2-1) after beating Columbia Wednesday night by a score of 8-2. It’s Lynchburg’s first championship since 2017 when they were named co-champion with Frederick and first outright title for Lynchburg since 2012.
The night started right for Lynchburg after Riley Nelson hit a two-run home run in the opening inning. The bats didn’t cool off.
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In the third inning, Dean Curley hit an RBI triple to score Juneiker Caceres. In turn, Curley would score thanks to an RBI doulble by Connon Peebles. It was a 4-0 advantage until the bottom of the fourth.
The Fireflies scored by virtue of a walk then in the eighth, Ramon Ramirez hit a solo home run.
But Lynchburg did enough to close things out, yielding four insurance runs in the 9th inning to take a five-run lead. The team finished with 14 hits while on the mound Melkis Hernandez, Will McCausland and Cam Schuelke combined for 12 strikeouts.