Gameday Magazine May

Lynchburg did not win back-to-back games until April 16-17, when they ended up winning three straight to sweep the Frederick Keys. They won 8 of 10 games from April 16-26. As a team, the Hillcats’ batting average of .229 in April, good for seventh in the league. On April 16, the Hillcats were hitting just .188 as a team, and raised their batting average 41 points over their last 13 games of the month.

From a pitching perspective, the Hillcats boosted a 3.73 ERA in April, which was fourth-best in the league. Lynchburg starting pitchers had a seven-game stretch in which they pitched 43 innings and allowed just three earned runs (0.63 ERA). In each of those games, the ‘Cats starter went at least five innings and allowed one earned run or fewer. Outfielder Conner Capel led the club with a .325 batting average in April. The

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