The Hillcats’ only run came in the bottom of the 9th

The Mariners couldn’t hold a 2-0 lead in the first.

Leadoff hitter L.V. Ware finished with five hits – including two triples – and Adam Milligan drove in five runs

Rohrbough, hailed as the top left-hander in the Braves’ organization, looked the part Thursday

Tuesday brought opening night baseball excitement to Pulaski

Danville Braves manager Paul Runge enters his sixth season with the team when the D-Braves open their 2009 Appalachian League schedule at 7 p.m. today at Pulaski

Lynchburg manager P.J. Forbes believes in hard work, discipline and attention to detail

  The Red Sox took their second in a row from Kinston but are eliminated from First Half contention.

Joel Collins and Chris Cullen had spent four years playing for Team Ontario, a youth travel club in their home Canadian province, and when the two friends were 17, they figured their days of playing together were over

The Rockbridge Rapids entry into the Valley Baseball League brings the team total to an even dozen.

The Salem Red Sox may be in a bit of a slump, but the team remains positive.  Falling from 1st to 3rd in the Southern Division over the last couple of weeks, the team looks to regroup on a 7 game road trip. 

Josh, 25, is the youngest brother by a minute. His twin brother Jeremy is a pitcher in the Cubs organization, and his old-est brother Jonathan has already won a World Series ring in his five seasons as the Boston Red Sox closer.

Hall of Fame pitcher Nolan Ryan’s Texas-based baseball business is sending representatives to Richmond this week to investigate possible ownership of the Eastern League franchise that is to move here next season

The Lynchburg Hillcats extended their lead over the Potomac Nationals to one and a half games in the Carolina League’s Northern Division

Matt McSwain earned the victory by tossing six scoreless frames

With a little luck, a few clutch hits, and some dominant relief pitching, the Red Sox battled back for a second straight day, taking Sunday’s matinee over the Dash 7-5.

Lynchburg gave up runs in each of the last four innings to blow a 5-1 lead.

Salem scored four runs in the bottom of the first, then shutout Winston-Salem

Consider this when evaluating Pedro Alvarez’s performance in the first month of the Hillcats’ season. The prized Pittsburgh Pirates prospect hasn’t truly found a rhythm since he was a junior at Vanderbilt in 2007

  Salem falls victim to good pitching in Game one and a clutch comeback in game 2 by the K-Tribe.

Pitching above the low-A level for the first time in his career, Cheng has so far made the most of his second chance

    Salem took advantage of two big innings and survived a Kinston late rally for the win, and the Southern Division lead.

Some uncharacteristic bullpen struggles Sunday prevented a fourth straight home series win for the Lynchburg Hillcats

  Shortstop Kris Negron was the star in a Salem slaying of the visiting Pelicans.

Brian Matusz certainly doesn’t have the ego of a 22-year-old multi-millionaire. The Orioles’ top pitching prospect has an easy-going demeanor, his speech peppered with “yes sir” and “nice to meet you.”

Pitcher Michael Dubee was traded last week to Lynchburg by Winston-Salem

Lynchburg fell 8-7 in 10 innings of action in the rubber match of a three-game set at Wilmington

Pedro Alvarez destroyed a 3-2 offering Thursday night, slamming it well over the right-field fence for a tiebreaking, three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth

  The Sox lost a pair of early leads in falling to Potomac in both ends of a doubleheader.

Jordy Mercer didn’t come to Lynchburg with the same sort of hype that accompanied his 2008 draft classmate, Pedro Alvarez. But plenty was expected from Mercer, the Pirates’ third-round pick who spent three years at Oklahoma State.