Lynchburg Hillcats fall in 16 innings at Frederick, 5-4

Both Lynchburg and Frederick required two different position players to pitch in order to navigate a 16-inning affair that saw a sacrifice fly by Drew Dosch drive home Anthony Caronia and give Frederick a 5-4 victory at Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium Monday night.

Lynchburg (2-3) tied the game in the fourth inning, 3-3, and that remained the score until the 13^th inning when a sacrifice fly byIvan Castillo brought in Alex Monsalve for the go-ahead run. However, in the home half of the frame, Adrian Marin singled with two outs, advanced to third after consecutive walks, and scored on a wild pitch by Ben Heller.

Each team put up a three-spot on the scoreboard in the initial stages of the game. Frederick (4-1) scored three runs on two hits in the first after the first four batters reached. Josh Hart bunted the first pitch for a single, Jeff Kemp walked, and Drew Doschreached on an error by Nellie Rodriguez. Hart scored on the error, and Trey Mancini knocked in the other two runs on a triple to left-center field.

Lynchburg responded in the fourth with three runs on three hits, beginning with a two-out single by Monsalve. James Robertswalked, and Yhoxian Medina singled home Monsalve. A throwing error by pitcher Dennis Torres allowed Roberts and Medina to advance 90 feet, and Ivan Castillo drove them both in with a base hit to center to tie the game, 3-3.

Neither starter made it through the fifth, which caused each team to use seven “pitchers” in the game. Frederick relied on right fielder Brenden Webb to go three innings on the mound while only allowing one run on four hits. Infielder Tucker Nathansrelieved him and earned the victory by tossing a perfect 16^th inning. Infielder Joe Sever threw two innings of scoreless baseball for the Hillcats, while outfielder Luigi Rodriguez gave up the winning run for the loss.

Clint Frazier paced the offense with three of the team’s 12 hits, while Castillo’s three RBIs were one shy of a career high. Paul Hendrix and James Roberts each had multi-hit efforts, while Monsalve reached base three times and scored twice.

Lynchburg plays Frederick again at 7 p.m. Tuesday night. Right-hander Michael Peoples will square off against southpaw Mitch Horacek (1-0, 3.60 ERA). The Hillcats On-Deck Show takes the air at 6:40 p.m. on ESPN Radio 93.3 FM and 1320 AM..