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Holland solid in Lynchburg Hillcats win

Chris Graham

A.J. Holland matched the longest outing of his career with seven innings of one-run baseball for the Lynchburg Hillcats to outduel the Winston-Salem Dash, 6-3, Monday night at City Stadium. The Hillcats took the lead in the seventh on an RBI-double by David Rohm and later got some insurance on a Robby Hefflinger two-run home run.

Mark Warner, Tim Kaine join letter urging president to move on VA claims backlog

Chris Graham

U.S. Sens. Mark Warner (D-VA) and Tim Kaine (D-VA) today sent a letter to President Obama urging him to take action to reduce the current backlog of veterans’ disability claims. Currently, the average claim takes over 300 days to be resolved. In the letter, Sens. Warner and Kaine, who were joined by 65 other members of the Senate, cited long delays in cities across the country in making the case for swift action to reduce the backlog.

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Lynchburg Hillcats win third straight

Chris Graham

Fernando De Los Santos, who entered Friday with just two hits on the season, delivered a bases loaded triple in the ninth that proves the difference in a Lynchburg Hillcats 6-3 win over the Salem Red Sox in the series opener at Salem Memorial Ballpark. James Hoyt pitched four scoreless innings out of the bullpen for Lynchburg. Hoyt has now gone 16.1 consecutive innings without allowing a run.

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Lynchburg Hillcats outslug Winston-Salem

Chris Graham

The Lynchburg Hillcats woke up their bats tonight with 19 hits on their way to a 15-8 win over the Winston-Salem Dash. Only 15 runs had scored in the first 3 games of the series before the 23-run explosion. Matt Lipka starred in the highlight filled night going 4-for-5 with a cycle. It was the second cycle by a Hillcat in less than nine months. Dan Brewer did it July 29, 2012 in Salem. The 15 runs and 19 hits for the ‘Cats tonight set new season-highs for the club.

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Salem Red Sox defeat Wilmington, 7-3

Chris Graham

The Salem Red Sox scored the final seven runs to win their third straight over the Wilmington Blue Rocks, taking three out of four in the series with a 7-3 triumph on Thursday night. Mike Augliera tossed seven strong innings to improve to 3-0 on the year, while the offense erupted late to overcome the early three-run deficit. Sean Coyle homered for the second straight night, while Garin Cecchini continued his red-hot stretch by reaching base three times.

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Mark Warner to serve as chair of Senate Commerce subcommittee

Chris Graham

U.S. Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) today was appointed Chairman of the Competitiveness, Innovation, and Export Promotion Subcommittee by Senate Commerce CommitteeChairman Jay Rockefeller (D-WV). The subcommittee works to strengthen U.S. competitiveness by promoting trade, investment, innovation and manufacturing.

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Lynchburg Hillcats drop nailbiter to Winston-Salem, 3-2

Chris Graham

A dropped third strike in the fifth inning seemed to do-in the Lynchburg Hillcats as they lost 3-2 to the Winston-Salem Dash tonight. William Beckwith hit his fifth home run of the season, and drove in his team-best 13th and 14th RBI of the season. That was the only source of Hillcats offense however, as they dropped game two against the Dash.

Lynchburg Hillcats snap losing skid

Chris Graham

The Lynchburg Hillcats snapped a three-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over the Winston-Salem Dash tonight. Navery Moore earned his first win of the season giving up two runs, one earned in five innings of work. Robby Hefflinger extended his current hitting streak to four games, leading the Hillcats offense with two hits, an RBI, and a run scored.