Frederick Keys Hit Lynchburg Hillcats Hard, Win 11-5 - Adv A, Carolina League

MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com - 3B Billy Rowell hit his first Carolina League home run and drove home four as the Keys won going away in Lynchburg 11-5. In the contest six Keys batter had two-hit nights as Frederick tied a season high with 14 hits. Keys C Matt Wieters hit his league leading eighth home run of the year with a third inning opposite field solo blast. RHP Jake Arrieta was excellent again working six innings to pick up his third win of the year. It was his first outing without a walk in 2008 but his fourth with at least eight strikeouts as he fanned eight Hillcats in the win.

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The Keys tied the ballgame in the second inning with a two-out Ryan McCarthy RBI-single. Wieters began the onslaught though with his solo drive to put the Keys atop 2-1 in the third inning.

That was quickly followed by Rowell's first Carolina League home run, an opposite field shot heighten the Keys lead to 3-1. Rowell would go 2-for-4 with four RBI's on the night. He has now driven home 13 runs in just 17 games this year.

Leading by four runs in the sixth inning the Keys put the game away when 2B Chris Amador hit his third home run of the season, a soaring three-run home run to enhance the Keys advantage to 8-1.

At that point Arrieta, who didn't pick up a win in his last two starts even though he had not allowed an earned run, was in the driver's seat towards his third Carolina League win.

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