The Hill City Howlers dropped their first series of the season after losing to the Fredericksburg Nationals, 11-4, on Sunday afternoon.

The Howlers had split or won every series prior to dropping four of six to the ‘Nats. The pitching staff combined for 12 walks, their most of the season.

The game

The offensive woes continued for the Hill City Howlers as they fell to the Fredericksburg Nationals, 7-3, on Saturday night.

With the win, the FredNats secured a split of the series heading to Sunday’s matinee. Howlers starter, Will McCausland, tied a career-high with eight strikeouts in his no-decision.

Hill City delivered early

A seven-run ninth inning spoiled the night for the Hill City Howlers as the Fredericksburg Nationals went on to win 11-5.

Angel Perez struggled entering the ninth, allowing all seven runs before recording an out. Despite the blowout, the Howlers preserved their bullpen, only using three pitchers throughout the game.

The Howlers

Eli Willits delivered the knockout blow for the Fredericksburg Nationals against the Hill City Howlers on Thursday evening, winning 4-2.

For the third straight night, the game was tied going to the ninth before the ‘Nats delivered in the clutch.

Hill City struck first off of Carson Fischer in the second inning.

Yerlin Luis delivered a walk-off solo home run as the Hill City Howlers downed the Fredericksburg Nationals 4-3 on Wednesday evening.

For the Howlers, it was the second walk-off win in as many days, after walking off the FredNats Tuesday night in a 4-3 win. It is their fourth walk-off of

The Hill City Howlers walked-off the Fredericksburg Nationals on Tuesday evening, 4-3, behind a Dauri Fernandez RBI-single.

With the walk-off, Fernandez extended his RBI-streak to six games. He also currently rides an eight game hit streak.

The Nationals struck first after back-to-back singles to open up the game. Yeremy Cabrera drove home

After a tremendous April, Harrison Bodendorf was named the Carolina League Pitcher of the Month by Minor League Baseball.

Bodendorf is the first Hill City Howler to win the monthly award ascribed to the best pitcher in the league through a certain month. This is the second award for Bodendorf this

The Hill City Howlers dropped their series finale to Delmarva 10-6 in Salisbury.

Two crooked numbers spelled the Howlers’ doom in this game, five and three. That was the amount of runs scored in the fourth and eighth innings by Delmarva.

The game did yield some positive results though, including another multi-hit

Hill City returned to the win column Friday with a 6-3 victory over Delmarva in Salisbury.

All the Howlers needed was six hits to get their six runs, but all came in timely moments, including big early homers for Jose Pirela and Robert Arias.

The bullpen held things down too, highlighted by

Hill City dropped one Thursday night against Delmarva, losing 9-7 in a tough day on the mound.

The Howlers struggled in game three of the series, with Joey Oakie and Miguel Flores going through it on the hill, giving up all nine runs.

This game didn’t start with the same fortune the

Hill City stayed hot Wednesday in Salisbury, beating the Delmarva Shorebirds 4-0 in another strong performance in the lineup and the rotation.

The Howlers benefitted from one of their best pitching days of the year, allowing only two hits between starter Nelson Keljo along with relievers Luke Fernandez and Jervis Alfaro.

Keljo

Hill City had a banner day Tuesday, scoring its most runs in any game this year with a 17-1 drubbing of the Delmarva Shorebirds in Salisbury.

Everyone that came to bat got a hit in the game, with Robert Arias staying hot and leading the pack with three hits, including a

The Hill City Howlers swept the Carolina League Weekly Awards behind outstanding performances from Anthony Martinez and Harrison Bodendorf.

This was the first time any member of the Howlers has won a weekly award this season. In addition, they are the only members of the Cleveland Guardians organization to win awards

In unprecedented fashion, the Hill City Howlers walked off the Hickory Crawdads on Sunday afternoon, winning 9-8 in 11 innings.

Only the first run of the game for the Howlers was attributed to a hit. The rest of the runs scored in the comeback victory came from walks, hit-batters, wild pitches,

The Hill City Howlers took a no-hitter into the seventh but blew the lead late, losing 4-2 to the Hickory Crawdads on Saturday evening.

Harrison Bodendorf pitched a strong outing, working 5.2 innings while striking out six. He was perfect through his last batter when he issued a walk and was

Luis De La Cruz walked off the Hickory Crawdads, giving the Hill City Howlers the 6-4 victory on Friday night.

The Howlers finished with just six hits in the contest, but capitalized on their opportunities late in the game. For the Howlers, this was their first walk-off win of the season.

It

A Hickory Crawdads grand slam in the eighth inning downed the Hill City Howlers, 6-3, on Thursday evening.

Jervis Alfaro had pitched three scoreless frames in relief before surrendering the game altering grand slam. For the first time this season, the Howlers failed to strike out double digit hitters in a

The Hill City Howlers fumbled away their Wednesday matinee against the Hickory Crawdads, 8-5.

Hill City racked up five errors throughout the morning and afternoon, as the Crawdads capitalized to bury the Howlers. Robert Arias and Luis De La Cruz accounted for two errors apiece in the loss.

Anthony Martinez continued to

The Hill City Howlers hung onto a 7-6 victory over the Hickory Crawdads on Tuesday evening.

Despite an early lead, the Crawdads kept chipping away at the score line, cutting the deficit to one in the ninth inning, but could not overcome the 5-0 deficit after the first two innings. Anthony

Hill City was defeated for the second time this series via the walkoff, losing to the Warbirds in Wilson 5-3 after a walkoff blast.

Despite the loss, Robert Arias was a bright spot once again. He picked up another multi-hit game, his fourth of the series.

On top of that, Chase Mobley

The Hill City Howlers steered the ship right Saturday night with a 3-1 win in Wilson over the Warbirds, their ninth win of the season.

The game saw another gaudy strikeout total for the Howlers, as the staff notched 14 of them in the victory. Starter Harrison Bodendorf picked up six

A three-run comeback was not enough Friday night as the Hill City Howlers were walked off by the Wilson Warbirds in a 7-6 loss.

Four Hill City homers were not enough in this one, a game decided off the bat of Wilson’s Luis Lameda. The Howlers smashed two of them in

The Hill City Howlers returned to the win column with a 6-3 victory over the Wilson Warbirds.

Starting pitching was a key once again for the Howlers, as lefty Nelson Keljo turned in a strong 3.2 innings, striking out seven batters and only allowing two hits.

The bats came through too, with

After a valiant comeback attempt, the Hill City Howlers fell to the Warbirds in Wilson, 7-5.

Hill City enjoyed home runs off the bats of Juneiker Caceras and Dauri Fernandez to score five unanswered runs from the sixth inning on and Will McCausland twirled a gem in relief, going four scoreless

The Hill City Howlers won their first home series of the season as they downed the Fredericksburg Nationals 5-2 on Sunday afternoon.

The Howlers pitching staff combined for 16 strikeouts in the game, only surrendering five hits, stifling a strong Nationals lineup and jumping them in the early season standings.

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