LYNCHBURG -- Salem mustered seven hits against Lynchburg starter Matt McSwain, but none when they needed one. McSwain and reliever Ronaldo Uviedo shut out the Avalanche for a 4-0 Carolina League victory on Saturday at City Stadium.

It was the third straight loss for Salem (26-42), which has two games remaining today at 6:05 p.m. and Monday at 2:05 p.m.

Hillcats third baseman Eddie Prasch went 2-for-3 with two doubles and two RBIs.

Tim Torres had a pair of singles for Salem.

SALEM LYNCHBURG

ab r h bi ab r h bi

Florentino 3b 4 0 1 0 Friday ss 4 1 2 0

Torres ss 4 0 2 0 De los Santos 2b 4 0 0 0

Ori 1b 4 0 1 0 Durham rf 4 1 1 1

Clemens c 4 0 0 0 Sakamoto 1b 3 1 1 1

Van Ostrand dh 3 0 0 0 Keel lf 1 1 0 0

Rosales rf 3 0 1 0 Prasch 3b 3 0 2 2

Quintero lf 3 0 1 0 Jones c 4 0 0 0

Moresi cf 3 0 0 0 Cavagnaro dh 3 0 0 0

Buchanan 2b 3 0 1 0 Barksdale cf 3 0 0 0

Totals 31 0 7 0 Totals 29 4 6 4

Salem 000 000 000 -- 0

Lynchburg 202 000 00x -- 4

E--none. DP -- Salem none, Lynchburg 2. LOB -- Salem 4, Lynchburg 6. 2B -- Durham, Prasch 2. SF -- Sakamoto. SB -- Keel, Durham.

IP H R ER BB SO

Salem

Bass 6.0 6 4 4 2 2

Hallberg 1.0 0 0 0 0 0

Walker 1.0 0 0 0 2 0

Lynchburg

McSwain 7.0 7 0 0 3 0

Uviedo 2.0 0 0 0 0 1

WP-- McSwain (2-2). LP -- Bass (4-15). HDP -- Keel 2 (By Bass 2).

Umpires -- HP Kolin Kline. B: Dae Soucy.

T -- 2:02. A -- 2,968.