Hilligoss leads Charleston over Catfish

The back-and-forth between the Columbus Catfish and the Charleston RiverDogs (Yankees) has gone back to Charleston. And in a big way.

Charleston beat the Catfish 6-2 Thursday night, behind the hitting of Mitch Hilligoss.

After hitting his third career homer, Hilligoss doubled and stole his eighth base in the second, singled in the fourth and ripped an RBI base hit in the eighth. It was the second career four-hit game for Hilligoss, who accomplished the feat in his very first professional game with Class A Short-Season Staten Island on June 20, 2006.

The series concludes tonight. The Catfish need a win to earn a split.