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May 9 - Carolina Mudcats Game Information

Published on May 9, 2018 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Carolina Mudcats News Release


CAROLINA MUDCATS (MILWAUKEE BREWERS) at BUIES CREEK ASTROS (HOUSTON ASTROS)

Wednesday, May 9, 2018 | 7:00 PM | Game 32, Away Game 16 | at Jim Perry Stadium | Buies Creek, NC

RADIO: WDWG, The Big Dawg 98.5 FM

STREAMING AUDIO: www.carolinamudcats.com, TuneIn Radio

STREAMING VIDEO: N/A

Overall Record: CAR: 15-17; BC: 18-13

Streaks: CAR: L1; BC: L3

Last 10 Games: CAR: 4-6, BC: 4-6

Home Record: CAR: 10-7; BC: 10-4

Road Record: CAR: 5-10; BC: 8-9

Division Record: CAR: 11-15; BC: 10-7

Current Series: Tied 1-1 (of 3)

Season Series: BC leads 4-2 (of 28)

CAR v. OPP: 3-1 @CAR (11), 1-1 @OPP (17)

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTERS:

WED, 5/9, 7:00 PM: Carolina RHP Marcos Diplan (1-1, 5.06) at Buies Creek RHP Jorge Alcala (1-3, 5.03)

THU, 5/10, 7:00 PM: Wilmington RHP Ofreidy Gomez (1-2, 4.86 ERA) at Carolina RHP Trey Supak (1-1, 1.97)

FRI, 5/11, 7:00 PM: Wilmington RHP Gerson Garabito (1-2, 2.12 ERA)at Carolina LHP Nathan Kirby (0-2, 7.11)

SAT, 5/12, 5:00 PM: Wilmington RHP Arnaldo Hernandez (4-0, 2.61 ERA) at Carolina LHP Cam Roegner (3-1, 1.08)

ICYMI: Astros starter Brett Adcock struck out seven over five scoreless frames and reliever Kit Scheetz struck out eight over four innings as the Astros shut out the Mudcats 2-0 on Tuesday night at Jim Perry Stadium in Buies Creek.

ABOUT THE LAST ONE: The Carolina offense was held to just two hits in last night's loss and were shutout for the second time this season. The Carolina offense also combined to strike out 15 times; it was their second straight night with 15 strikeouts in a game. They also managed to leave just five total base runners on base, with all five coming between the second and fourth innings.

VS. BC: The Mudcats and Buies Creek Astros face off today in the finale of a three game series at Jim Perry Stadium. The Astros won game two last night 2-0, thus leveling the series at 1-1. The Astros also took three of four versus the Mudcats back in April (4/19-4/22) and lead the season series 4-2. Tonight's game is the 7th of 28 total meetings between the two teams this season.

MUDCATS STARTER: RHP Marcos Diplan has tonight's series finale start against the Astros. Diplan is currently 1-1 with a 5.06 ERA over six starts so far this season with Carolina. He has also totaled 21 strikeouts, 18 walks and a .327 average against over 26.2 innings pitched this season. Diplan last pitched on May 4 against the Wood Ducks and allowed four runs on seven hits over 4.0 innings. He also walked four and struck out one while reaching 85 pitches (51 strikes) his last time out. Diplan's only win of the season came on April 21 against these very same Astros. Diplan earned that victory after holding Buies Creek to just one hit over 5.1 innings on April 21. He also walked five and struck out five in his lone outing against the Astros this year.

OPP STARTER: RHP Jorge Alcala gets tonight's series finale start against the Mudcats. Alcala is 1-3-1 with a 3.79 ERA with 22 strikeouts, 13 walks and a .232 average against over six games, four starts and 19.0 innings this season with the Astros. He last pitched on May 4 in Winston-Salem and ended up with his first win of the season after holding the Dash to a run on two hits in 1.1 innings in relief of starter Abdiel Saldana. Alcala has faced the Mudcats once this season, with his lone start against them coming on April 21 at Five County Stadium. Alcala struck out six, walked two and allowed just one run on four hits over 5.0 innings while suffering his third loss of the season on April 21 against Carolina.

STREAKING: Luis Aviles Jr. is currently in a seven game hitting streak (.370/.357/.407, 10 H, 3 R, 3 RBI)... Dallas Carroll is currently in a six game hitting streak (.333/.333/.333, 8 H, 2 R, 7 RBI).

HEATING UP: Keston Hiura is batting .413/.438/.717 with 19 hits, 11 runs, five doubles, three home runs, seven RBI and a 1.155 OPS over his last 10 games. He's additionally batting .480/.480/.920 with a 1.400 OPS (12 H, 8 R, 2 HR, 4 RBI) over his last five games.

WALK THIS WAY: The Mudcats pitching staff has combined to walk a Carolina League high 151 batters this season. Those 151 BB are also the 3rd most in all of MiLB.

HITS AND Ks: The Carolina offense has totaled 73 more strikeouts than hits (324 SO, 251 H) so far this season. Since 1991, only the 2017 Mudcats and 2007 Mudcats finished a season with more strikeouts than hits. Carolina totaled 164 more strikeouts than hits last season (1,245 SO [franchise record], 1,081 H) and 70 more strikeouts than hits in 2007 (1,219 SO, 1,149 H).

OF LATE: The Carolina bullpen has combined to go 3-0-2 with a 2.39 ERA since May 3 (26.1 IP, 23 H, 8 R, 7 ER, 4 HR, 6 BB, 33 SO, 11 IR-3 IRS).

WHERE THEY RANK: Cam Roegner is 2nd in the Carolina League in lowest earned run average (1.08). Roegner also leads the CL in LOB% (93.6%), GB/FB (2.24) and GB% (59.6%)... Trey Supak (1.97) is 7th in the CL in lowest earned run average. Supak is also 4th in WHIP (1.00), 5th in average against (.194) and tied for 4th fewest baserunners/9ip ratio (9.84)... Nattino Diplan is 2nd in the CL lead in most games (11)... Luis Aviles Jr. is tied for 3rd in the CL in stolen bases (11)... Max McDowell leads CL catchers in most caught steals (21) and caught stealing efficiency (.553).

GOT HEEEM: Max McDowell leads MiLB catchers in most caught steals (21) and caught stealing/stolen base efficiency (.553) for catchers with at least 20 attempts against... McDowell caught four base runners attempting to steal and picked off another at first on Opening Night, 4/5 vs. Winston-Salem. He and the Mudcats also allowed six stolen bases on 4/19 vs. BC.

THE MUDCATS HAVE...

... Stranded the 3rd most base runners in the CL (246).

... Averaged the 2nd fewest runs per game in the CL (3.8).

... Totaled the worst K% in the CL this season (27.4%).

... Gone 6-12 when striking out at least 10 times in a game in 2018.

... Not made the playoffs since the 2008 season.

... Not made the playoffs during their Carolina League era.

... Been in Zebulon, NC since 1991 (28th season).

... Been in the Carolina League since 2012 (7th season).

ALUMNI REPORT: Dylan Moore (2016) went 3-for-5 with two doubles and four RBI in Double-A Biloxi's 10-5 loss to Montgomery last night. Moore is batting .380/.437/.658 with 13 extra-base hits (7 2B, 3 3B, 3 HR) over 23 games with the Shuckers this season.

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