April 29 - Carolina Mudcats Game Information
April 29, 2018 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Carolina Mudcats News Release
CAROLINA MUDCATS (MILWAUKEE BREWERS) at DOWN EAST WOOD DUCKS (TEXAS RANGERS)
Sunday, April 29, 2018 | 2:00 PM | Game 24, Away Game 10 | at Grainger Stadium | Kinston, NC
RADIO: WDWG, The Big Dawg 98.5 FM
STREAMING AUDIO: www.carolinamudcats.com, TuneIn Radio
STREAMING VIDEO: N/A
Overall Record: CAR: 11-12; DE: 11-12
Streaks: CAR: L3; DE: W3
Last 10 Games: CAR: 4-6, DE: 4-6
Home Record: CAR: 8-6; DE: 6-3
Road Record: CAR: 3-6; DE: 5-9
Division Record: CAR: 7-10; DE: 8-8
Current Series: DE leads 2-0 (of 3)
Season Series: DE leads 2-0 (of 24)
CAR v. OPP: 0-0 @CAR (14), 0-2 @OPP (10)
UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTERS:
SUN, 4/29, 2:00 PM: Carolina RHP Trey Supak (1-0, 0.90) at Down East LHP Christian Torres (1-2, 4.76)
MON, 4/30 - OFF
TUE, 5/1, 7:05 PM: Carolina LHP Nathan Kirby (0-1, 4.66) at Myrtle Beach RHP Keegan Thompson (0-2, 4.19)
WED, 5/2, 7:05 PM: Carolina LHP Cam Roegner (2-0, 0.83) at Myrtle Beach LHP Jose Paulino (0-3, 10.59)
ICYMI: Weston Wilson homered twice, including a game tying home run with two-outs in the ninth, but Brenden Davis of the Wood Ducks came through with a walk-off single in the bottom of the ninth as Down East defeated Carolina 5-4 on Saturday night at Grainger Stadium. Wilson's game tying home run came on a 2-2 pitch and with two outs in the ninth off reliever Jacob Shortslef. Wilson also homered to bring the Mudcats within one in the seventh and went 2-for-4 with two runs and two RBI in the game for Carolina.
ABOUT THE LAST ONE: Weston Wilson's solo home run with two-outs in the in the ninth last night was the first game tying home run hit by the Mudcats this season... Mudcats pitchers walked five batters in last night's loss, bringing their overall season total to a Minor League Baseball 119 this season... The Mudcats suffered their second straight walk-off loss this season. They have lost in walk-off fashion four times now this season (4/12, 4/14, 4/27, 4/28).
VS. WOODIES: The Mudcats and Wood Ducks conclude a three game series tonight at Grainger Stadium in Kinston. Tonight's game is the finale of the three game series and the third of 24 total meetings between the two teams this season... The Mudcats went 11-10 versus the Wood Ducks in 2017 and finished just 1.0 game back of Down East in the second half standings... Max McDowell hit .324/.452/.441 (11-for-34) with nine runs and six RBI over 11 games against the Wood Ducks last season... Trey Supak went 1-0 with a 1.13 ERA over two games and one start against Down East in 2017 (8.0 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 6 SO).
MUDCATS STARTER: Right-hander Trey Supak has the start for the Mudcats in today's series finale against the Down East Wood Ducks. Supak is currently 1-0 and has pitched to a 0.90 ERA over four starts and 20.0 innings so far this season. He has also totaled 18 strikeouts against eight walks and has held opponents to a .217 average against this season. Supak last started for the Mudcats on 4/22 vs. Buies Creek and pitched through the fifth with just one run allowed on five hits. Three of those hits were extra-base hits, but he ended up allowing just the one Buies Creek run while also walking one and striking out three.
OPP STARTER: Left-hander Christian Torres heads out for the start for the Wood Ducks in today's series finale. Torres is 1-2 with a 4.76 ERA, 17 strikeouts, four walks and 24 hits allowed over four games, three starts and 17.0 innings this season. He last pitched on 4/22 in Myrtle Beach and allowed eight runs (six earned) on 12 hits over 5.0 innings pitched.
STRUGGLING LATE: Mudcats pitchers have combined to pitch to a 7.63 ERA (17 R, 13 ER) in the ninth inning so far this season. They have also pitched to a 6.00 ERA in the eighth and a 4.70 ERA in the seventh. Opponents are also batting .290 in the ninth, .293 in the eighth and .241 in the seventh against the Mudcats this season.
P.O.W.: Ryan Aguilar was named the Carolina League Player of the Week for the week ending on April 22. Aguilar led the CL in AVG, OBP and OPS over the last week of games. In all, he went 8-for-15 with a double, a triple, four RBI and five walks while hitting .533/.667/.733 and totaling a 1.400 OPS over five games during the last week of play.
WHERE THEY RANK: Cam Roegner (0.83) and Trey Supak (0.90) rank 3rd and 4th respectively in lowest earned run average in the Carolina League this season... Conor Harber is currently 4th among CL relievers in highest SO/9ip ratio (14.40)... Marcos Diplan leads the CL in most walks (17)... Chase Williams leads the CL in most games (10) and games finished (9)... Ryan Aguilar is tied for 4th in the CL in OBP (.424)... Luis Aviles Jr. is 3rd in the CL in stolen bases (10)... Tucker Neuhaus is 3rd in the CL in most strikeouts (31)... Max McDowell leads CL catchers in most caught steals (15) and caught stealing efficiency (.500).
GOT HEEEM: Max McDowell leads MiLB catchers in most caught steals (15) and is 4th in MiLB in caught stealing/stolen base efficiency (.500) for catchers with at least 15 attempts against... McDowell caught four base runners attempting to steal and picked off another at first on Opening Night, April 5 vs. Winston-Salem.
THE MUDCATS HAVE...
... Stranded the 3rd most base runners in the CL (173).
... Averaged the fewest runs per game in the CL (3.9).
... Walked a CL and MiLB high 119 batters this season.
... 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).
INTRA-DIV: The Mudcats are currently in a stretch of 19 consecutive intra-division games. The stretch began on April 19 with a four game series against Buies Creek (1-3), continued then with a three game series versus Myrtle Beach (2-1) and now the current three game series at Down East (0-2). The Mudcats are currently just 3-6 over their last nine games. After today, the Mudcats will play 23 of their next 30 games versus CL Southern Division teams.
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