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August 25 - Carolina Mudcats Game Information

Published on August 25, 2019 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Carolina Mudcats News Release


Winners of two straight, the Mudcats continue their final home stand (seven games) of the 2019 season today with the finale of a three game series versus the Lynchburg Hillcats at Five County Stadium... Today's game is the third in the series and the final meeting of 17 total games between the two teams this season. It is also the ninth of nine second half meetings between the two teams. After last night's series clinching 5-3 victory, Carolina now leads the season series 11-5, while going 7-2 against Lynchburg at Five County Stadium and 4-3 versus the Hillcats in Lynchburg.

Tonight's game will begin at 2:00 p.m. at Five County Stadium in Zebulon, NC and will air live on the Mudcats Radio Network, The Big Dawg 98.5 FM and at carolinamudcats.com via TuneIn Radio. The game will also stream live in full HD video on MiLB.tv via paid subscription.

LYNCHBURG HILLCATS (CLEVELAND INDIANS) at CAROLINA MUDCATS (MILWAUKEE BREWERS)

Sunday, August 25, 2019 | 2:00 PM | Game 131, Home Game 66 | Five County Stadium (6,500) | Zebulon, NC

RADIO: WDWG, 98.5 FM

STREAMING AUDIO: carolinamudcats.com via TuneIn Radio

STREAMING VIDEO: MiLB.tv

Overall Record: CAR: 64-66; LYN: 58-68

Streaks: CAR: W2; LYN: L3

Last 10 Games: CAR: 4-6, LYN: 2-8

Home Record: CAR: 36-29; LYN: 25-32

Road Record: CAR: 28-37; LYN: 33-36

Division Record: CAR: 24-41; LYN: 21-25

Current Series: CAR leads 2-0 (of 3)

Season Series: CAR leads 11-5 (of 17)

CAR v. OPP: 7-2 @CAR (10), 4-3 @OPP (7)

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS...

SUN, 8/25 vs. LYN, 2:00 PM: Lynchburg RHP Juan Mota (2-3, 3.98) at Carolina RHP Christian Taugner (5-9, 5.33)

MON, 8/26 vs. FAY, 7:00 PM: Fayetteville TBA at Carolina RHP Matt Smith (4-11, 3.65)

TUE, 8/27 vs. FAY, 7:00 PM: Fayetteville TBA at Carolina RHP Wuilder Rodriguez (0-1, 6.52)

TODAY: Winners of two straight, the Mudcats continue their final home stand (seven games) of the 2019 season today with the finale of a three game series versus the Lynchburg Hillcats at Five County Stadium... Today's game is the third in the series and the final meeting of 17 total games between the two teams this season. It is also the ninth of nine second half meetings between the two teams. After last night's series clinching 5-3 victory, Carolina now leads the season series 11-5, while going 7-2 against Lynchburg at Five County Stadium and 4-3 versus the Hillcats in Lynchburg.

ICYMI: Brice Turang went 3-for-4 with three runs and two doubles, Payton Henry went 2-for-3 with a RBI double, Mario Feliciano was 1-for-4 with two RBI, Nelson Hernandez picked up the win & Phil Bickford earned his first career save as the Mudcats won their second straight game 5-3 versus the Hillcats on Saturday night at Five County.

ABOUT THE LAST ONE: Phil Bickford earned his first career save and ran his scoreless innings streak to 22.2 consecutive innings while working a scoreless ninth with two strikeouts last night... Despite last night's series clinching victory versus Lynchburg, the Mudcats were officially eliminated from post-season contention last night after the Fayetteville Woodpeckers defeated Frederick 1-0 in game two of a doubleheader at Segra Stadium. The Mudcats have now failed to reached the playoffs in eight consecutive Carolina League seasons and 11 straight seasons overall.

WHERE THEY RANK: Payton Henry is tied for 4th in the CL in home runs (14), 3rd in RBI (75) and 8th in extra-base hits (37)... Matt Hardy is currently tied for 8th in the CL in wins (7) and 10th in games (36)... J.T. Hintzen is currently tied for 5th in the CL in games (39)... Cody Beckman and Michael Petersen are both currently tied for 6th in the CL in games (38)... Noah Zavolas is currently 2nd in the CL in ERA (2.98), 2nd in innings pitched (133.0) and 1st in WHIP (1.14). Zavolas is also 2nd in the CL in FIP (3.21), 1st in xFIP (3.36), 1st in BB/9 (1.56) and 1st in K/BB (4.43)... Matt Smith is currently 3rd in the CL in ERA (3.65), 6th in WHIP (1.27) and 2nd in K/BB (2.97).

CAROLINA LEAGUE LEADERS - TWO-OUT RBI

PLAYER TEAM RBI HR AVG OPS

Henry, P CAR 38 7 .264 .820

Feliciano, M CAR 32 10 .299 1.005

Henry, R CAR 29 3 .235 .793

Corredor, A POT 29 3 .258 .663

OF LATE: The Mudcats have gone just 13-28 since 7/10 and since starting the second half at 12-8 over their first 20 games (6/20-7/9) following the All-Star break... They have also gone just 9-20 since 7/24... The Mudcats have also combined to hit just .212 with 3.2 R/G and a run differential of -32 runs since 7/10 and have hit .212 with 3.3 R/G and a -19 run differential since 7/24.

RECORD SETTING: Payton Henry has totaled a Mudcats franchise record 22 hit by pitches this season. Henry has also tied the team record for double plays hit into (18) this season... The Carolina offense has combined to total a CL high and franchise record 97 hit by pitches this season; previous high was 73 HBP in 2010 and 2013.

THE TOP 30: The Carolina roster currently features five of Milwaukee's Top 30 prospects (as rated by MLBPipeline.com) including No. 1 INF Brice Turang, No. 2 OF Tristen Lutz, No. 8 LHP Aaron Ashby, No. 9 C Mario Feliciano and No. 16 C Payton Henry.

HEATING UP: Pat McInerney has hit safely in five straight games and is batting .400/.429/.600 with a 1.029 OPS during the streak (8-for-20, 3 R, 4 2B, 2 RBI). McInerney also went 6-for-12 with three doubles during Carolina's previous three games in Myrtle Beach... Brice Turang is 4-for-8 with two doubles and a RBI over two games in Carolina's current series vs. Lynchburg... Payton Henry is 5-for-10 with a double and three RBI over his last three games (.500/.500/.600, 1.100 OPS).

MVP: Mario Feliciano was named the 2019 Carolina League Most Valuable Player on 8/22. Feliciano is the first Mudcats player to win the MVP award since the Mudcats joined the Carolina League for the 2012 season. Feliciano, however, is the fifth player overall in team history to be named league MVP as Mark Johnson (1994), Jason Kendall (1995), Gaby Sanchez (2008) and Dave Sappelt (2010) were all named Southern League MVP during Carolina's Double-A and Southern League era (1991-2011). Feliciano also earned post-season All-Star honors at catcher... Feliciano was recently promoted to Double-A Biloxi by the Brewers (8/25).

P.O.Y.: Noah Zavolas was named the 2019 Carolina League Pitcher of the Year on 8/22. Zavolas is the second Mudcats pitcher in team history to earn the Carolina League's Pitcher of the Year award, joining Cody Anderson who won the same award following the 2013 season. Former Mudcats pitcher Travis Wood was additionally named the Southern League's Most Outstanding Pitcher during his 2009 season with Carolina. Zavolas also earned post-season All-Star honors at starting pitcher.

EXCLUSIVE COMPANY: Recently promoted Carolina League MVP Mario Feliciano currently leads the CL in home runs (19) and RBI (81) this season. The last Mudcats player to finish a season as the league leader (tied with Mobile's Paul Goldschmidt) in homers was Neftali Soto who homered 30 times for the then-Southern League affiliated Mudcats in 2011... Carolina has never had a player finish the season as the league leader in both homers and RBI. However, George Canale led the Southern League in RBI (102) and was second in the home runs (21) in 1995; Mark Johnson led the SL in homers (23) and was third in RBI (85) in 1994.

BICKFORD'S RUN: Phil Bickford has pitched through 22.2 consecutive scoreless innings (6 BB, 33 SO, 13.1 SO/9) dating back to 6/30. He has not allowed a run since giving up a three-run home run that scored two inherited runners on 6/30 vs. the Nationals at Five County Stadium. That homer scored two inherited runners as it came off the bat of the first batter faced when Bickford took over the ninth of that game in relief of Clayton Andrews. Bickford went on to record two outs after the homer and has since worked through 22.2 consecutive scoreless innings since. Bickford has additionally pitched through 12 straight scoreless appearances from 7/9 through 8/24 (22.0 IP, 6 BB, 33 SO, .127 AVG).

ALL THE Ks: The Carolina offense has combined to total a Carolina League and franchise record 1,314 strikeouts this season; currently the most in the CL and 5th most in MiLB... Carolina batters combined to total a CL and franchise record 1,311 strikeouts last season; breaking the previous CL and franchise record of 1,245 SO set by Carolina in 2017... Carolina has also totaled 351 more strikeouts than hits; the third highest such difference in MiLB.

THE MUDCATS HAVE...

... played in Zebulon, NC since 1991 (29th season).

... played in the Carolina League since 2012 (8th season).

... been an affiliate of the Brewers since 2017 (3rd season).

... not made the playoffs since the 2008 season.

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

... operated under the ownership of the Brewers since Oct. 2017.

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