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August 27 - Carolina Mudcats Game Information

Published on August 27, 2019 under Carolina League (CarL1)
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Having lost two straight games, the Mudcats continue their final home stand (seven games) of the 2019 season tonight with the second game of a four game series versus the Fayetteville Woodpeckers at Five County Stadium... Tonight's game is the second in the series and the 18th of 20 total games between the two teams this season. Following last night's 4-3 edging of the Mudcats, the Woodpeckers now own a 9-8 lead in the overall season series between the two teams, with Carolina going 4-3 versus Fayetteville at home and 4-6 versus the Woodpeckers on the road. Tonight's game is also the fifth of seven second half meetings between the two teams.

Tonight's game will begin at 7:00 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.

FAYETTEVILLE WOODPECKERS (HOUSTON ASTROS) at CAROLINA MUDCATS (MILWAUKEE BREWERS)

Tuesday, August 27, 2019 | 7:00 PM | Game 133, Home Game 68 | 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: 64-68; FAY: 66-65

Streaks: CAR: L2; FAY: W3

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

Home Record: CAR: 36-31; FAY: 33-33

Road Record: CAR: 28-37; FAY: 33-32

Division Record: CAR: 24-42; FAY: 33-29

Current Series: FAY leads 1-0 (of 4)

Season Series: FAY leads 9-8 (of 20)

CAR v. OPP: 4-3 @CAR (10), 4-6 @OPP (10)

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS...

TUE, 8/27 vs. FAY, 7:00 PM: Fayetteville RHP Shawn Dubin (4-5, 4.52) at Carolina RHP Wuilder Rodriguez (0-1, 6.52)

WED, 8/28 vs. FAY, 7:00 PM: Fayetteville RHP Nivaldo Rodriguez (3-4, 2.87) at Carolina LHP Scotty Sunitsch (1-0, 1.93)

THU, 8/29 vs. FAY, 7:00 PM: Fayetteville RHP Austin Hansen (3-2, 3.38) at Carolina RHP Nelson Hernandez (11-9, 4.46)

TONIGHT: Having lost two straight games, the Mudcats continue their final home stand (seven games) of the 2019 season tonight with the second game of a four game series versus the Fayetteville Woodpeckers at Five County Stadium... Tonight's game is the second in the series and the 18th of 20 total games between the two teams this season. Following last night's 4-3 edging of the Mudcats, the Woodpeckers now own a 9-8 lead in the overall season series between the two teams, with Carolina going 4-3 versus Fayetteville at home and 4-6 versus the Woodpeckers on the road. Tonight's game is also the fifth of seven second half meetings between the two teams.

ICYMI: The Mudcats loaded the bases with one out in the ninth, but Wes Rogers and Payton Henry both struck out with the bases loaded in the final frame as Carolina failed to score again in a 4-3 series opening loss to Fayetteville at Five County Stadium on Monday night. Carolina fell behind 5-0 after the fifth while also being held without a hit by Fayetteville starter Luis Garcia in the loss. The Mudcats eventually rallied back with two runs and two hits in the sixth and a run in the seventh while making it a one run game at 4-3. That one run advantage, however, ended up being just enough though as reliever Riley Cabral worked out of bases loaded, one-out jam in the ninth while closing out his third save for the Woodpeckers.

ABOUT THE LAST ONE: The Mudcats were held without a hit over the first five innings of last night's game before Payton Henry broke up Fayetteville's no-hit bid with a one-out single in the sixth. Carolina's offense has been held without a hit through the third inning in four of their last 12 games.

CAROLINA TEAM BATTING BY INNING

1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th X

AVG .210 .200 .242 .242 .229 .265 .239 .208 .215 .276

OPS .662 .575 .702 .695 .658 .728 .681 .640 .632 .979

RUNS 70 45 73 67 60 65 66 53 38 13

CAROLINA'S STARTING PITCHER(S)...

Wuilder Rodriguez: 0-1, 6.52 ERA, 2 GS, 9.2 IP, 3 BB, 6 SO, 1.34 WHIP

Last start, 8/22 at MB: L, 5.2 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 ER, 2 BB, 3 SO, 78 pitches

2019 Overall (Rk-A+): 0-2, 5.89 ERA, 12/6 G/GS, 36.2 IP, 9 BB, 37 SO

2017-19 w/CAR: 0-2, 3.21 ERA, 45/3 G/GS, 101.0 IP, 40 BB, 89 SO

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)... Rob Henry is currently 5th in the CL in OBP (.369)... Matt Hardy is currently tied for 8th in the CL in wins (7) and 10th in games (37)... J.T. Hintzen is currently tied for the CL in games (40)... Michael Petersen and Cody Beckman are tied for 6th in the CL in games (39)... Noah Zavolas is currently 2nd in the CL in ERA (2.98), 4th in innings pitched (133.0) and 1st in WHIP (1.14), 1st in BB/9 (1.56) and 1st in K/BB (4.43)... Matt Smith is currently 3rd in the CL in ERA (3.75), 8th in WHIP (1.31) and 5th in K/BB (2.75).

CAROLINA LEAGUE LEADERS - TWO-OUT RBI

PLAYER TEAM RBI HR AVG OPS

Henry, P CAR 38 7 .252 .785

Feliciano, M CAR 32 10 .299 1.005

Henry, R CAR 30 3 .235 .798

Reetz, J POT 30 7 .274 .926

RECORD SETTING: Payton Henry has totaled a Mudcats franchise record 22 hit by pitches this season. Henry has also tied the all-time team record for double plays hit into (18) this season... The Carolina offense has combined to total a CL high and franchise record 99 hit by pitches this season; previous high was 73 HBP in 2010 and 2013.. The Carolina offense has combined to total a Carolina League and franchise record 1,341 strikeouts this season; currently the most in the CL and 4th 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.

HEATING UP: Zach Clark has hit safely in 10 of his last 12 games and is batting .295/.340/.341 with a .681 OPS during that span (13-for-44, 2 R, 2 2B, 2 RBI, 3 BB)... Brice Turang has hit safely in five of his last seven games and is batting .333/.455/.407 with a .862 OPS during that span of games (9-for-27, 6 R, 2 2B,1 RBI, 5 BB)... Payton Henry is batting .304/.327/.435 with a .761 OPS over his last 12 games (14-for-46, 5 R, 3 2B, 1 HR, 9 RBI).

OF LATE: The Mudcats have gone just 13-30 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 9-22 since 7/24... The Carolina offense has combined to hit just .208 with 3.2 R/G and a run differential of -36 runs since 7/10 and have hit .210 with 3.29 R/G and a -23 run differential since 7/24.

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; he then went on to record two outs after the homer. Bickford has additionally pitched through 12 straight scoreless appearances from 7/9 through 8/24 (22.0 IP, 6 BB, 33 SO, .127 AVG).

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.

THE TOP 30: The Carolina roster currently features five of Milwaukee's Top 30 prospects per MLBPipeline.com... No. 1 INF Brice Turang, No. 8 LHP Aaron Ashby, and No. 16 C Payton Henry.

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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