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Published on April 13, 2015 under Carolina League (CarL1)
Carolina Mudcats News Release


WILMINGTON BLUE ROCKS (KANSAS CITY ROYALS) AT CAROLINA MUDCATS (ATLANTA BRAVES)

Monday, April 13, 2015 | 7:00 PM | Game 5, Home Game 5 | Five County Stadium

Radio: 98.5 FM, 99.3 FM & 1490 AM. Streaming: MiLB.tv, TuneIn

ABOUT LAST NIGHT: A dominating pitching performance by starter Steve Janas paved the way as the Mudcats won their third straight game 4-2 versus the Salem Red Sox on Sunday afternoon at Five County Stadium. Janas allowed just one hit and struck out six in a brilliant six inning scoreless effort. Jacob Schrader led the Carolina offense with three hits and a RBI on Sunday. Schrader was 3-for-4 in the game with a run and one RBI. Sean Godfrey started in left and was 2- for-3 with a RBI.

TONIGHT AT-A-GLANCE: The Mudcats play the Wilmington Blue Rocks for the first time in 2015 tonight at Five County Stadium. Carolina will turn to right-handed starter Tyler Brosius as they look for their fourth straight victory and their first in this three game series. Brosius was 5-7 with a 4.51 ERA over 28 games and 15 starts last season with Class A Rome. Brosius is in his third professional season out of Walters State Community College in Tennessee. However, he began his collegiate career as a quarterback at NC State in 2011 and 2012. Brosius backed up Russell Wilson and Mike Glennon while with the Wolfpack before transferring and deciding to pursue a career in baseball instead. Brosius will start opposite Wilmington lefty Luis Rico. Rico was posted a 3.81 ERA and was 3-8 over 25 games and 16 starts last season with the Lexington Legends. He finished the season with 88 strikeouts, 44 walks and 121 hits allowed over 109 innings pitched. Rico was also 1-6 with a 4.66 ERA over 16 starts.

ALL THE HITS: Johan Camargo was 3-for-3 in Saturday night's victory and is batting .571 so far this season. He began his 2014 run in the Carolina League by going 3-for-5 in his first game with the Hillcats on 8/15/14 vs. Frederick. Camargo had six multi-hit games (over 17 total) last season with Lynchburg. He set a career high with five hits in a game on 5/28/14 while with the Rome Braves last season. Camargo was 5-for-5 with a double, triple and two runs vs. West Virginia

HOME RUN FIRSTS: Carlos Franco's two-run, two-out home run in the second inning of Friday's game was the first home run this season for the Mudcats. Sean Godfrey also hit a home run in that same inning. In 2014 it was LF LeVon Washington who hit the first Mudcats' home run of the season. His happened on April 9 in Frederick and during the sixth game of the season (second road game). Second baseman Todd Hankins hit the first Five County Stadium home run on April 17 against Salem. It was a lead off blast and in the 14th game of the season (7th home game).

2014 SEASON: The 2014 Mudcats finished the season at 62-74 and missed the playoffs for the sixth straight season. The 2014 Mudcats led the Carolina League in team batting (.263) and team on-base percentage. Mudcats pitchers combined to finish third in the Carolina League in team earned run average (3.89) in 2014.

TRADING PLACES: Atlanta assigned off-season trade acquisitions Andrew Thurman (from Houston), Jose Briceno (from Colorado) and Dustin Peterson (from San Diego) to the Mudcats for the 2015 season. In all, the Braves were involved in 13 trades this past off-season. As a result Atlanta now has five of the top 75 picks in the 2015 draft, including selections 14, 28, 41, 54 and 75.

QUICK HITS: BRICENO: Was 1-for-4 with a two-run double vs. Salem on 4/11. CAMARGO: Was 3-for-3 with a RBI on 4/11 vs. Salem FRANCO: Hit first Mudcats home run of the 2015 season on 4/10 vs. Salem (2nd inning, 2-run HR). GARCIA: First hit of the 2015 season was a RBI single to right-center on 4/12 vs. Salem. GODFREY: Hit a 2-run, 2-out home run on 4/10 vs. Salem (2nd inning). HYAMS: Has hit safely and scored at least one run in each of the last two games. LIEN: First hit of the 2015 season was a bunt single to third on 4/12 vs. Salem. MENESES: Is 0-for-9 with one strikeout to start the season. ODOM: Dating back to 2014, Odom is 0-for-26 in his last eight games. OLIVER: First outfield assist was a 9-5 putout of Aneury Tavarez on 4/12 (Salem). Caught runner attempting to reach third on an error by Joe Odom. PETERSON: Is playing as an outfielder for the first time in his professional career. SCHRADER: Was 3-for-4 with two doubles and a RBI on 4/12 vs. Salem.

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