SL1 Carolina Mudcats

Cozart, Buck Lift Carolina

Published on April 15, 2009 under Southern League (SL1)
Carolina Mudcats News Release


Mobile, AL --- Zach Cozart had three hits, including his first home run, while Dallas Buck worked 5 2/3 innings en route to his first Double-A victory as Carolina defeated Mobile 8-6 at Hank Aaron Stadium before 4,157 fans on Tuesday night.

The Mudcats (4-2) spoiled the BayBears' (4-2) home opener thanks to two longballs, one tape-measure shot by Juan Francisco in the first inning and then Cozart's leadoff homer in the seventh. Cozart added a single and a run-scoring double as the Mudcats won their second straight on a 10-game road trip.

Buck (W, 1-0) retired the first six hitters before allowing a leadoff double in the third, but the BayBears didn't get on the board until the fourth on a grounder by Bryan Byrne. Leading 2-1, Carolina nicked Matt Torra for three runs in the fifth. Cozart's double made it a 3-1 game, followed by a pair of sacrifice flies by Todd Frazier and Logan Parker.

The Mudcats advanced their lead to 8-2 in the eighth before Mobile rallied to bring the tying run to the plate in the ninth. Ricardo Sosa hit a two-run homer in the eighth, then a two-run double by Evan Frey in the ninth against closer Ramon Geronimo made it a 8-6 game. Derrik Lutz (S, 1) checked in for Geronimo to retire James Skelton on a broken-bat grounder to end the game.

Travis Wood (0-0, 0.00) starts the series' second game on Wednesday night against Hector Ambriz at 8:05 PM ET.

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