Diamond Jaxx defeat Carolina 9-0
June 19, 2004 - Southern League (SL1)
Carolina Mudcats News Release
Zebulon, NC --- Ronny Cedeno homered twice while three West Tenn pitchers combined on a one-hitter as the Diamond Jaxx blanked Carolina 9-0 before 6,070 fans on Saturday night at Five County Stadium.
Cedeno homered with two on in the second inning and then hit solo homer in the ninth inning for his first multi-homer game of his career, spanning 409 games. Cedeno's first helped to spoil the return of Mudcats starting pitcher Trevor Hutchinson (L, 5-4, 2+ip, 6h, 7r, 7er, 4w, 2k).
Hutchinson started for the first time since May 20th, missing five starts with cynovitis in his right elbow. Hutchinson faced four batters in the third inning, allowing a single and three straight walks before being relieved by Peter Bauer (ND, 5ip, 4h, 1r, 1er, 1w, 4k)
Dwaine Bacon singled in two runs in the third inning after Carolina (36-33) missed a chance to turn a 1-2-3 double play that would have ended the inning.
Kevin Cave (ND, 2ip, 3h, 1r, 1er, 1w, 3k) allowed all three of his hits in his second inning of work, including Cedeno's homer in the ninth.
Reynel Pinto (W, 6-4) retired the first 11 batters he faced, including striking out five in succession. Pinto fanned nine on the night, moving into a league tie with Mudcats lefty Bill Murphy, who also has 90 this season.
Nathan Mitchell pitched two hitless innings, while closer Jermaine Van Buren struck out all three hitters in the ninth.
Carolina's lone hit was a body shot off of Pinto in the sixth inning. Hall's liner caromed off of Pinto's leg, deflecting behind the pitcher's mound for an infield single.
Both Carolina and West Tenn were eliminated from their respective divisional races on Saturday night with one game left in the first half. Tennessee clinched the East with a 5-3 win over Jacksonville while Mobile won the West with a 4-1 game one victory in a doubleheader over Montgomery.
The first half ends on Sunday at 4:00 with Ronald Belizario (3-5, 5.37) starting against West Tenn's Chadd Blasko (5-4, 5.81) at 4:00 PM ET.
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