July 2 - Carolina Mudcats Game Information
July 2, 2019 - Carolina League (CarL1)
Carolina Mudcats News Release
After losing their second straight in last night's series opener, the Mudcats continue brief three game road trip tonight with game two of a three game series versus the Pelicans at TicketReturn.com Field in Myrtle Beach. Tonight's game is the second of three in the series and eighth of 15 total meetings between the two teams this season. It is also the second of nine second half meetings between the two Southern Division rivals. Carolina swept the last series between the two teams in mid-May (5/10-5/12) at Five County Stadium and took two of three versus the Pelicans in Myrtle Beach in late April (4/23-4/25). Tonight's game will begin at 7:05 p.m. at TicketReturn.com Field in Myrtle Beach, SC and will air live on WDWG, 98.5 FM and online at carolinamudcats.com via TuneIn Radio.
CAROLINA MUDCATS (MILWAUKEE BREWERS) at MYRTLE BEACH PELICANS (CHICAGO CUBS)
Tuesday, July 2, 2019 | 7:05 PM | Game 82, Away Game 40 | TicketReturn.com Field | Myrtle Beach, SC
RADIO: WDWG 98.5 FM, The Big Dawg 98.5 FM
STREAMING AUDIO: carolinamudcats.com via TuneIn Radio
STREAMING VIDEO: MiLB.tv
Overall Record: CAR: 45-36; MB: 27-52
Streaks: CAR: L2; MB: W1
Last 10 Games: CAR: 5-5, MB: 6-4
Home Record: CAR: 23-19; MB: 14-27
Road Record: CAR: 22-17; MB: 13-25
Division Record: CAR: 19-20; MB: 14-30
Current Series: MB leads 1-0 (of 3)
Season Series: CAR leads 5-2 (of 15)
CAR v. OPP: 3-0 @CAR (6), 2-2 @OPP (9)
UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS...
TUE, 7/2 at MB, 7:05 PM: Carolina RHP Nelson Hernandez (8-5, 4.72) at Myrtle Beach LHP Ryan Kellogg (1-5, 4.80)
WED, 7/3 at MB, 7:05 PM: Carolina RHP Noah Zavolas (4-3, 3.07) at Myrtle Beach RHP Erich Uelmen (2-2, 4.05)
THU, 7/4 vs. FRE, 7:00 PM: Frederick TBA at Carolina RHP Christian Taugner (3-5, 5.84)
TONIGHT: After losing their second straight in last night's series opener, the Mudcats continue brief three game road trip tonight with game two of a three game series versus the Pelicans at TicketReturn.com Field in Myrtle Beach. Tonight's game is the second of three in the series and eighth of 15 total meetings between the two teams this season. It is also the second of nine second half meetings between the two Southern Division rivals. Carolina swept the last series between the two teams in mid-May (5/10-5/12) at Five County Stadium and took two of three versus the Pelicans in Myrtle Beach in late April (4/23-4/25).
ICYMI: Trever Morrison's game tying RBI double in the second proved to be all of Carolina's run production in a series opening 4-1 loss to the Pelicans on Monday night in Myrtle Beach. Aaron Ashby started for Carolina and allowed four runs on two hits and five walks while taking the loss. Carolina ended up out-hitting the Pelicans in Monday's series opener after totaling six hits against just two for Myrtle Beach. The Pelicans, however, used a sac fly in the first to score the game's first run and went on to break a 1-1 tie in the second with a run scoring ground out and two-out throwing error from third baseman Eddie Silva. That two-out error put the Pelicans up 3-1 in the game. Another error by Morrison on a potential double play ball in the fifth also allowed across the fourth and final Myrtle Beach run of the game.
ABOUT LAST NIGHT: Carolina's pitchers (Aaron Ashby, Cody Beckman and Michael Petersen) combined to allow just two hits in last night's loss to the Pelicans in Myrtle Beach. The loss was Carolina's first this season when allowing just two hits in a game this season; dropping them to 3-1 in two-hitters... Last night's game was also marked the third time Carolina had tossed a two-hitter in the second half (9 games, 6/23, 6/27, 7/1).
TONIGHT'S CAROLINA MUDCATS STARTING PITCHER...
Nelson Hernandez: 8-5, 4.72 ERA, 16 GS, 87.2 IP, 31 BB, 66 SO, 1.31 WHIP
Last start, 6/27 vs. POT: W, 6.1 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 7 SO, 99 pitches
Lost a no-hitter with one out in the seventh in last outing.
Went 3-2 with 3.34 ERA over 5 GS in June (29.2 IP, 7 BB, 20 SO).
JUNE BATS: Carolina went 16-11 in June and finished tied for 2nd in most wins in the CL last month behind Down East (18-8). The Mudcats offense also finished June ranked 1st in the CL in runs (124), 3rd in team average (.257), 3rd in home runs (18), 1st in OBP (.343), 4th in SLG (.384) and 2nd in OPS (.728). Carolina's offense averaged 9.07 SO per game in June; down from 10.81 SO/G in April and 11.37 SO/G in May.
GIDP GROWTH: The Mudcats have hit into 12 double plays over their last eight games, 16 in their last 12 games and a CL high 33 GIDPs last month... The Mudcats lead the CL in most GIDPs this season having hit into 66 double plays in 2019... Payton Henry leads the CL with 13 GIDP overall, including eight in June. Devin Hairston hit into seven double plays last month.
WHERE THEY RANK: Mario Feliciano is currently 1st in the CL in home runs (14), 2nd in RBI (54), 2nd in slugging (.454), 4th in extra-base hits (27) and 2nd in total bases (129)... Ryan Aguilar is currently 9th in the CL in batting (.279), 4th in OBP (.404), 6th in OPS (.798), tied for 9th in hits (75), 2nd in walks (50) and 1st in runs (53)... Payton Henry is tied for 4th in the CL in home runs (9), 6th in the CL in RBI (45), 10th in SLG (.413) and tied for 6th in XBH (26)... Matt Hardy is currently tied for 2nd in the CL in wins (7) and tied for 3rd in the CL in games (25)... Rodrigo Benoit is currently tied for 3rd in the CL in wins (6), tied for 2nd in games (26) and 2nd in the CL in saves (12)... Noah Zavolas is currently 3rd in the CL in ERA (3.07), 1st in the CL in innings pitched (91.0) and 2nd in WHIP (1.18). Zavolas is also 2nd in the CL in FIP (3.09), 2nd in xFIP (3.30), 2nd in BB/9 (1.29) and 2nd in K/BB (5.15) per Fangraphs.com... Nelson Hernandez is 6th in the CL in average against (.246), 3rd in innings (87.2) and tied for 1st in games started (16).
CAROLINA LEAGUE LEADERS - TWO-OUT RBI
Player Team RBI HR AVG OPS
Corredor, A POT 26 3 .246 .669
Henry, P CAR 25 6 .267 .850
Feliciano, M CAR 22 6 .266 .902
Henry, R CAR 20 3 .258 .871
Adams, J FAY 20 5 .253 .753
BEANBALLS: The Carolina offense has combined to total a professional baseball high 70 hit-by-pitches this season (tied with Class-A Rome). The Mudcats also totaled a Carolina League high 24 HBP in June.
ALL THE Ks: Carolina batters have combined to total a Carolina League high 845 (4th most in MiLB) strikeouts this season. The Mudcats are on pace to set a league and franchise record for strikeouts for the third straight season as they are on pace for 1,450 strikeouts this season. 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.
AG DEPARTMENT: Ryan Aguilar has hit safely in four straight games and is batting .419/.471/.645 with a 1.116 OPS over his last eight games (13-for-31, 6 R, 4 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI, 3 BB, 10 SO)... Aguilar started in center field for the second straight game last night in Myrtle Beach. He has now made six starts in center this season, but has been Carolina's primary first baseman this season and leads CL first baseman in fielding this year (71 G, .995 PCT, 3 E). Aguilar started in center 55 times last season (.993 PCT, 6 A, 1 E).
TALE OF TWO HALVES: Mario Feliciano began the first half of June batting .429/.489/.905 with a 1.394 OPS (18-for-42, 3 2B, 1 3B, 5 HR, 13 RBI) over 12 games between 6/1 and 6/12. He then finished the month hitting just .151/.182/.151 with a .333 OPS (8-for-53, 3 R, 0 XBH, 6 RBI, 17 SO) over the final 13 games last month between 6/13 and 6/30.
TRENDING: Payton Henry has hit safely in 12 of his last 15 games while batting .305/.364/.475 with a .838 OPS since 6/13 (18-for-59, 4 R, 4 2B, 2 HR, 4 BB, 5 RBI)... Rob Henry is batting .318/.438/.379 with a .816 OPS over 19 games in June (21-for-66, 14 R, 4 2B, 9 RBI, 12 BB)... Julio Garcia has totaled three two-hit games over his last eight and is batting .286/.333/.321 (8-for-28, 4 R, 1 2B, 2 RBI) since 6/21.. Michael Petersen is 0-0 with a 1.07 ERA over his last eight appearances (9.1 IP, 1 ER, 5 BB, 15 SO, 14.8 SO/9)... Rodrigo Benoit is 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA and 3 SV since 6/13 (5.1 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 SO, 8.4 SO/9).
BACK STOP SPLITS: Payton Henry and Mario Feliciano have split catching duties this season with Henry totaling 42 games behind the plate and Feliciano catching 37 games. Henry, meanwhile, has caught back-to-back games three times this season (4/14 & 4/15, 6/3 & 6/4, 6/26 & 6/27); Feliciano has caught back-to-back games once 6/14 & 6/15.... The Carolina pitching staff is 26-16 and has totaled a 3.46 ERA (3.0 BB/9, 9.0 SO/9) in games caught by Henry... Carolina's pitchers are 18-19 with a 4.43 ERA (3.3 BB/9, 8.0 SO/9) in games caught by Feliciano.
THE SKIPPER: Manager Joe Ayrault became the winningest manager in Carolina Mudcats team history after collecting his 177th victory as skipper in Carolina on 6/15/19 vs. Winston-Salem. Ayrault is in his 3rd season as Manager of the Mudcats and his 8th season overall as Manager of Milwaukee's High-A affiliate...
MANAGER W L PCT G SEASONS
Joe Ayrault 183 174 .513 357 2017-Present (3)
David Bell 176 239 .424 415 2009-11 (3)
Ron Gideon 126 151 .455 277 2000-01 (2)
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).
... operated under the ownership of the Brewers since Oct. 2017.
... not made the playoffs since the 2008 season.
... not made the playoffs during their Carolina League era.
Carolina League Stories from July 2, 2019
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- Wood Ducks Rally Falls Short Aginst Dash - Down East Wood Ducks
- Pelicans Blank Mudcats, Go for Sweep Wednesday - Myrtle Beach Pelicans
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- Keys and Hillcats Postponed - Frederick Keys
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- Madrigal, McClure and Walker Earn White Sox MiLB Player of the Month Honors - Winston-Salem Dash
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