SL1 Carolina Mudcats

Mudcats Edged by Smokies, 6-5

Published on June 23, 2010 under Southern League (SL1)
Carolina Mudcats News Release


Sevierville, TN --- Jose Castro was thrown out at the plate by left fielder Ty Wright to end the game as Tennessee edged Carolina 6-5 on Wednesday night at Smokies Park.

Carolina (0-2) entered the ninth trailing 6-3, but scored twice on a double by Castro to right-center against Alex Maestri to close to within 6-5. After Luke Sommer (S, 3) was brought into the game, Sean Danielson singled softly into right field, but Castro was stopped at third base with one out. Dave Sappelt then hit a medium-depth flyball to left, with Wright making the catch and making a one-hop throw to the plate where Castro was tagged out to put the game away.

The game was tied 3-3 in the last of the eighth when the Smokies (2-0) scored three times with two outs against reliever Joe Krebs (L, 3-2). Tony Campana doubled with two down, then scored on a single to center by Tony Thomas. Wright doubled Thomas home to make it 5-3 and then came home on a single by Russ Canzler.

Back in the fourth inning, Carolina catcher Devin Mesoraco drilled a two-run homer against Craig Muschko to give Carolina a 2-0 advantage. Tennessee scored a run against starter Travis Webb in the fourth, but stranded the bases loaded twice against Webb. Webb worked six inning, permitting just one run on 10 hits and two walks.

The Smokies pushed ahead with two runs against Jeremy Horst in the seventh, but a double play grounder by Sean Henry brought in Sappelt from third to even the game.

The Smokies outhit Carolina 16-8 in defeating the Mudcats for the second time to begin the second half.

Scott Carroll (1-2, 2.21) starts on Thursday night for the Mudcats at 7:15 PM ET.

Check out the Carolina Mudcats Statistics

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



Southern League Stories from June 23, 2010


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central