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I forgot to mention that Greg Young mentioned in his broadcast that Monte Harrision does have a slight injury which is why he has been out the last 2 games. I don't know what it is but not believed to be serious.

Mudcats held to just one hit in 4-0 loss to Salem Mike Shawaryn and the Red Sox toss one hit shutout in Zebulon By Carolina Mudcats | July 5, 2017 11:29 PM ET http://www.milb.com/assets/images/0/2/4/231792024/cuts/16x9_LuisAviles_cgu85mev_bw864evq.jpg Luis Aviles batting for the Carolina Mudcats. (NIKOLAUS - Carolina Mudcats) It took 12 batters until the Mudcats put a ball in play and 13 before they hit a fair ball. The only hit was an infield single. Cody Ponce (4 2/3 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K) only went 4 2/3 innings while throwing 102 pitches and was the hard luck loser. He seemed to be concentrating on keeping the ball down tonight and that helped get a 7/1 ground out to fly out statistic. You have to credit the Red Sox for fouling off a lot of pitches to get the pitch count up. An Isan Diaz error led to the two runs which came in when Eric Hanhold (2 1/3 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 2 K) gave up a two run single after relieving Ponce. Scott Grist gave up a run in two innings to finish the game. Luis Aviles (1-4, 3 K) had the only hit, which was hard hit. Troy Stokes Jr (0-1, 3 BB, SB) got on 3 times and Trent Clark (0-2, 2 BB, SB) was on twice. The best chance to score came in the 4th inning when Trent Clark walked, stole second and tried to score when Aviles had his hit. Clark was ruled out but they had a case that the catcher was blocking the plate since he was lying on home plate and Clark could not slide. Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log

Mudcats fall 5-1 in front of sellout crowd of 6,959 Carolina snapped a four game winning streak with the loss By Carolina Mudcats | July 4, 2017 11:31 PM ET http://www.milb.com/assets/images/4/2/8/233352428/cuts/BackStokes_ogm4nz7k_816nby8j.jpg The Mudcats were limited to 4 hits and 1 run in this game. Trey Supak (5 1/3 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 2 K) started and took the loss. Supak has now given up 7 gopher balls for Carolina after only yielding 1 with Wisconsin. He has had only one game in which he failed to give up at least one home run. Quintin Torres-Costa (2 2/3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K) followed Supak but allowed 2 inherited runners to score. Scott Grist (1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K) finished out the game for Carolina. Jake Gatewood (1-3, 2B, Sacrifice Fly) and Troy Stokes Jr (1-3, 2B, BB, Run) led the offence. Monte Harrison sat out the game against a left handed starter. Cooper Hummel, who is batting .067 going into this game against left handers, got the start at catcher. Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Carolina had a chance to get back in the game in the 8th: Carolina Bottom of the 8th Pitching Change: Daniel McGrath replaces Matthew Kent. Cooper Hummel walks. Jose Cuas walks. Cooper Hummel to 2nd. Corey Ray strikes out swinging. Troy Stokes walks. Cooper Hummel to 3rd. Jose Cuas to 2nd. Lucas Erceg pops out to shortstop Jeremy Rivera on the infield fly rule. Pitching Change: Adam Lau replaces Daniel McGrath. Jake Gatewood strikes out swinging.

Mudcats finish sweep with wild walk-off win A crowd of 5,890 witnessed Monday's extra innings victory By Gregory Young / Carolina Mudcats | July 4, 2017 12:20 AM ET http://www.milb.com/assets/images/8/9/8/227352898/cuts/16x9_McDowell_pdec6747_xnceeb5q.jpg Total meltdown by Winston-Salem. Wow. As noted in the thread above. They were just getting started though as the Dash bobbled the game away in the 10th. Kodi Medeiros (4 2/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 6 BB, 5 K) got the start. He took 97 pitches to make it that far. Wuilder Rodriguez (3 1/3 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K) followed with another gem allowing the Mudcats to get back in the game. Brad Kuntz (2 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K) picked up the win. Troy Stokes Jr (1-3, 2 BB) and Trent Clark (0-2, 3 BB) both got on base 3 times. Isan Diaz (2-5, 2B) and Monte Harrison (2-4) both had two hits. Lucas Erceg had a double in 5 trips to the plate. Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Here's the 10th: Winston-Salem Top of the 10th Carolina Mudcats Manager Joe Ayrault ejected by HP umpire Austin Jones. Joel Booker singles on a line drive to right fielder Monte Harrison. With Zack Collins batting, Joel Booker caught stealing 2nd base, catcher Max McDowell to shortstop Luis Aviles. Zack Collins called out on strikes. Telvin Nash flies out to left fielder Troy Stokes Jr. Carolina Bottom of the 10th Pitching Change: Kyle Kubat replaces Jack Charleston. Lucas Erceg flies out to left fielder Landon Lassiter. Jake Gatewood reaches on a fielding error by shortstop Johan Cruz. Isan Diaz singles on a line drive to right fielder Joel Booker. Jake Gatewood to 2nd. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Jose Cuas replaces Monte Harrison. Jose Cuas strikes out swinging. Trent Clark walks. Jake Gatewood to 3rd. Isan Diaz to 2nd. Max McDowell reaches on a fielding error by third baseman Brady Conlan. Jake Gatewood scores. Isan Diaz to 3rd. Trent Clark to 2nd. This happened after I went to bed. Monte Harrison injured on that single in the top of the 10th? The Dash are snakebit against Carolina. The have lost every game at 5 Counties Stadium and only won 1 at home against Carolina.

There must be a mistake somewhere. Carlos Luna listed as today's 1B but he's a pitcher as far as I know. Maybe a change in somebody's number?

Offense erupts for 14 runs as Mudcats win third straight Erceg, Harrison and Diaz each hit home runs in the Sunday victory By Gregory Young / Carolina Mudcats | July 2, 2017 8:24 PM ET http://www.milb.com/assets/images/1/3/0/226387130/cuts/16x9_IsanDiaz2_lsiktk5v_uzguo6oj.jpg Infielder Isan Diaz playing for the 2017 Carolina Mudcats at Five County Stadium in Zebulon, NC. (NIKOLAUS - Carolina Mudcats) The Mudcats roared out to a 9-0 lead only to see it cut to 9-8 in a wild game before prevailing 14-10. Isan Diaz seemed to get some confidence from his game winning hit yesterday and went 4-5 with a double and a home run. He added a stolen base for good measure. Lucas Erceg hit a 3-run blast in the opening frame but went 0-4 the rest of the way. Trent Clark was 1-3 with a double, two walks and a stolen base. Also contributing were Jake Gatewood (2-5, 2B, SB) and Cooper Hummel (2-4, BB, SB). Luis Aviles stole two bases. Monte Harrison hit his second home run for the Mudcats. Troy Stokes Jr was 3-5 and hit his 4th triple of the year. Conor Harber (4 1/3 IP, 3 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 6 BB, 5 K) got the start and a no decision. He is really struggling with control since early in the year. Jordan Yamamoto (1 2/3 IP, 4 H, 4 R, 0 BB, 0 K) ended up with the win. Eric Hanhold (3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 K) picked up his first save of the year to close out the game. Both Zack Collins and manager Willie Harris were thrown out of the game after Collins drew a walk. (Good thing the umpire didn't call strike three). Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Carolina Bottom of the 1st Trent Clark walks. Troy Stokes Jr. singles on a line drive to left fielder Jameson Fisher. Trent Clark to 2nd. Lucas Erceg homers (8) on a fly ball to right center field. Trent Clark scores. Troy Stokes Jr. Jake Gatewood doubles (25) on a line drive to left fielder Jameson Fisher. Isan Diaz doubles (15) on a line drive to right fielder Joel Booker. Jake Gatewood scores. Monte Harrison pops out to third baseman Danny Mendick. Luis Aviles strikes out swinging. Cooper Hummel grounds out, second baseman Toby Thomas to first baseman Telvin Nash. Carolina Bottom of the 3rd Seby Zavala remains in the game as the catcher. Jake Gatewood pops out to shortstop Johan Cruz. Isan Diaz singles on a ground ball to right fielder Joel Booker. Monte Harrison homers (2) on a fly ball to left field. Isan Diaz scores. Luis Aviles walks. With Cooper Hummel batting, Luis Aviles steals (17) 2nd base. Cooper Hummel walks. With Jose Cuas batting, Luis Aviles steals (18) 3rd base. Cooper Hummel steals (1) 2nd base. Jose Cuas singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jameson Fisher. Luis Aviles scores. Cooper Hummel to 3rd. Pitching Change: Louie Lechich replaces Brannon Easterling. Trent Clark doubles (10) on a fly ball to center fielder Luis Alexander Basabe. Cooper Hummel scores. Jose Cuas scores. Troy Stokes Jr. strikes out swinging. Lucas Erceg pops out to shortstop Johan Cruz.

Diaz delivers in the clutch in 6-5 Carolina comeback victory The Mudcats came back from a five run deficit in the second to win 6-5 on Saturday night By Gregory Young / Carolina Mudcats | July 1, 2017 10:35 PM ET http://www.milb.com/assets/images/6/0/0/231381600/cuts/16x9_DiazBatting_eja2e183_juk2hnsl.jpg Infielder Isan Diaz playing for the 2017 Carolina Mudcats at Five County Stadium in Zebulon, NC. (NIKOLAUS - Carolina Mudcats) The Mudcats came back from a 5-0 deficit to beat Winston-Salem 6-5. It was the largest comeback of the year for Carolina. They are now 11-1 against Winston-Salem on the year (thank you White Sox). Marcos Diplan (5 IP, 4 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 3 BB, 4 K) started and gave up 5 runs in the first two innings. Two of the runs were unearned due to a mis-played ground ball by Jake Gatewood. He pitched pretty well after those first two innings. Frank Lopez (3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K) followed and kept the Mudcats in the game. He throws different pitches from different arm slots and changes speeds quite a bit from what I saw. Nate Griep worked the 9th, picking up his 17th save. After allowing a hit and a walk, he induced Jameson Fisher to ground into a double play to end the game. Isan Diaz (1-1) pinch hit for Jonathan Oquendo in the 8th and came up with a two run single to put the Mudcats ahead. I haven't heard if he has some injury that is holding him back a bit. Trent Clark (1-2, 2 BB, 3 SB) started the scoring for Carolina with a walk, two stolen bases and scoring on a wild pitch. His second walk meant he had equal numbers of walks and hits on the year although hits went ahead when he got on with a drag bunt in the 8th. Troy Stokes Jr (2-5, 3B, SB), Jake Gatewood (2-4, 2B), Luis Aviles (2-3, 2B, BB, SB) and Max McDowell (2-3, 2 2B) also contributed. Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Here's your winning rally: Carolina Bottom of the 8th Trent Clark singles on a bunt ground ball to second baseman Toby Thomas. Luis Aviles doubles (12) on a line drive to center fielder Joel Booker. Trent Clark to 3rd. Pitching Change: Jack Charleston replaces Kyle Kubat. Max McDowell walks. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-hitter Isan Diaz replaces Jonathan Oquendo. Isan Diaz singles on a line drive to right fielder Louis Silverio. Trent Clark scores. Luis Aviles scores. Max McDowell to 2nd. Corey Ray out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Jack Charleston to first baseman Brady Conlan. Max McDowell to 3rd. Isan Diaz to 2nd. Troy Stokes Jr. reaches on a fielder's choice out, shortstop Johan Cruz to catcher Seby Zavala. Max McDowell out at home. Isan Diaz to 3rd. Pitching Change: Louie Lechich replaces Jack Charleston. Lucas Erceg grounds out, second baseman Toby Thomas to first baseman Brady Conlan.

Erceg & Clark launch big flies in 9-3 victory Cody Ponce struck out six over 6.2 innings and won his second straight By Carolina Mudcats | June 30, 2017 11:23 PM ET http://www.milb.com/assets/images/8/9/0/231791890/cuts/16x9_CodyPonce2_xux4wdy5_199yc42r.jpg Cody Ponce pitching for the 2017 Carolina Mudcats at Five County Stadium. (NIKOLAUS - Carolina Mudcats) Cody Ponce (6 1/3 IP, 4 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 6 K) threw 100 pitches, 61 for strikes, in picking up his 7th win of the season. He had a 2/5 ground out/fly out statistic. Scott Grist (1.1 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K) followed and Nate Griep (1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K) finished the game off for his 16th save. Lucas Erceg finished 2-4 with his HR and had 3 RBI. Trent Clark was 2-2 with a home run and two walks. Trent now has 54 walks on the season, about 5 behind Zach Collins of Winston-Salem for the league lead. Also contributing were Corey Ray (2-5, 2B), Jonathan Oquendo (1-1, BB) and Max McDowell (1-3, 2B, 2 RBI). Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log After falling behind 1-0 in the top of the first, the Mudcats took the lead in the bottom half for good: Carolina Bottom of the 1st Corey Ray strikes out swinging. Troy Stokes Jr. singles on a line drive to right fielder Luis Alexander Basabe. Lucas Erceg homers (7) on a fly ball to right center field. Troy Stokes Jr. scores. Jake Gatewood grounds out, pitcher Jimmy Lambert to first baseman Telvin Nash. Isan Diaz lines out to shortstop Danny Mendick.

Corey Ray to futures game: Corey Ray named to All-Star Futures Game Ray will join two other Brewers prospects in this year's Futures Game Lewis Brinson and Mauricio Dubon are the other two.

Mudcats drop series finale 3-2 at Buies Creek Trey Supak struck out seven over six innings on Thursday night By Carolina Mudcats | June 29, 2017 11:39 PM ET http://www.milb.com/assets/images/2/5/6/226387256/cuts/16x9_TrentClark_x36l8a79_6iprm269.jpg (NIKOLAUS - Carolina Mudcats) Trey Supak (6 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 4 BB, 7 K) started for the Mudcats throwing 88 pitches, 56 for strikes. Quintin Torres-Costa (2 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 4 K) followed and took the loss. Jake Gatewood and Isan Diaz were both 1-3 with a walk. Trent Clark had a double in 4 trips to the plate. The Mudcats struck out 15 times in the game. Corey Ray, Monte Harrison and Trent Clark each struck out 3 times. Lucas Erceg was the only Mudcat not to strike out at least once. Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log An error by Gatewood proved costly: Buies Creek Bottom of the 7th Pitching Change: Quintin Torres-Costa replaces Trey Supak. Myles Straw walks. Ryne Birk strikes out swinging. With Yordan Alvarez batting, Myles Straw steals (22) 2nd base, . Myles Straw advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by first baseman Jake Gatewood. Yordan Alvarez strikes out swinging. Quintin Torres-Costa intentionally walks Jake Rogers. Taylor Jones singles on a line drive to left fielder Trent Clark. Myles Straw scores. Jake Rogers to 2nd. Stephen Wrenn lines out to center fielder Monte Harrison.

Offense held quiet in 2-1 loss at Buies Creek Buies Creek starter Framber Valdez struck out 11 over eight innings against Carolina By Carolina Mudcats | June 28, 2017 11:12 PM ET http://www.milb.com/assets/images/8/7/4/231791874/cuts/16x9_LucasErcegFielding_hv3bzpal_tp1yti3w.jpg Kodi Medeiros' (4 1/3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 5 BB, 4 K) struggles as a starter continued tonight. He threw 98 pitches in less than 5 innings. The bullpen work was very good though. Wuilder Rodriguez (2 2/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 4 K) continued his dominance of the Carolina league despite his troubles in Biloxi. Brad Kuntz (1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K) has been on a very good run himself. Lucas Erceg was 1-2 with a walk and a sacrifice fly and was the only Mudcat who did not strike out at least once. Jose Cuas was 1-3 with a double and scored the only run. With Erceg on 2nd and then 3rd and one out in the ninth, both Jake Gatewood and Isan Diaz struck out to strand the tying run. Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Carolina Top of the 9th Pitching Change: Ralph Garza Jr. replaces Framber Valdez. Troy Stokes Jr. reaches on a throwing error by shortstop Anibal Sierra. Lucas Erceg grounds into a force out, second baseman Alex De Goti to shortstop Anibal Sierra. Troy Stokes Jr. out at 2nd. Lucas Erceg to 1st. With Jake Gatewood batting, wild pitch by Ralph Garza Jr. , Lucas Erceg to 2nd. Jake Gatewood strikes out swinging. With Isan Diaz batting, wild pitch by Ralph Garza Jr. , Lucas Erceg to 3rd. Isan Diaz strikes out swinging.

Mudcats outlast Astros 6-5 in 15-inning road game Eric Hanhold struck out nine over 4.0 innings and earned the win By Carolina Mudcats | June 28, 2017 12:54 AM ET http://www.milb.com/assets/images/0/3/8/227353038/cuts/16x9_Hanhold_p29iftsz_8uppahv6.jpg Eric Hanhold pitching for the Carolina Mudcats at Five County Stadium in Zebulon, N.C. (NIKOLAUS - Carolina Mudcats) Eric Hanhold (4 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K) picked a good time to have, arguably, his best game of the year. He picked up the win and is now 5-2. Jordan Yamamoto (6 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 BB, 8 K) started the game. The two runs he gave up should have been unearned. With two out in the 3rd inning, Jake Gatewood missed a popup that landed fair but rolled foul. He was not given an error however. The batter then hit a home run. The next hitter hit a triple and scored on a balk when Yamamoto tripped while making a pitch. Nate Griep was given a blown save when he gave up a two run home run to tie the game in the 9th but really they were trying to squeeze a 3rd inning out of him so give him a mulligan on that one. Quintin Torres-Costa worked a 1-2-3 15th with 2 K's to pick up his first save. The Hawaiian contingent are now calling themselves "Hawaii KO". On the offensive side, Monte Harrison (3-6, 2B, HR, BB) led the way. Troy Stokes Jr was 2-7 with a double. Lucas Erceg was 3-7 with two doubles and drove in the first two runs with his second double. Cooper Hummel was 0-4 but walked 3 times. Trent Clark was 1-6 and had 4 K's although he did have a walk and a stolen base to go with that. He was also caught trying to steal home (now 17/20 in SB's). Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Mudcats took a 3-run lead here: Carolina Top of the 6th Monte Harrison homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Trent Clark called out on strikes. Luis Aviles singles on a line drive to left fielder Yordan Alvarez. Cooper Hummel walks. Luis Aviles to 2nd. Jonathan Oquendo pops out to second baseman Ryne Birk on the infield fly rule. Corey Ray doubles (17) on a fly ball to right fielder Myles Straw. Luis Aviles scores. Cooper Hummel scores. Pitching Change: Sean Stutzman replaces Howie Brey. Troy Stokes Jr. singles on a ground ball to shortstop Alex De Goti. Lucas Erceg called out on strikes. Nate Griep's blown save: Buies Creek Bottom of the 9th Jake Rogers doubles (8) on a line drive to right fielder Trent Clark. Spencer Johnson grounds out, shortstop Luis Aviles to first baseman Jake Gatewood. Stephen Wrenn homers (1) on a fly ball to left center field. Jake Rogers scores. Randy Cesar strikes out swinging. Eduardo de Oleo called out on strikes. The winning rally: Carolina Top of the 15th Monte Harrison doubles (2) on a line drive to right fielder Myles Straw. Trent Clark singles on a bunt ground ball to third baseman Randy Cesar. Monte Harrison to 3rd. Luis Aviles out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Yordan Alvarez. Monte Harrison scores. With Cooper Hummel batting, Trent Clark steals (17) 2nd base, Trent Clark to 3rd. Wild pitch by pitcher Sebastian Kessay. Cooper Hummel walks. Jonathan Oquendo strikes out swinging. With Corey Ray batting, Trent Clark caught stealing home, catcher Jake Rogers to third baseman Randy Cesar to catcher Jake Rogers.

Mudcats drop series opener 8-1 at Buies Creek Max McDowell was 2-for-3 with a RBI in the loss for the Mudcats By Gregory Young / Carolina Mudcats | June 26, 2017 11:31 PM ET http://www.milb.com/assets/images/8/4/0/231714840/cuts/16x9_McDowellFans_zo9qoqt3_93jvrgn1.jpg Max McDowell batting for the Carolina Mudcats at Five County Stadium in Zebulon, N.C. (NIKOLAUS - Carolina Mudcats) Carolina was never really in this game, only managing 4 hits. I meant to mention before that Troy Stokes Jr and Monte Harrison were two of only 15 players in the minor leagues to get both 10+ home runs and 10+ stolen bases in the first half of the season. Marcos Diplan (5 IP, 7 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 5 K) threw 97 pitches as he continues to struggle quite a bit this year. Scott Grist (1 1/3 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 4 ER, 1 BB, 1 K) followed and let the game get out of hand. Brad Kuntz pitched the remaining 1 2/3 innings giving up no hits with one walk and one strike out. Max McDowell was 2-3 with a walk. He has been hitting better since the All-Star break. Maybe he's found something there. Trent Clark drew 3 walks in 4 at bats, reaching the 50 mark for the season which puts him 2nd in the Carolina League. Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log

Ponce and Mudcats hold on for 3-2 win Carolina won its second straight after scoring three in the first in a 3-2 victory in Potomac By Gregory Young / Carolina Mudcats | June 24, 2017 10:46 PM ET http://www.milb.com/assets/images/0/0/6/231792006/cuts/16x9_CodyPonce1_rr56p2d5_shvfg9vd.jpg Cody Ponce pitching for the 2017 Carolina Mudcats at Five County Stadium. (NIKOLAUS - Carolina Mudcats) The Mudcats led off the game with 4 straight hits leading to all 3 runs they scored in the game. They only managed another 3 hits in the rest of the game. Cody Ponce (6 2/3 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 2 BB, 4 K) got the start and picked up his 6th win. Brad Kuntz (1 1/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K) followed to pick up a hold. Nate Griep struck out the side in the ninth to pick up his 15th save. Corey Ray was 2-4 with a stolen base. Troy Stokes Jr. was 2-4 with a double. Trent Clark was 1-3 with a double. The Nationals 2 runs came as a result of an error by Monte Harrison. No much extra word on the Isan Diaz incident where he was tossed from the game. Both benches were warned and that seems to be the end of it. Greg Young probably had the right take on it - too many games in a row against the same team. Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Carolina Top of the 1st Corey Ray singles on a ground ball to center fielder Victor Robles. With Troy Stokes batting, Corey Ray steals (17) 2nd base. Troy Stokes singles on a ground ball to second baseman Bryan Mejia. Corey Ray to 3rd. Lucas Erceg singles on a line drive to right fielder Rhett Wiseman. Corey Ray scores. Troy Stokes to 3rd. Jake Gatewood doubles (23) on a line drive to left fielder D. K. Carey. Troy Stokes scores. Lucas Erceg to 3rd. Isan Diaz called out on strikes. Monte Harrison grounds out, shortstop David Masters to first baseman Matthew Page. Lucas Erceg scores. Jake Gatewood to 3rd. Trent Clark grounds out, pitcher Taylor Guilbeau to first baseman Matthew Page. Potomac Bottom of the 9th Pitching Change: Nate Griep replaces Brad Kuntz. Rhett Wiseman called out on strikes. D. K. Carey called out on strikes. David Masters called out on strikes.

Isan Diaz was ejected from the game after a scuffle with the catcher. No punches were thrown but both benches cleared. Maybe the catcher was taking exception to Diaz stepping out a lot and then calling for time. Just guessing though.

I see Tyrone Taylor is listed on Arizona's roster as a rehab guy. One of only 3 outfielders at the moment.

I believe it's today vs. the Diamondbacks.

Late surge leads Mudcats to 11-6 victory Ray hit a game tying double in the eighth and Diaz had a go-ahead double in the ninth By Carolina Mudcats | June 24, 2017 12:05 AM ET http://www.milb.com/assets/images/6/0/0/231381600/cuts/16x9_DiazBatting_eja2e183_juk2hnsl.jpg The Mudcats tied the game with a 3 run eighth and put the game away with 5 in the 9th inning. Trey Supak (3 1/3 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 3 BB, 3 K) got the start for the Mudcats and struggled with command again. Quintin Torres-Costa (4 1/3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 6 K) kept the Mudcats in the game with another fine outing out of the bullpen. Eric Hanhold (1 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K) finished out and picked up the win. Corey Ray (3-5, 2 2B, BB, SB, 0 K) had a game tying 3-run double in the eighth inning. Isan Diaz (2-5, 2B) gave the Mudcats the lead in the 9th with a double scoring 2 runs. Trent Clark (3-5, 2B, HR) then salted the game away with a 3-run 9th inning home run. Lucas Erceg and Jake Gatewood were each 2-4 with a walk. Monte Harrison picked up his first A+ hit with a double and also added a walk. Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log This is fun: Carolina Top of the 8th Monte Harrison walks. Trent Clark singles on a line drive to center fielder Victor Robles. Monte Harrison to 2nd. Pitching Change: Ronald Pena replaces Tyler Skulina. Max McDowell grounds into a force out, third baseman David Masters to second baseman Austin Davidson. Monte Harrison to 3rd. Trent Clark out at 2nd. Max McDowell to 1st. Luis Aviles walks. Max McDowell to 2nd. Corey Ray doubles (16) on a fly ball to right fielder Rhett Wiseman. Monte Harrison scores. Max McDowell scores. Luis Aviles scores. With Troy Stokes Jr. batting, Corey Ray caught stealing 3rd base, catcher Taylor Gushue to third baseman David Masters. Troy Stokes Jr. grounds out, third baseman David Masters to first baseman Ian Sagdal. Carolina Top of the 9th Lucas Erceg singles on a ground ball to shortstop Bryan Mejia. Jake Gatewood singles on a ground ball to left fielder Jack Sundberg. Lucas Erceg to 2nd. With Isan Diaz batting, Lucas Erceg advances to 3rd on a balk. Jake Gatewood advances to 2nd on a balk. Isan Diaz doubles (14) on a fly ball to right fielder Rhett Wiseman. Lucas Erceg scores. Jake Gatewood scores. Monte Harrison hit by pitch. Pitching Change: Jorge Pantoja replaces Ronald Pena. With Trent Clark batting, throwing error by Jorge Pantoja on the pickoff attempt, Isan Diaz to 3rd. Monte Harrison to 2nd. Trent Clark homers (6) on a fly ball to right field. Isan Diaz scores. Monte Harrison scores. Max McDowell flies out to center fielder Victor Robles. Luis Aviles reaches on a throwing error by shortstop Bryan Mejia. Corey Ray grounds out softly, pitcher Jorge Pantoja to first baseman Ian Sagdal. Luis Aviles to 2nd. Troy Stokes Jr. called out on strikes.

Gatewood and Cuas hit home runs in 5-3 loss in Potomac Gatewood hit his tenth home run of the season in Thursday's series opening loss in Potomac By Gregory Young / Carolina Mudcats | June 22, 2017 10:56 PM ET http://www.milb.com/assets/images/9/1/4/227352914/cuts/16x9_Gatewood1_4ehd4xkm_84q09rmh.jpg Jake Gatewood batting for the Carolina Mudcats at Five County Stadium in Zebulon, N.C. (NIKOLAUS - Carolina Mudcats) A solo home run by Jake Gatewood (2-4, 3B, HR) in the 2nd inning and a two run home run by Jose Cuas (1-4) in the 3rd staked Jordan Yamamoto (5 IP, 7 H, 5 R, 0 BB, 8 K) to a 3-0 lead. The Nationals got all 3 back in the bottom of the 3rd capped off by a 2 run home run from Taylor Gushue, who now has 13 home runs this year. It came on a 3-0 pitch. The Nationals added 2 in the 5th to provide the final margin. Kodi Medeiros (3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K) is discussed in this thread above. 16 pitches, all strikes, includes 3 K's. How is that possible? Anyway, the effort came to naught when the Mudcats could not produce any more runs. Trent Clark (2-3, BB) also had a positive game. Isan Diaz was 0-4 with 3 K's and has gone totally off the track. Splits by month for Isan: April: .333/.420/.754 May: .325/.470/.794 June: .290/.148/.438 Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log

If you were wondering who would be the odd man out in the Carolina outfield - it looks like it's Monte Harrison (at least for today). Jose Cuas is the DH and he hit a 2 run HR in his first at bat. Of course, Ayrault knows him from last year as Cuas spent time in Brevard County with the Manatees.

Seems to be a late start for Carolina. I'm not too far from there and have a very low chance of rain until tomorrow AM. Maybe a communications problem? By the way, Potomac is located in Woodbridge, VA instead of Potomac, MD.

Nathan Kirby says hello.

Harrison and Hairston are still alive in the College World Series. They may need to know how much they will sign for before offering those 11-20 area draftees.

Never mind. Infield single off Scherzer's own glove.

Max Scherzer bidding for a no-hitter for the Nats in the 8th. Now a free look-in on MLB if you are so inclined.