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Buies Creek 2, Carolina 1 Mudcats Nearly No-Hit in 2-1 Loss to Astros Luis Aviles Jr. broke up a no-hit bid in the seventh in Carolina's 2-1 loss to Buies Creek Not much hitting left on this team. Devin Williams, Nathan Kirby and Phil Bickford all appeared in this game. Devin Williams 2 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 5 K Nathan Kirby 3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 4 K Phil Bickford 1 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K Dallas Carroll 1-4, 2B Tucker Neuhaus 1-3, RBI Cooper Hummel 0-2, 2 BB Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log

Carolina 9, Buies Creek 4 Buies Creek 2, Carolina 1 Mudcats Finish With Twin-Bill Split at Buies Creek Hummel and Henry led the way in Carolina's 9-4 win in game one The Mudcats scored 9 runs on only 8 hits in game one led by a three run home run from Cooper Hummel. In the second game, they were no-hit until the 6th inning and managed only 3 hits while the pitchers gave up 2 runs while striking out none. Marcos Diplan 5 IP, 5 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 1 K Nattino Diplan 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 5 K Luis Aviles Jr. 2-3, 2B Cooper Hummel 2-3, HR, BB Rob Henry 2-3, 2 2B, BB Carolina Box Score Game 1 Carolina Log Game 1 Conor Harber 5 1/3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 0 K Dallas Carroll 1-3 Luis Aviles Jr. 1-3 Nick Roscetti 1-2 Carolina Box Score Game 2 Carolina Log Game 2 Missed opportunities: Carolina Top of the 6th Nick Roscetti singles on a ground ball to right fielder Luis Payano. Robert Henry pops out to second baseman Kristian Trompiz. Dallas Carroll singles on a ground ball to third baseman Abraham Toro. Nick Roscetti to 2nd. Pitching Change: Ronel Blanco replaces Brandon Bailey. Tucker Neuhaus strikes out swinging. Weston Wilson strikes out swinging. Carolina Top of the 7th Mario Feliciano walks. Luis Aviles Jr. singles on a ground ball to center fielder Osvaldo Duarte. Mario Feliciano to 2nd. Cooper Hummel hits a sacrifice bunt. Throwing error by pitcher Ronel Blanco. Mario Feliciano to 3rd. Luis Aviles Jr. to 2nd. Cooper Hummel to 1st. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Joantgel Segovia replaces Cooper Hummel. Ryan Aguilar strikes out swinging. Nick Roscetti out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Osvaldo Duarte. Mario Feliciano scores. Luis Aviles Jr. to 3rd. Joantgel Segovia to 2nd. Robert Henry grounds out, shortstop Jonathan Arauz to first baseman Jake Adams.

Carolina Rained Out Mudcats and Astros Postponed at Buies Creek Monday's game will be made up as part of a doubleheader on Tuesday beginning at 2:00 p.m.

Winston-Salem 2, Carolina 1 Mudcats Swept by Winston-Salem after Falling 2-1 in Extras Cam Roegner started and struck out a career high eight over 8.0 scoreless innings Neither team scored in regulation. Both teams got one in the 10th and the Mudcats then lost in the 11th. Cam Roegner went 8 innings giving up only 3 hits and striking out 8. Luke Barker pitched the remaining 3 innings. Weston Wilson had two of the Mudcats' 4 hits in the game. Cam Roegner 8 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 8 K Luke Barker 3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 0 ER, 0 BB, 2 K Weston Wilson 2-4, 2B Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Carolina Bottom of the 10th Ronnie Gideon starts inning at 2nd base. Blake Rutherford remains in the game as the designated hitter. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Luis Aviles Jr. replaces Ronnie Gideon. Max McDowell out on a sacrifice bunt, third baseman Ti'Quan Forbes to first baseman Zach Remillard. Luis Aviles Jr. to 3rd. Cooper Hummel singles on a line drive to right fielder Alex Call. Luis Aviles Jr. scores. Ryan Aguilar flies out to center fielder Luis Alexander Basabe. Robert Henry flies out to right fielder Alex Call. Winston-Salem Top of the 11th Defensive switch from shortstop to second base for Tucker Neuhaus. Defensive switch from second base to first base for Weston Wilson. Luis Aviles Jr. remains in the game as the shortstop. Zach Remillard starts inning at 2nd base. Ti'Quan Forbes strikes out swinging. Yeyson Yrizarri flies out to right fielder Ryan Aguilar. Joel Booker doubles (10) on a ground ball to left fielder Robert Henry. Zach Remillard scores. Mitch Roman flies out to center fielder Joantgel Segovia. Carolina Bottom of the 11th Pitching Change: Matt Foster replaces Zach Thompson. Robert Henry starts inning at 2nd base. Joantgel Segovia out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Matt Foster to first baseman Zach Remillard. Robert Henry to 3rd. Dallas Carroll walks. With Tucker Neuhaus batting, Robert Henry caught stealing home, catcher Yermin Mercedes to shortstop Yeyson Yrizarri to catcher Yermin Mercedes, Dallas Carroll to 2nd. Tucker Neuhaus flies out to right fielder Alex Call.

I didn't catch today's game and haven't heard anything about Mario Feliciano. You would think he would be in the lineup somewhere though wouldn't you?

Winston-Salem 10, Carolina 4 Neuhaus, Gideon and Segovia Homer in 10-4 Loss to Dash Carolina lost its second straight game and fell to 5.5 games back of first Only 7 hits for the Mudcats but three were home runs. Meanwhile the Dash pounded out 14 hits and also hit three home runs. Victor Diaz gave up half the 10 runs in less than 5 innings. Joantgel Segovia 2-4, HR Ronnie Gideon 2-4, HR Tucker Neuhaus 1-4, HR Victor Diaz 4 2/3 IP, 9 H, 5 R, 2 BB, 5 K Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log

Winston-Salem 7, Carolina 4 Remillard Leads Dash to 7-4 Series Opening Victory Winston-Salem's Zach Remillard hit a grand slam and drove in five runs on Friday night Not a good outing from Braden Webb. He issued four of the eight walks given up by Mudcat pitchers in this game. Weston Wilson and Max McDowell each had two hits. Greg Young mentioned that Devin Williams reached 95 yesterday on a more accurate radar gun. Braden Webb 4 1/3 IP , 6 H, 4 R, 4 BB, 3 K Conor Harber 2 2/3 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 3 K Weston Wilson 2-4, 2B Max McDowell 2-4, HR Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log

Carolina 13, Down East 4 Mudcats Score Season High 13 Runs in Series Clinching Victory Joantgel Segovia went 3-for-5 with three doubles and two RBI for the Mudcats Ronnie Gideon got picked off base twice on one play and escaped being tagged out both times. It was that kind of day for the Wood Ducks. As mentioned, Devin Williams got the start and went 2 1/3 innings before leaving on pitch count. Nathan Kirby went 4 innings and Phil Bickford 2. Joantgel Segovia and Tucker Neuhaus led the Mudcat attack with three hits each. Rob Henry, in a small sample, has an OBP of .429 which consists of 9 hits and 18 walks. Devin Williams 2 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K Nathan Kirby 4 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 6 K Phil Bickford 2 IP, 2 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 2 K Joantgel Segovia 3-4, 3 2B, BB, SB Tucker Neuhaus 3-5, 2B Weston Wilson 2-4 Mario Feliciano 2-4, BB Luis Aviles Jr. 2-4, 2B Cooper Hummel 1-4, HR, 4 RBI Rob Henry 1-4, HR Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Carolina Bottom of the 2nd (the bolded play was a lot crazier than the log shows) Mario Feliciano singles on a line drive to left fielder Franklin Rollin. Luis Aviles Jr. singles on a line drive to left fielder Franklin Rollin. Mario Feliciano to 2nd. Tucker Neuhaus singles on a line drive to right fielder Alex Kowalczyk. Mario Feliciano to 3rd. Luis Aviles Jr. to 2nd. Cooper Hummel hit by pitch. Mario Feliciano scores. Luis Aviles Jr. to 3rd. Tucker Neuhaus to 2nd. Pitching Change: Kaleb Fontenot replaces Christian Torres. Robert Henry grounds into a force out, third baseman Brendon Davis to catcher Melvin Novoa. Luis Aviles Jr. out at home. Tucker Neuhaus to 3rd. Cooper Hummel to 2nd. Robert Henry to 1st. Joantgel Segovia doubles (1) on a line drive to left fielder Franklin Rollin. Tucker Neuhaus scores. Cooper Hummel scores. Robert Henry to 3rd. Dallas Carroll walks. Weston Wilson out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Alex Kowalczyk. Robert Henry scores. Joantgel Segovia to 3rd. With Ronnie Gideon batting, Joantgel Segovia steals (1) home. Dallas Carroll steals (6) 2nd base. Ronnie Gideon walks. With Mario Feliciano batting, Dallas Carroll steals (7) 3rd base, Dallas Carroll scores. Missed catch error by third baseman Brendon Davis. Mario Feliciano walks. Ronnie Gideon to 2nd. Luis Aviles Jr. flies out to left fielder Franklin Rollin.

Carolina 3, Down East 2 Mudcats Rally Back Late to Walk-Off Wood Ducks 3-2 in Ten The Mudcats rallied with two in the eighth and walked off in the tenth on Wednesday night The winning run was a gift but clutch two out hits by Cooper Hummel and Dallas Carroll tied the game in the 8th inning. It was a strong game for Marcos Diplan and the bullpen was magnificent in this one, shutting out the Wood Ducks over the final 5 innings. Max McDowell threw out another base runner. Runners are now 0-8 with Marcos Diplan on the mound. Marcos Diplan 5 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 7 K Chase Williams 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K Daniel Brown 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K Luke Barker 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 4 K Dallas Carroll 2-4, 2B Cooper Hummel 1-3 Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Carolina Bottom of the 8th Pitching Change: Jacob Shortslef replaces Edgar Arredondo. Luis Aviles Jr. singles on a line drive to left fielder Eric Jenkins. With Ryan Aguilar batting, Luis Aviles Jr. steals (15) 2nd base. Ryan Aguilar pops out to shortstop Anderson Tejeda. Max McDowell called out on strikes. Cooper Hummel singles on a line drive to center fielder Anthony Gose. Luis Aviles Jr. scores. Pitching Change: Jake Lemoine replaces Jacob Shortslef. With Joantgel Segovia batting, wild pitch by Jake Lemoine, Cooper Hummel to 2nd. Joantgel Segovia walks. Dallas Carroll singles on a line drive to center fielder Anthony Gose. Cooper Hummel scores. Joantgel Segovia to 2nd. Tucker Neuhaus grounds out, third baseman Brendon Davis to first baseman Andretty Cordero. Carolina Bottom of the 10th Ryan Aguilar starts inning at 2nd base. Max McDowell reaches on a fielder's choice, fielded by shortstop Anderson Tejeda. Ryan Aguilar scores. Throwing error by shortstop Anderson Tejeda.

Down East 6, Carolina 4 Feliciano Homers in Series Opening 6-4 Loss to Down East Mario Feliciano and Joantgel Segovia had solid home debuts in Carolina's 6-4 loss to Down East That picture above is not Keston Hiura but Mario Feliciano. He's just wearing the same number. Maybe 6 is a lucky number. Feliciano had two hits including a home run. Joantgel Segovia also had two hits on the night. He also misplayed a ball in left field that helped fuel a 3 run first by the Wood Ducks. Cam Roegner had another off night. He didn't seem to be getting the outside corner and missed too many over the plate. He and Jonathan Hernandez, the Wood Duck starter were 1 and 2 in ERA coming into the game and both struggled. Cam Roegner 6 IP, 8 H, 5 R, 1 BB, 2 K Joantgel Segovia 2-3, 3B, BB Dallas Carroll 2-4 Mario Feliciano 2-4, HR, 3 RBI Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Carolina Bottom of the 3rd Weston Wilson singles on a line drive to center fielder Leody Taveras. Ronnie Gideon strikes out swinging. With Mario Feliciano batting, Weston Wilson steals (3) 2nd base. Mario Feliciano homers (1) on a fly ball to right field. Weston Wilson scores. Luis Aviles Jr. flies out to center fielder Leody Taveras. Ryan Aguilar strikes out swinging.

I would concur with And That's assessment. When he is getting his curveball over he can be tough. When he isn't, he usually gets hit pretty hard.

Winston-Salem 5, Carolina 1 Mudcats Swept in Winston-Salem Ronnie Gideon hit a solo home run in Sunday's series finale loss to the Dash Ronnie Gideon's home run was one of only two hits for the Mudcats in this one. It also marked the return of Mario Feliciano, who DH'd and went 0-2 with a walk. Not sure what they're going to do with the catcher position. Presumably, Feliciano is the better prospect than McDowell and should get the lion's share of the catching. There is also Cooper Hummel to consider. Braden Webb struck out 8 men in six innings of work but also gave up 4 runs. Ronnie Gideon 1-4, HR Braden Webb 6 IP, 6 H, 4 R, 2 BB, 8 K Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log

Feliciano has been on Carolina all year but hadn't played until Friday due to injury. He has been the DH thus far.

Winston-Salem 2, Carolina 1 Winston-Salem 11, Carolina 3 Dash Dominate Mudcats in Doubleheader Sweep The Mudcats dropped both games of Saturday's de facto doubleheader in Winston-Salem Well they got a triple from Tucker Neuhaus and a double from Ronnie Gideon yesterday but only added two more hits after the resumption of play. Tremendous job by Victor Diaz in game one going 7 innings and only giving up two runs. Victor Diaz 7 IP, 5 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 4 K Tucker Neuhaus 2-4, 3B Carolina Box Score #1 Carolina Log #1 Dallas Carroll 2-4 in the nightcap and Phil Bickford worked a scoreless 8th. Not much else. Carolina Box Two Carolina Log Two Carolina Top of the 5th Luis Aviles Jr. singles on a ground ball to center fielder Joel Booker. Ryan Aguilar called out on strikes. Robert Henry strikes out swinging. Cooper Hummel walks. Luis Aviles Jr. to 2nd. Carlos Belonis singles on a line drive to center fielder Joel Booker. Luis Aviles Jr. scores. Cooper Hummel to 2nd. Dallas Carroll doubles (11) on a line drive to left fielder Blake Rutherford. Cooper Hummel scores. Carlos Belonis scores. Mario Feliciano grounds out, shortstop Mitch Roman to first baseman Yermin Mercedes.

Carolina 0, Winston-Salem 0 (suspended) Mudcats and Dash Suspended in the Second Inning Friday Night Friday's suspended game will resume as part of a doubleheader on Saturday night Conor Harber was the starter and pitched one scoreless inning. Tucker Neuhaus tripled and Ronnie Gideon doubled in their only at bats. Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log

Carolina 9, Lynchburg 0 Hiura Homers Twice and Mudcats Total 19 Strikeouts in 9-0 Victory Keston Hiura went 5-for-5 with two home runs in Thursday's victory The story says Keston Hiura was 5-5, the box score says 4-5. The only "out" was an error by the second baseman for Lynchburg so that may have been changed later. Batting average up to .316 according to the box score and he leads the league in XBH. The Mudcats also hit three other home runs here (Carroll, Aguilar and Wilson). Marcos Diplan with a 10 strikeout start gets a back seat to the hitting. He didn't make it out of the 6th inning when he hit 95 pitches but the bullpen was superb in this game lead by the return of Phil Bickford. Marcos Diplan 5 2/3 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 10 K Chase Williams 1 1/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K Phil Bickford 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K Luke Barker 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 3 K Keston Hiura 4-5, 2 HR Dallas Carroll 1-5, HR Weston Wilson 1-5, HR, 3 RBI Ryan Aguilar 2-4, HR Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Carolina Top of the 1st (This error may have been changed later to a hit) Dallas Carroll homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Keston Hiura reaches on a fielding error by second baseman Dillon Persinger. Tucker Neuhaus pops out to third baseman Jorma Rodriguez in foul territory. Ronnie Gideon grounds into a double play, shortstop Alexis Pantoja to second baseman Dillon Persinger to first baseman Emmanuel Tapia. Keston Hiura out at 2nd. Lynchburg Bottom of the 8th Pitching Change: Phil Bickford replaces Chase Williams. Li-Jen Chu strikes out swinging. Trenton Brooks strikes out swinging. Jorma Rodriguez strikes out swinging.

Mudcats bullpen struck out 9 of ten outs they needed. Makes Diplan's 10 look pedestrian. 19 total K's tonight for the staff.

Bickford sighting alert. 1 inning- 3 K. Sorry no radar readings. Hiura with his second HR of the game (5th for the Mudcats).

The Carolina game will have a delayed start at best (rain).

Frederick is the one bandbox in the Carolina League and Austin Hays surely benefitted from that. Ray's numbers would have been higher if he had played half his games there. It is a fun park to watch a game in though.

Lynchburg 7, Carolina 5 Roegner Roughed Up in 7-5 Loss to Hillcats Weston Wilson had a run scoring double and a home run in Wednesday's loss to the HIllcats The Cam Roegner scoreless innings streak stops at 31+ innings. He gave up 5 earned runs in 4 innings in this game. Alec Kenilvort and Nattino Diplan each worked two innings in relief. Keston Hiura, Weston Wilson and Max McDowell all had two hits. Cam Roegner 4 IP, 7 H, 6 R, 5 ER, 1 BB, 4 K Keston Hiura 2-4 Weston Wilson 2-5, 2B, HR Max McDowell 2-4 Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Lynchburg Bottom of the 3rd (end of streak) Anthony Miller strikes out swinging. Alexis Pantoja grounds out, second baseman Keston Hiura to first baseman Ronnie Gideon. Mitch Longo singles on a ground ball to third baseman Dallas Carroll. Luke Wakamatsu singles on a fly ball to right fielder Weston Wilson. Mitch Longo to 3rd. With Jodd Carter batting, wild pitch by Cameron Roegner, Mitch Longo scores. Luke Wakamatsu advances to 3rd, on a throwing error by catcher Max McDowell. Jodd Carter hit by pitch. Trenton Brooks doubles (6) on a fly ball to center fielder Ryan Aguilar. Luke Wakamatsu scores. Jodd Carter scores. Jorma Rodriguez walks. Emmanuel Tapia strikes out swinging.

Carolina 7, Lynchburg 0 Webb Tosses Gem as Mudcats Blank HIllcats 7-0 Ronnie Gideon had two doubles and a home run in Carolina's shutout victory Masterful game from Braden Webb who went 6 innings. Daniel Brown and Braulio Ortiz completed the shutout. Ronnie Gideon led the offense with 3 extra base hits. Braden Webb 6 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 9 K Daniel Brown 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 1 K Ronnie Gideon 3-4, BB, 2 2B, HR Weston Wilson 2-5, 2B Max McDowell 2-4 Keston Hiura 1-4, BB, 2B Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log

I've seen him a few times. He is on a pitch count so he never gets that far into the game. It seems to me that he is not really letting loose yet but he's not really that much of a power pitcher anyway. I don't know if it's just his style but he seems to throw something like a shot putter right now (at least to me). The slider/curve is his out pitch now and he's not throwing fastballs for strikes much. Does change speeds quite a bit. I think we'll have to reserve judgement to see how well he recovers from all the surgery.

Carolina Postponed due to wet grounds. Link It will be made up as part of a double header at an undetermined date.

Myrtle Beach 6, Carolina 3 Gideon Homers in 6-3 Loss to Pelicans Keston Hiura went 3-for-5 with a triple in Sunday's 6-3 loss to Myrtle Beach Nathan Kirby gave up one run while pitching into the 3rd inning. The remaining 5 runs came off Victor Diaz. Keston Hiura keeps rolling with 3 more hits bumping his batting average over .300. Nathan Kirby 2 1/3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 3 K Victor Diaz 5 2/3 IP, 6 H, 5 R, 3 ER, 1 BB, 5 K Keston Hiura 3-5, 3B Luis Aviles Jr. 2-5, 3B Ronnie Gideon 1-2, 2 BB, HR Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log