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Myrtle Beach 1, Carolina 0 Mudcats Held To One Hit in 1-0 Loss to Pelicans Keegan Thompson and Tyler Peyton combined on a one-hit shutout of the Mudcats A two out single by Keston Hiura in the 1st inning turned out to be the only base runner for the Mudcats. Conor Harber took the hard luck loss giving up one run in 5 innings. Conor Harber 5 IP, 5 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 3 K Chase Williams 2 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K Alec Kenilvort 2 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K Keston Hiura 1-3 Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Carolina Bottom of the 1st Dallas Carroll pops out to first baseman Tyler Alamo in foul territory. Luis Aviles Jr. strikes out swinging. Keston Hiura singles on a ground ball to center fielder Connor Myers. Tucker Neuhaus flies out to left fielder Daniel Spingola.

Carolina 4, Myrtle Beach 1 Hiura Hits Walk-Off Blast as Mudcats Defeat Pelicans 4-1 Keston Hiura hit a walk-off home run in the tenth to lead Carolina to its third straight win A walk off 3-run home run with 2 out in the 10th by Keston Hiura gave the Mudcats the win tonight. Naturally it came off a left hander. He is just eating lefties alive. I guess Myrtle Beach didn't want to use up another pitcher. After a poor start, Keston has bumped his batting average all the way over .290 now. Marcos Diplan was the starter. I didn't get any radar readings but it looked like he had maybe his best fastball of the year. He is still struggling with command though. Luke Barker gets the vulture-like win. Marcos Diplan 5 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 5 K Braulio Ortiz 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K Luke Barker 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K Keston Hiura 2-5, HR Max McDowell 2-4, 2B Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Carolina Bottom of the 10th Austin Upshaw remains in the game as the second baseman. Defensive Substitution: Tyler Pearson replaces third baseman Wladimir Galindo, batting 4th, playing catcher. Defensive switch from second base to third base for Yeiler Peguero. Max McDowell starts inning at 2nd base. Carlos Belonis strikes out on a foul bunt. Jordan Minch intentionally walks Dallas Carroll. Luis Aviles Jr. lines out to third baseman Yeiler Peguero. Keston Hiura homers (5) on a fly ball to left center field. Max McDowell scores. Dallas Carroll scores.

Carolina 11, Down East 3 Roegner Keeps Rolling as Mudcats Drop Wood Ducks 11-3 Cam Roegner rattled off another scoreless start while leading his club to a series victory Cam Roegner runs his scoreless streak to 28 2/3 innings. He struck out the first two hitters and rolled from there. Mudcats hitters struck early and often highlighted by a Weston Wilson grand slam. Dallas Carroll is a "professional hitter" type. He has good at bats nearly every time. He is probably marginal in the field though. No. I really don't think he can play shortstop. Third and second are probably it. Cam Roegner 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 7 K Dallas Carroll 2-4, BB, 2B Keston Hiura 2-5, 2B Weston Wilson 3-5, 2B, HR Luis Aviles Jr. 2-5, HR Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log

Carolina 2, Down East 1 Neuhaus and Mudcats Walk-Off Wood Ducks 2-1 in Ten Innings The Mudcats came back from a 1-0 deficit in the ninth before winning 2-1 on Wednesday Cooper Hummel, after showing some surprising hitting ability last year (.749 OPS), has had a disappointing season thus far (.542 OPS). Maybe he was working on the outfield play too much? Today, at least, he came up big with a two out bottom of the ninth single to tie the game. The Mudcats then went on to win in the 10th on a Tucker Neuhaus base hit. Tucker showed a lot of promise in 2016 when he OPS'd .957 including .911 at Wisconsin. Since then he fell to .749 last year with injuries and is at .760 this year. He has worked all of the infield positions and is now playing left field. All of them with at least some skill. Braden Webb is a toolsy type pitcher with a hard fastball and big curveball. He just hasn't had much command so far as you can see from his walk numbers. The same can be said for Conor Harber who also pitched today. Luke Barker threw 3 pitches to get the win by retiring his one batter on a double play to end the tenth. Braden Webb 5 1/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 3 BB, 5 K Conor Harber 2 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 3 BB, 2 K Keston Hiura 0-3, 2 BB Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Pretty much the whole game summarized: Carolina Bottom of the 9th Pitching Change: Jake Lemoine replaces Jacob Shortslef. Weston Wilson doubles (7) on a line drive to right fielder Josh Altmann. Ryan Aguilar pops out to third baseman Andretty Cordero in foul territory. Ronnie Gideon strikes out swinging. Cooper Hummel singles on a line drive to right fielder Josh Altmann. Weston Wilson scores. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Luis Aviles Jr. replaces Cooper Hummel. Nathan Rodriguez grounds out, shortstop Anderson Tejeda to first baseman Melvin Novoa. Down East Top of the 10th Defensive switch from shortstop to left field for Tucker Neuhaus. Luis Aviles Jr. remains in the game as the shortstop. Melvin Novoa starts inning at 2nd base. Eric Jenkins hit by pitch. Anderson Tejeda lines out to shortstop Luis Aviles Jr. Leody Taveras walks. Melvin Novoa to 3rd. Eric Jenkins to 2nd. Pitching Change: Luke Barker replaces Daniel Brown. Alex Kowalczyk grounds into a double play, second baseman Weston Wilson to shortstop Luis Aviles Jr. to first baseman Ronnie Gideon. Leody Taveras out at 2nd. Carolina Bottom of the 10th Nathan Rodriguez starts inning at 2nd base. Offensive Substitution: Pinch-runner Carlos Belonis replaces Nathan Rodriguez. Robert Henry hits a sacrifice bunt. Carlos Belonis to 3rd. Robert Henry to 1st. With Dallas Carroll batting, Robert Henry advances to 2nd on defensive indifference. Dallas Carroll called out on strikes. Jake Lemoine intentionally walks Keston Hiura. Tucker Neuhaus singles on a fly ball to left fielder Eric Jenkins. Carlos Belonis scores. Robert Henry to 3rd. Keston Hiura to 2nd.

Down East 4, Carolina 2 Diaz Fans Career High Eight in 4-2 Loss to Wood Ducks The Mudcats snapped a four game winning streak with a 4-2 loss to Down East The Mudcats pushed single runs over in the 8th and 9th innings but it was not enough. Nathan Kirby gave up a home run before hitting his pitch limit. Victor Diaz had the strike out pitch working but also yielded 6 hits and 2 walks in his 5 1/3 innings. Nathan Kirby 2 2/3 IP, 3 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 2 K Victor Diaz 5 1/3 IP, 6 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 8 K Keston Hiura 1-4, HBP Ryan Aguilar 2-4 Ronnie Gideon 0-4, 4 K Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log

Carolina 4, Down East 2 Supak Totals Seven Strikeouts as Mudcats Win Fourth Straight Ryan Aguilar hit a game tying homer in the seventh while helping the Mudcats to a 4-2 victory A strong start by Trey Supak and a two inning save by Luke Barker led the way for the Mudcats' 4th win in a row. Ryan Aguilar is quietly having a very nice year for the Mudcats. He plays a good centerfield and made a few plays in this game. This is the first time I have seen Keston Hiura in the field. It's a little hard to tell about the throwing because the second base throw is so awkward, often coming across the body. He did make one throw from short right to 3rd base that looked okay. He also made a heads up play when a grounder came to Ronnie Gideon with a man at first. Gideon looked to 2nd first and then didn't have time to beat the runner to first. It didn't look like Supak was going to get there in time but Keston Hiura covered first and they got the out. Trey Supak 6 IP, 3 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 7 K Luke Barker 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K, Save Keston Hiura 2-4, 2B Tucker Neuhaus 2-4, played LF Ryan Aguilar 1-3, BB, HR Luis Aviles Jr. 1-3, BB Cooper Hummel 1-2, BB Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log The 7th inning was the key to this game: Carolina Bottom of the 7th Ryan Aguilar homers (2) on a fly ball to right center field. Luis Aviles Jr. singles on a line drive to right fielder Alex Kowalczyk. advances to 3rd, on a fielding error by right fielder Alex Kowalczyk. Cooper Hummel walks. Pitching Change: Jairo Beras replaces Emerson Martinez. Nathan Rodriguez strikes out swinging. With Robert Henry batting, wild pitch by Jairo Beras, Luis Aviles Jr. scores. Cooper Hummel to 2nd. Robert Henry grounds out, second baseman Brendon Davis to first baseman Andretty Cordero. Cooper Hummel to 3rd. Dallas Carroll singles on a line drive to right fielder Alex Kowalczyk. Cooper Hummel scores. Keston Hiura flies out to center fielder Leody Taveras.

Delayed start (at least) for Carolina tonight. Rain.

Carolina 9, Buies Creek 1 Mudcats Sweep Astros with 9-1 Victory at Buies Creek Ryan Aguilar and Tucker Neuhaus had RBI triples in Carolina's sweep clinching victory Buies Creek have really dominated the Mudcats the past two seasons but the Mudcats completed their first sweep of the year today at the expense of the Astros. This despite the fact that the Mudcats got the shortest start of the year out of Marcos Diplan and walked 7 Astros hitters. Marcos Diplan 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 4 BB, 2 K Alec Kenilvort 3 1/3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 0 K Chase Williams 1 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 0 K Daniel Brown 2 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K Keston Hiura 3-5, 2B, BB Tucker Neuhaus 3-5, 3B, BB, SB Ryan Aguilar 3-5, 3B Max McDowell 2-4, 2B, BB Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log The Mudcats broke open the game with 3 runs in the 5th: Carolina Top of the 5th Pitching Change: Kit Scheetz replaces Brandon Bailey. Keston Hiura doubles (13) on a fly ball to left fielder J. Matijevic. Tucker Neuhaus triples (2) on a line drive to left fielder J. Matijevic. Keston Hiura scores. Ronnie Gideon grounds out, shortstop Alfredo Angarita to first baseman Kristian Trompiz. Tucker Neuhaus scores. Ryan Aguilar singles on a ground ball to shortstop Alfredo Angarita. Weston Wilson strikes out swinging. Luis Aviles Jr. singles on a ground ball to center fielder Ronnie Dawson. Ryan Aguilar to 2nd. Max McDowell reaches on a force attempt, fielding error by third baseman Abraham Toro. Ryan Aguilar to 3rd. Luis Aviles Jr. to 2nd. Robert Henry singles on a ground ball to third baseman Abraham Toro. Ryan Aguilar scores. Luis Aviles Jr. to 3rd. Max McDowell to 2nd. Dallas Carroll strikes out swinging.

Carolina 6, Buies Creek 3 Roegner Reels Off Another Scoreless Start as Mudcats win 6-3 Roegner lowered his Carolina League leading ERA to 0.76 with seven scoreless innings Cam Roegner now runs his scoreless innings streak to 22 2/3 innings. He only took 82 pitches to get through 7 innings. Nattino Diplan and Alec Crawford both yielded runs but it was not enough to come back this time. The Mudcats only had 6 hits, two of them by Max McDowell, in scoring their 6 runs. 7 walks helped including two to Tucker Neuhaus. Cam Roegner 7 IP, 4 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 2 K Max McDowell 2-2, BB, 2B Keston Hiura 1-4 Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log The Mudcats put the game away with 3 runs in the 9th: Carolina Top of the 9th Pitching Change: Tanner Duncan replaces Jesus Balaguer. Weston Wilson walks. Luis Aviles Jr. grounds into a force out, shortstop Osvaldo Duarte to second baseman Alfredo Angarita. Weston Wilson out at 2nd. Luis Aviles Jr. to 1st. Max McDowell hit by pitch. Luis Aviles Jr. to 2nd. With Robert Henry batting, Luis Aviles Jr. caught stealing 3rd base, catcher Chuckie Robinson to third baseman Abraham Toro, Max McDowell to 2nd. Robert Henry walks. Dallas Carroll doubles (8) on a line drive to left fielder J. Matijevic. Max McDowell scores. Robert Henry scores. Keston Hiura reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Abraham Toro. Dallas Carroll scores. Keston Hiura to 2nd. Tucker Neuhaus walks. Ronnie Gideon flies out to center fielder Ronnie Dawson.

Carolina 6, Buies Creek 4 Webb Fans Eight as Mudcats Defeat Astros 6-4 Max McDowell hit a solo home run as the Mudcats defeated the Astros on Friday night Braden Webb had only walked one batter in his previous two games so that control streak ended with 6 walks today. However, he was quite effective in holding down Buies Creek and getting the win. Conor Harber has been pretty good this year but here he blew up in the ninth. Luke Barker picked up the save. Braden Webb 5 1/3 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 6 BB, 8 K Conor Harber 3 1/3 IP, 6 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 3 K Luke Barker 1/3 IP, Save Ryan Aguilar 2-5 Keston Hiura 1-4, BB, 2B Tucker Neuhaus 2-5, 2B Ronnie Gideon 1-3, 2 BB Max McDowell 1-2, BB, HR Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log These two runs in the top of the 9th turned out to be critical: Carolina Top of the 9th Pitching Change: Robert Corniel replaces Carson LaRue. Ryan Aguilar singles on a ground ball to shortstop Osvaldo Duarte. Keston Hiura walks. Ryan Aguilar to 2nd. Tucker Neuhaus singles on a line drive to center fielder Ronnie Dawson. Ryan Aguilar scores. Keston Hiura to 3rd. Dallas Carroll out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Ronnie Dawson. Keston Hiura scores. Weston Wilson strikes out swinging. Ronnie Gideon singles on a ground ball to left fielder J. Matijevic. Tucker Neuhaus to 2nd. Cooper Hummel strikes out swinging.

Down East 6, Carolina 5 Mudcats Swept in Kinston as Wood Ducks Walk-Off 6-5 The Mudcats fell to 0-6 in Kinston this season following Thursday's loss Nathan Kirby went 3 innings and gave up only one home run. Victor Diaz went 5 innings and gave up the tying runs. Luis Aviles Jr. hit his first home run of the year. The Mudcats were walked off for the 6th time this year and have been swept twice now in Kinston. Nathan Kirby 3 IP, 1 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K Victor Diaz 5 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 BB, 6 K Luis Aviles Jr. 1-5, HR Keston Hiura 2-5, 2 2B Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Carolina Top of the 11th Defensive switch from right field to catcher for Alex Kowalczyk. Eric Jenkins remains in the game as the right fielder. Pitching Change: Jairo Beras replaces Cole Wiper. Luis Aviles Jr. starts inning at 2nd base. Max McDowell out on a sacrifice bunt, pitcher Jairo Beras to first baseman Charles Leblanc. Luis Aviles Jr. to 3rd. Robert Henry strikes out swinging. Ryan Aguilar strikes out swinging. Down East Bottom of the 11th Anderson Tejeda starts inning at 2nd base. Alex Kowalczyk singles on a ground ball to left fielder Weston Wilson. Anderson Tejeda scores.

Down East 4, Carolina 2 Neuhaus Homers in 4-2 Loss to Wood Ducks in Kinston Tucker Neuhaus went 2-for-4 with a home run in Wednesday's series clinching loss Trey Supak went 6 innings and got a no decision. Carolina only managed 5 hits in the game. Tucker Neuhaus played 1st base in this game with Keston Hiura at second. Trey Supak 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 2 BB, 8 K Keston Hiura 0-4 Tucker Neuhaus 2-4, HR Max McDowell 2-3, SB Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log

Down East 2, Carolina 0 Mudcats Blanked 2-0 in Kinston Marcos Diplan suffered the loss despite allowing just two runs in six innings Marcos Diplan gave up the only two runs of the game in the 6th inning to take the loss. Mudcat hitters could only provide three hits. Marcos Diplan 6 IP, 6 H, 2 R, 0 BB, 6 K Nattino Diplan 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 2 K Keston Hiura 1-3, BB (played the whole game at 2nd) Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Down East Bottom of the 6th Josh Altmann homers (6) on a fly ball to left field. Eric Jenkins hit by pitch. With Leody Taveras batting, Max McDowell picks off Eric Jenkins at 1st on throw to Ronnie Gideon. Leody Taveras singles on a sharp ground ball to left fielder Weston Wilson. Anderson Tejeda pops out to third baseman Tucker Neuhaus in foul territory. Alex Kowalczyk doubles (6) on a line drive to left fielder Weston Wilson, deflected by third baseman Tucker Neuhaus. Leody Taveras scores. Charles Leblanc grounds out sharply, shortstop Luis Aviles Jr. to first baseman Ronnie Gideon.

I'll have you know that Kuiper hit 7 home runs in the Minors so Segovia has a ways to go to catch him. Kuiper, by the way, is a Racine guy who went to Case HS.

Carolina 6, Wilmington 3 Mudcats Complete Series Win with 6-3 Victory Dallas Carroll had three hits and both Ronnie Gideon and Rob Henry homered in Carolina's 6-3 win The good news is this is the second series win over Wilimington. The bad news is that the Mudcats are now done with Wilmington for the season unless they see them in the playoffs. Braden Webb has now only issued one walk over his last two starts. Progress. Conor Harber got the win in relief. He seems to have found a home in the pen this year. Alec Crawford gets his second save. Dallas Carroll chipped in with three hits and Keston Hiura and Rob Henry each had two. Braden Webb 5 1/3 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 1 BB, 4 K Conor Harber 2 2/3 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 1 K (Win) Alec Crawford 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 0 K (Save) Dallas Carroll 3-4, 2B, SB Keston Hiura 2-4, 2B, SB Ronnie Gideon 1-4, HR Rob Henry 2-3, 2B, HR Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Wilmington scored three in the top of the 6th to tie the score at 3. The Mudcats half of the 6th: Carolina Bottom of the 6th Tucker Neuhaus called out on strikes. Ronnie Gideon homers (3) on a fly ball to right field. Weston Wilson hit by pitch. Luis Aviles Jr. doubles (7) on a line drive to center fielder Khalil Lee. Weston Wilson scores. Carlos Belonis grounds out, second baseman D. J. Burt to first baseman Xavier Fernandez. Luis Aviles Jr. to 3rd. Nathan Rodriguez grounds out, pitcher Cristian Castillo to first baseman Xavier Fernandez.

Miguel Sanchez promoted from Carolina to AAA. Link

Carolina 5, Wilmington 1 Roegner Tosses Seven Shutout Frames in 5-1 Win Weston Wilson went 4-for-4 and Cam Roegner lowered his league leading ERA to just 0.89 A strong start from Cam Roegner led the Mudcats to the win. He had a line that was a little odd with only two hits but also only one strikeout. He had 10/5 ground outs to fly outs. I think they considered sending him out for the eighth but when the Mudcats half of the 7th ran a little long they decided against it. I only started watching in the 6th but his breaking ball looked a little flat to me compared to other times I have seen him and maybe that's why the K's were down today. Not a big strikeout guy anyway though. As mentioned, he leads the Carolina League in ERA (with Trey Supak second). However, with Supak also second in WHIP and Roegner down aroung the 10-15 rank in that stat, maybe there's a little bit of luck involved there. Alec Kenilvort finished the game up. Weston Wilson had a four hit night to lead the offense. Cam Roegner 7 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K Alec Kenilvort 2 IP, 2 H, 1 R, 0 BB, 3 K Weston Wilson 4-4, 2B Keston Hiura 1-3, BB, 3B Luis Aviles 2-3, 2B Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Carolina Bottom of the 6th Luis Aviles Jr. doubles (6) on a line drive to center fielder Khalil Lee. Ryan Aguilar lines out to right fielder Kort Peterson. Luis Aviles Jr. to 3rd. Keston Hiura triples (2) on a fly ball to center fielder Khalil Lee. Luis Aviles Jr. scores. Pitching Change: Josh Mitchell replaces Arnaldo Hernandez. Tucker Neuhaus out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Kort Peterson. Keston Hiura scores. Dallas Carroll reaches on a throwing error by pitcher Josh Mitchell. Dallas Carroll to 2nd. Ronnie Gideon walks. Cooper Hummel flies out to left fielder D. J. Burt.

Yeah, Roegner #1 in ERA in the Carolina League (Trey Supak #2). He is more like 10-15 in WHIP though whereas Supak is second in that stat too.

Wilmington 6, Carolina 4 Late Rally Falls Short in 6-4 Loss to Blue Rocks Max McDowell had a go-ahead triple in the seventh, but the Mudcats fell 6-4 to Wilmington Nathan Kirby went 2 innings and Victor Diaz 5 1/3 in this game. The bullpen gave up another late lead. Tucker Neuhaus played shortstop. Nathan Kirby 2 IP, 5 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 3 K Victor Diaz 5 1/3 IP, 3 H, 2 R, 1 ER, 1 BB, 2 K Dallas Carroll 2-5, 2B Ronnie Gideon 2-5, 2B Max McDowell 2-4, 3B Keston Hiura 1-3, 2 BB Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Carolina Bottom of the 7th (gave Mudcats the lead) Dallas Carroll singles on a line drive to left fielder D. J. Burt. Ronnie Gideon strikes out swinging. Weston Wilson called out on strikes. Cooper Hummel singles on a line drive to center fielder Khalil Lee. Dallas Carroll to 2nd. Max McDowell triples (1) on a line drive to left fielder D. J. Burt. Dallas Carroll scores. Cooper Hummel scores. Carlos Belonis grounds out, shortstop Angelo Castellano to first baseman Chris DeVito. Wilmington Top of the 8th (lead lost) Angelo Castellano singles on a ground ball to left fielder Cooper Hummel. Khalil Lee walks. Angelo Castellano to 2nd. Emmanuel Rivera grounds into a force out, third baseman Dallas Carroll to second baseman Keston Hiura. Angelo Castellano to 3rd. Khalil Lee out at 2nd. Emmanuel Rivera to 1st. Pitching Change: Daniel Brown replaces Victor Diaz. Kort Peterson singles on a line drive to left fielder Cooper Hummel. Angelo Castellano scores. Emmanuel Rivera to 2nd. Meibrys Viloria reaches on a force attempt, fielding error by third baseman Dallas Carroll. Emmanuel Rivera to 3rd. Kort Peterson to 2nd. Pitching Change: Luke Barker replaces Daniel Brown. Chase Vallot strikes out swinging. Chris DeVito walks. Emmanuel Rivera scores. Kort Peterson to 3rd. Meibrys Viloria to 2nd. Oliver Nunez strikes out swinging.

Carolina 5, Wilmington 3 Supak and Neuhaus Lead Mudcats in 5-3 Victory Trey Supak allowed just one run over seven innings pitched in the home victory Trey Supak was the big story here going 7 innings and giving up just one run. The only run was on a home run hit off the right field foul pole. Alec Crawford picked up the save. Tucker Neuhaus, Dallas Carroll and Weston Wilson all had two hits. Keston Hiura was back in the DH role. Trey Supak 7 IP, 7 H, 1 R, 1 BB, 4 K, (88 pitches) Alec Crawford 2 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 1 K (Save) Tucker Neuhaus 2-3, 2B, BB, 3 Runs Dallas Carroll 2-2, 2B, BB Weston Wilson 2-3, 2B, 2 RBI Keston Hiura 0-4 Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Carolina Bottom of the 5th Keston Hiura hit by pitch. With Tucker Neuhaus batting, wild pitch by Ofreidy Gomez, Keston Hiura to 2nd. Tucker Neuhaus singles on a line drive to left fielder D. J. Burt. Keston Hiura to 3rd. Dallas Carroll out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder D. J. Burt. Keston Hiura scores. Tucker Neuhaus to 2nd. Cooper Hummel grounds out, shortstop Angelo Castellano to first baseman Chris DeVito. Tucker Neuhaus to 3rd. Weston Wilson doubles (4) on a line drive to left fielder D. J. Burt. Tucker Neuhaus scores. Pitching Change: Anthony Bender replaces Ofreidy Gomez. Luis Aviles Jr. grounds out, second baseman Gabriel Cancel to first baseman Chris DeVito.

Buies Creek 4, Carolina 3 Mudcats Squander Late Lead in 4-3 Loss Carolina lost a 3-1 lead in the seventh while falling to the Astros 4-3 at Jim Perry Stadium Every so often Marcos Diplan tantalizes you with one of these games but he can't repeat it. Let's hope this is the start of something for Marcos. He did issue four walks in six innings however. Alec Kenilvort gave up 3 runs in his one inning that made the difference. The Mudcats could only manage 5 hits. The only extra base hit was a double by Ronnie Gideon that skipped by the Astros' left fielder on the Jim Perry Field astroturf. Keston Hiura made it through the 7th at second base before being taken out. Marcos Diplan 6 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 4 BB, 8 K Alec Kenilvort 1 IP, 3 H, 3 R, 2 ER, 1 BB, 1 K Dallas Carroll 1-3, BB Weston Wilson 1-3, BB Keston Hiura 0-4 Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Buies Creek Bottom of the 7th Pitching Change: Alec Kenilvort replaces Marcos Diplan. Osvaldo Duarte strikes out swinging. Anibal Sierra singles on a line drive to left fielder Cooper Hummel. Troy Sieber walks. Anibal Sierra to 2nd. Carlos Canelon singles on a fly ball to left fielder Cooper Hummel. Anibal Sierra to 3rd. Troy Sieber to 2nd. Kristian Trompiz flies into a force out, center fielder Ryan Aguilar to shortstop Luis Aviles Jr. Anibal Sierra scores. Troy Sieber to 3rd. Carlos Canelon out at 2nd. Kristian Trompiz to 1st. Alfredo Angarita singles on a ground ball to third baseman Tucker Neuhaus. Troy Sieber scores. Kristian Trompiz scores. Missed catch error by first baseman Ronnie Gideon. Alfredo Angarita out at 3rd on the throw, right fielder Weston Wilson to catcher Max McDowell to shortstop Luis Aviles Jr.

Buies Creek 2, Carolina 0 Mudcats Held to Two Hits in 2-0 Loss at Buies Creek The Mudcats struck out 15 times for the second straight night in a 2-0 loss to the Astros A good start by Braden Webb was wasted when the hitting disappeared tonight. I especially liked the fact that he walked nobody. As mentioned, Keston Hiura started at second base but was replaced by Tucker Neuhaus in the 6th inning so maybe the experiment failed? Braden Webb 5 IP, 4 H, 2 R, 0 BB , 4 K Conor Harber 3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 1 BB, 3 K Dallas Carroll 1-3, BB Luis Aviles Jr. 1-3 Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Buies Creek Bottom of the 6th Pitching Change: Conor Harber replaces Braden Webb. Defensive Substitution: Tucker Neuhaus replaces second baseman Keston Hiura, batting 1st, playing second base. Chas McCormick grounds out, third baseman Dallas Carroll to first baseman Ronnie Gideon. Abraham Toro strikes out swinging. Troy Sieber flies out to left fielder Weston Wilson.

Apparently no audio for Carolina tonight. Just when Hiura gets a start at 2nd.

Carolina 5, Buies Creek 0 Roegner and Sanchez Toss Three-Hit Shutout in Buies Creek Keston Hiura went 2-for-5 with a home run as the Mudcats shut out the Astros 5-0 Cam Roegner went 6 2/3 innings in this game and Miguel Sanchez finished the shutout. The offense put up nine hits and six walks while striking out 15 times. Cam Roegner 6 2/3 IP, 2 H, 0 R, 2 BB, 6 K Miguel Sanchez 2 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 R, 0 BB, 5 K Keston Hiura 2-5, 2B, HR Weston Wilson 2-4 Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log

Down East 9, Carolina 3 Mudcats Allow Nine Extra-Base Hits in 9-3 Loss to Wood Ducks Check Leblanc went 4-for-4 while leading Down East to the 9-3 win in Sunday's series finale Not much went right in this game. Start with only 1 inning from Nathan Kirby. Poor control today and those pitches which caught the plate were generally hammered by the Wood Ducks. He seemed to visibly up his tempo when Milacki came out but still he's only getting low 90's even on the fast stadium radar gun. At some point he will have to air it out rehab or no. Daniel Brown went the last 2 1/3 innings without giving up a run. Dallas Carroll and Luis Aviles Jr. each had two hits. Carolina Box Score Carolina Game Log Pretty much the game here: Down East Top of the 1st Leody Taveras walks. Anderson Tejeda singles on a line drive to right fielder Robert Henry. Leody Taveras to 2nd. Brendon Davis grounds out to first baseman Ronnie Gideon. Leody Taveras to 3rd. Anderson Tejeda to 2nd. Alex Kowalczyk hit by pitch. Charles Leblanc doubles (9) on a line drive to left fielder Cooper Hummel. Leody Taveras scores. Anderson Tejeda scores. Alex Kowalczyk to 3rd. Andretty Cordero doubles (9) on a line drive to left fielder Cooper Hummel. Alex Kowalczyk scores. Charles Leblanc scores. Josh Altmann flies out to right fielder Robert Henry. Blaine Prescott strikes out swinging, catcher Mitch Ghelfi to first baseman Ronnie Gideon.