Huntsville, AL -- The Carolina Mudcats tossed their third no-hitter in franchise history, then watched Joe Dillon go 4-4 in the nightcap as the Mudcats swept two games from the Huntsville Stars 5-0 and 5-1 at Joe Davis Stadium on Wednesday afternoon.

Trevor Hutchinson (W, 1-0) and Kevin Cave combined on the opening game no-hitter for the Mudcats, their first since April 9, 2003 against Mobile.  Dillon made two sparkling defensive stops in the game to set up club history. In the seventh, Cave kicked down a blast from Brad Nelson for the second out of the inning, denying the Stars' first hit.

Eric Reed went 3-4 in the opener, scoring the game's first run in the first inning after singling, stealing second, taking third on an overthrow and scoring on a grounder by Josh Wilson.

Leading 2-0 in the seventh, Jimmy Goelz hit his fourth career homerun to right-center, followed four batters later by a two-run blast to right-center by Josh Willingham. 

In the nightcap, Carolina (5-2) jumped on Jeff Housman in the first inning for two runs.  Jason Stokes singled home Wilson with one out, then a bases loaded walk from Housman issued to Jim Kavourias forced Dillon home. 

Huntsville (3-4) did not pick up its first hit of the day until the fourth inning of game two, a two-strike single by Chris Barnwell coming off of Nic Ungs.  Ungs worked 4 2/3 innings, but could not qualify for the win. 

Pete Hartmann (W, 1-0) notched the win from the bullpen by fanning four over 1 1/3 innings, including Prince Fielder with two on and two out in the fifth inning, guarding a 3-1 lead. 

Dillon went 5-5 in the doubleheader, reaching his two other plate appearances by a walk and hit batsman and is hitting .565 (13-23) for the season. 

Carolina is tied for second in the Eastern Division with Chattanooga, trailing 7-0 Jacksonville by two games. 

The Mudcats held the Stars vaunted offensive quartet of Fielder, Tony Gwynn Jr., Brad Nelson and Rickie Weeks to 2-35 with no RBI in the series.  The Stars offense collectively batted just .092 (7-76) in the three-game sweep to Carolina, and was outscored by the Mudcats 15-1.  Huntsville's lone run in the series came on a sacrifice fly by pitcher Ryan Miller in the third inning of game two. 

Carolina returns home to open the Five County Stadium portion of the season on Friday night against the Birmingham Barons.  Bill Murphy (0-0, 7.73) will start for the Mudcats against Barons lefty Ryan Meaux (0-1, 5.40) at 7:15 PM ET.