August 1, 2004: Montgomery 11, CAROLINA 1

Zebulon, NC - Frank Moore hit a grand slam while Scott Kazmir shined in his debut as Montgomery defeated Carolina 11-1 on Sunday at Five County Stadium.

Moore connected against Peter Bauer in a five-run sixth inning for a 10-0 lead. Bauer (L, 5-8, 6ip, 11h, 10r, 8er, 5w, 1k) worked six arduous innings with a shorthanded bullpen, allowing 10 runs on 11 hits. Montgomery (15-21) scored three times in the third and twice in the fourth.

Carolina (14-21) was limited to four hits in the loss, its second straight after a three-game winning streak. Pat Flury (ND, 2ip, 1h, 0r, 1w, 2k) worked two scoreless innings before Randy Messenger (ND, 1ip, 2h, 1r, 1er, 1w, 0k) allowed a run in the ninth.

Kazmir (W, 1-0) won his debut with the Tampa Bay organization. Kazmir was acquired Friday in a four-player deal with the New York Mets centering on major leaguer Victor Zabmrano. Kazmir stranded seven baserunners in his five innings, fanning eight. The Mudcats went 0-7 with runners in scoring position during Kazmir's tenure. Kazmir, a lefty, pitched consistently in the mid-90s with his fastball, and collected seven of his strikeouts on fastballs. Kazmir was the Mets' first-round pick from Cypress Hills High in Houston, Texas in the 2002 draft.

Carolina's only run scored in the ninth on a sacrifice fly by Billy Hall (1-4, 2b, rbi, sf, k, sb)against reliever Sam Walton. Dennis Anderson (2-3, 2b, w, k) had two of the Mudcats' four hits.

Trevor Hutchinson (6-6, 5.31) starts the third game of the series Monday night at 7:15 PM ET against Chris Seddon (7-6, 4.84).

Montgomery 0 0 3 2 0 5 0 0 1 --- 11 14 0 9
Carolina 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 --- 1 4 1 10

WP - Kazmir (1-0)
LP - Bauer (5-8)
S - None.

HR - Moore (1)

Time: 3:04
Att: 2,895

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