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June 15, 2004
Jacksonville, FL - Shane Victorino homered twice to captain the Jacksonville Suns to an 8-4 victory over the Carolina Mudcats at the Baseball Grounds Tuesday night, crippling the Mudcats hopes for a first half title.
Victorino homered to tie the game 1-1 in the third, then doused a two-run shot to right to seal the win in the eighth. Victorino has four homers in 22 at-bats since being recalled from Triple-A Las Vegas.
The Mudcats (34-32) stand two behind both Tennessee and Chattanooga in the Eastern Division with four games remaining in the first half. With Tuesday's loss, the Mudcats fell into fourth place, also trailing Jacksonville (34-31).
Jeff Fulchino (L, 1-2, 5ip, 6h, 5r, 5er, 2w, 7k) suffered the loss allowing five runs in five innings. Fulchino banged his first professional hit in the third inning, a solo homer against Dimas Reina (W, 1-2) staking the Mudcats to a 1-0 lead.
After the game was tied by Victorino, Fulchino allowed four two-out runs in the fifth. After a walk to Reina and an infield single by Victorino to fill the bases, Reggie Abercrombie chopped a three-run double by first baseman Pat Magness as the Suns went ahead 4-1. Willy Aybar sliced a double to left two batters later to score Abercrombie.
Carolina countered in the sixth, rallying to within 5-4. Josh Wilson (HR, 8, 1-5, r, rbi, k, gdp) homered, then following a double by Magness (1-3, r, 2b, w, k), Matt Demarco (HR, 3, 3-4, r, 2b, 2rbi) drilled a two-run shot to right.
Nick Alvarez homered in the sixth against Mudcats reliever Brian Strelitz to push the lead to 6-4.
Carolina returns home to conclude the first half, facing the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx Thursday through Sunday. Nic Ungs (3-3, 4.63) starts against Carmen Pignatiello (5-4, 5.21) at 7:15 PM ET.
Carolina 0 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 - 4 10 1 6
Jacksonville 0 0 1 0 4 1 0 2 x - 8 13 0 6
WP - Reina (1-2)
LP - Fulchino (1-2)
S - Brazoban (11)
HR - Fulchino (1), Victorino 2 (3, 4), Wilson (8), Demarco (3), Alvarez (5)
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