Zebulon, NC - Jason Stokes homered for the third straight game to lead Carolina to a four-game sweep over the Greenville Braves 5-2 on Sunday afternoon at Five County Stadium.

Stokes (HR, 10, 1-4, 2RBI, 3K) connected against Greenville starter Macay McBride (L, 0-5) in the first inning with Josh Wilson (1-4, R, K) aboard to tie the game.  Stokes' 10th homer leads the Southern League.

The Mudcats, who finished a 5-3 homestand, moved into a 2nd-place tie with Chattanooga and Tennessee.  Greenville (6-24) lost for the ninth time in 10 games.

Carolina (17-13) went ahead 3-2 when Billy Hall (3-4, R, SB) scored a two-out unearned run in the fifth when Braves first baseman Napoleon Calzado dropped a throw from shortstop Tony Pena Jr.

Josh Willingham (HR, 6, 2-4, R, RBI, K) had a bloop single and solo homer to break free of a slump.

Dennis Anderson (1-1, RBI) delivered a pinch-single in the eighth to drive home Jim Kavourias (1-3, R, W, K) for a 5-2 lead.

Peter Bauer (W, 3-1, 6IP, 7H, 2R, 2ER, 4W, 0K) allowed two first-inning runs, then pitched five scoreless innings to earn his third win.  Pat Flury (ND, 2IP, 0H, 0R, 0W, 2K) tossed two hitless innings, then Jerrod Fuell (S, 1, 1IP, 1H, 0R, 0W, 1K) registered his first save since August, 2003 by pitching a scoreless ninth.

Carolina's offense managed 10 hits, but struck out a franchise-record 16 times in the win.

Trevor Hutchinson (4-1, 3.82) starts the series opener at Bell South Park against the Chattanooga Lookouts on Monday night at 7:15 PM ET.

Greenville        2 0 0   0 0 0   0 0 0   ---   2   8   2   8
Carolina           2 0 0   0 1 1   0 1  x  ---   5  10   1   8

WP - Bauer (3-1)
LP - McBride (0-5)
S - Fuell (1)

HR - Stokes (10), Willingham (6)

Time:  2:41
Att:  2,887

Notes:  Carolina's four-game sweep was the Mudcats first since July 26-29, 2003 over the Jacksonville Suns...  The next 16 games for Carolina will be against the two other second-place teams in the Eastern Division - Chattanooga and Tennessee...  The Mudcats open an eight-game, eight-day road trip in Chattanooga, Tennessee on Monday night...  Before Sunday's game, the Marlins activated Jim Kavourias from the disabled list, reassigned 3B Joe Dillon from Albuquerque to Carolina, and placed OF Pat Magness and IF Jimmy Goelz on the seven-day disabled list... Carolina, four-games above .500, is at its highest water-mark of the season... The Mudcats are 7-1 against Greenville this season, and have won seven consecutive games against the Braves.  The Mudcats will not play the Braves until mid-July.