Saturday, April 9,
2005
W 2 - 1
Zebulon
,
NC
---
The Carolina Mudcats are riding the waves of pitching
and defense like
Caribbean
surfers, moving to 3-0 following a 2-1 win over the
Huntsville Stars on Saturday night.
Through
three games, the Mudcats have allowed one run in 24
innings (0.38 ERA) and held the Stars to 11 hits (.145
batting average). In the ninth, Drew Niles
robbed leadoff hitter Nelson Cruz of a double with a
diving catch on the third base line, while shortstop
Robert Andino continued to shine defensively.
Nic
Ungs, who received a no-decision, pitched well in his
debut, allowing only a fourth inning homer to Cruz,
but walked just one and fanned five. Ross Wolf
(W, 1-0) earned the win in his Double-A debut,
pitching two scoreless innings.
Huntsville's
Manny Parra cruised through the first three innings,
facing the minimum nine hitters before dodging trouble
in the fourth and fifth, leaving runners at third in
both innings. In the sixth, Eric Reed, who
finished 3-4, singled then stole second and scored the
tying run on a double over Stars right fielder Cruz by
Andino. Parra was lifted in favor of Matt DeWitt
(L, 0-1), who pitched through the Andino hit, but
permitted two hits to the first three hitters in the
seventh with the game tied 1-1. Lefty Matt Ford
relieved DeWitt, but walked former major leaguer Todd
Sears, also a lefty before Reed drilled a single to
right-center to plate the go-ahead run. The
damage would have been more severe; however Cruz
tossed out Rex Rundgren attempting to score.
Mike
Flannery pitched a perfect eight prior to Resop's
entrance to start the ninth inning. Chris Ashby
went 2-4, threw out a basestealer, and has caught all
24 innings this season.
Carolina
went
2-13 with runners in scoring position.
Carolina
is
3-0 for the second time in three seasons.
Logan
Kensing, who made three major league starts last
September for the Florida Marlins, makes his Double-A
debut for Carolina tomorrow afternoon against
Huntsville's Glenn Woolard (7-4, 3.31 last year)
Sunday afternoon at 1:00 PM CT.
HUNTSVILLE
0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
--- 1 6 1
5
CAROLINA
0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 x
--- 2 9 0
9
WP
- Wolf (1-0)
LP
- DeWitt (0-1)
S
- Resop (2)
HR
- N. Cruz (1)
Time:
2:19
Att:
3,414
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