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West Tenn 6, Carolina 5

 

Zebulon, NC- The Carolina Mudcats’ (21-23) ninth-inning rally fell one run short Monday night as they dropped a 6-5 decision to the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx (18-26) at Five County Stadium.

             

Carolina saw a 3-2 lead dissipate to a 5-3 deficit by one swing of the bat. West Tenn’s first baseman Marshall Hubbard hit a three-run homer 370 feet to right-centerfield in the eighth inning to give the Diamond Jaxx their first lead of the night.

             

The Mudcats scored the first three runs in the game.  Lee Mitchell brought two of those runs in by a third inning, two-out bases-loaded double. Starter Chris Volstad and the Mudcats tried to preserve that lead, which stayed until Hubbard’s three-run shot.

West Tenn clawed back with a pair of runs in the fifth and seventh innings. The Diamond Jaxx added an insurance run in the ninth by a Brent Johnson RBI double.

Carolina would threaten in the home portion of the ninth with the tying run batting at the plate. Grant Psomas and Eric Riggs both combined for RBI singles to bring the game within a run. However, with runners on the corners, Chase Lambin struck out to end the game. Lambin had three hits including an RBI double in the first.

Nestor suffered his sixth blown save, falling to 1-4 with the loss. Volstad gets his first no decision lasting six innings, allowing one run. Brodie Downs registered his first win of the season, as Diamond Jaxx closer Mumba Rivera notched his second save.

             

Both teams will try to take the five game series tomorrow night at 7:15. Carolina will send lefty Blake McGinley (3-7, 4.61) as he faces Andy Baldwin (3-10, 4.42).

 

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
West Tenn 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 1 6 8 1
Carolina 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 12 0

West Tenn AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO PO A
Johnson, B, CF .286 5 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1
Valbuena, 2B .246 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 3
Jimerson, DH .278 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0
Hubbard, 1B .253 5 1 3 0 0 1 3 0 1 8 1
Tuiasosopo, M, 3B .275 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 2
Redman, LF .248 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0
Wilson, RF .139 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0
Merchan, SS .250 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 4
Rivera, R, C .202 4 1 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 7 3
  Woerman, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
  Downs, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Rivera, M, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals .243 33 6 8 1 0 1 6 6 8 27 14

BATTING
2B: Rivera, R (13, Gogal).
HR: Hubbard (10, 8th inning off Nestor, 2 on, 0 out).
TB: Johnson, B; Hubbard 6; Wilson; Rivera, R 4.
RBI: Rivera, R 2 (35), Hubbard 3 (61), Johnson, B (37).
2-out RBI: Rivera, R.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Redman; Johnson, B; Hubbard.
GIDP: Johnson, B.
Team RISP: 4-for-9.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Rivera, R (1, 2nd base off Delgado/Hayes), Wilson (1, 2nd base off Delgado/Hayes).
CS: Jimerson (9, 2nd base by Volstad/Hayes).

FIELDING
E: Tuiasosopo, M (16, throw).
PB: Rivera, R (14).
Outfield assists: Johnson, B (Lambin at 3rd base).
DP: 2 (Valbuena-Merchan-Hubbard, Merchan-Hubbard).
Pickoffs: Rivera, R (Rundgren at 2nd base).

 
Carolina AVG AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO PO A
De Aza, CF .313 5 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Riggs, 1B .262 5 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 9 0
Lambin, 2B .284 4 0 3 1 0 0 1 1 1 3 2
Mitchell, 3B .293 3 0 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 0 4
Moore, DH .228 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Miller, LF .269 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0
Hayes, C .257 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 8 1
Rundgren, SS .223 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 6
Raburn, RF .207 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
  a-Psomas, PH .248 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
  1-Brinkley, D, PR .252 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Volstad, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Delgado, P .176 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Nestor, P .250 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
  Gogal, P .000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Totals .249 35 5 12 4 0 0 5 4 8 27 13

a-Singled for Raburn in the 9th.
1-Ran for Psomas in the 9th.

BATTING
2B: Riggs (19, Woerman), Lambin (27, Woerman), De Aza (1, Woerman), Mitchell (26, Woerman).
TB: De Aza 2; Riggs 3; Lambin 4; Mitchell 2; Miller; Rundgren 3; Psomas.
RBI: Lambin (48), Mitchell 2 (70), Psomas (47), Riggs (34).
2-out RBI: Mitchell 2; Riggs.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Moore 2; Riggs; Lambin.
GIDP: Moore.
Team RISP: 5-for-11.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Raburn (15, 2nd base off Downs/Rivera, R).
CS: Lambin (5, 2nd base by Woerman/Rivera, R), Rundgren (3, 3rd base by Downs/Rivera, R).
PO: Rundgren (2nd base by Rivera, R).

FIELDING
DP: (Mitchell-Lambin-Riggs).

 
West Tenn ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR BF
Woerman 3.92 6.0 7 3 1 2 6 0 25
Downs (W, 1-1) 2.25 2.0 2 0 0 1 0 0 7
Rivera, M (S, 2) 4.53 1.0 3 2 2 1 2 0 7
Totals 4.38 9.0 12 5 3 4 8 0 39
 
Carolina ERA IP H R ER BB SO HR BF
Volstad 0.66 6.0 4 1 1 3 3 0 23
Delgado 5.63 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 0 5
Nestor (BS, 6)(L, 1-4) 4.86 1.0 1 3 3 2 2 1 6
Gogal 10.13 1.0 2 1 1 1 2 0 6
Totals 4.33 9.0 8 6 6 6 8 1 40
 
Team ER: off West Tenn 3, off Carolina 6.
BB: off Woerman 2 (Lambin, Mitchell), Downs 1 (Raburn), Rivera, M 1 (Miller), off Volstad 3 (Jimerson, Tuiasosopo, M, Wilson), Nestor 2 (Valbuena, Jimerson), Gogal 1 (Jimerson).
IBB: off Gogal 1 (Jimerson).
SO: by Woerman 6 (Mitchell, Moore, Miller, Hayes, Riggs, Hayes), Rivera, M 2 (Hayes, Lambin), by Volstad 3 (Tuiasosopo, M, Merchan, Valbuena), Delgado 1 (Merchan), Nestor 2 (Redman, Wilson), Gogal 2 (Merchan, Hubbard).
WP: Rivera, M, Volstad.
HB: Wilson (by Delgado).
Umpires: HP: Nicholas Nolde. 1B: Jason Dunn. 2B: . 3B: Eric Loveless.
Official Scorer: Tim Ryan.
Weather: 95 degrees, partly cloudy.
Wind: 5 mph, Out to CF.
T: 3:11.
Att: 2,363.

Compiled by MLB Advanced Media; Copyright 2007 MLB Office of the Commissioner
 
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