Montgomery 6, Carolina 1
Montgomery, AL --- A four-run eighth inning keyed the Montgomery Biscuits past the Carolina Mudcats 6-1 at Riverwalk Stadium on Saturday night.
The second of Chris Nowak's doubles scored two runs off of relief pitcher Scott Nestor's first delivery as the first-place Biscuits opened up a five-run lead. Carolina used three pitchers in the eighth with Rich Dorman walking the leadoff hitter, then replaced by left-hander Matt Yourkin to face the next four left-handed batters. Yourkin hit Rhyne Hughes in the face on the first pitch while Hughes was trying to bunt, then induced a force-out followed by a chop RBI-double and a bloop run-scoring single. Hughes left the game after being hit, losing a pair of teeth at home plate. Nestor relieved Yourkin to allow a right-centerfield double to Nowak to seal Montgomery's win.
Carolina (30-31) fell 4 1/2 games behind Huntsville, which was rained out on Saturday night.
The Mudcats scored a first-inning run against winning pitcher Wade Davis (W, 6-3) when Jai Miller was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded. Davis walked four in the first two innings, but stranded five baserunners. Davis finished with eight of the Biscuits' 13 strikeouts.
James Russ (L, 1-5) allowed only two unearned runs over his six innings. Russ permitted two hits, but an error in the Biscuits' second inning proved costly. After a one-out double by Nowak, shortstop Rex Rundgren muffed a grounder allowing both runners to reach, then a sacrifice fly by Josh Arhart tied the game while Josh Asanovich doubled home the go-ahead run.
Montgomery assumed a two-game lead in the Southern Division with nine to play as Jacksonville blew a 3-1 ninth inning lead in Mobile, losing 4-3. Meanwhile, Carolina's elimination number for the playoffs dropped to six with Saturday night's defeat.
Chris Seddon (6-9) makes his second start this season against his former 2007 club, opposing Montgomery's Jake McGee Sunday at 6:05 PM ET.
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1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
R |
H |
E |
| Carolina |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
| Montgomery |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
x |
6 |
5 |
0 |
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| Carolina |
AVG |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
PO |
A |
| Brinkley, D, LF |
.255 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Raburn, RF |
.218 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| Lambin, 2B |
.276 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| Mitchell, 3B |
.291 |
3 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
| Psomas, 1B |
.234 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
4 |
0 |
| Miller, CF |
.267 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
0 |
| Moore, DH |
.226 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| Hayes, C |
.245 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
1 |
| Rundgren, SS |
.216 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
| Russ, J, P |
.133 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Dorman, P |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Yourkin, P |
.000 |
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 |
| Totals |
.248 |
30 |
1 |
5 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
4 |
13 |
24 |
3 |
BATTING
2B: Raburn (7, Meek).
TB: Brinkley, D; Raburn 2; Mitchell 2; Moore.
RBI: Miller (56).
2-out RBI: Miller.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Moore 2; Lambin 2; Hayes.
S: Lambin (off Davis).
Team RISP: 0-for-5.
Team LOB: 8.
BASERUNNING
SB: Hayes (2, 2nd base off Davis/Arhart).
FIELDING
E: Rundgren (11, fielding).
DP: (Hayes-Lambin).
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| Montgomery |
AVG |
AB |
R |
H |
2B |
3B |
HR |
RBI |
BB |
SO |
PO |
A |
| Perez, F, CF |
.298 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Hughes, 1B |
.295 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
6 |
1 |
| 1-Badeaux, PR-LF |
.274 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Brignac, R, SS |
.256 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
| Jaso, J, DH |
.319 |
4 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| Martinez, LF-1B |
.267 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
| Nowak, 3B |
.295 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| Andrus, Er, RF |
.233 |
4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| Arhart, C |
.201 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
13 |
1 |
| Asanovich, 2B |
.237 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| Davis, P |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| Meek, P |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| De Los Santos, P |
.000 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Totals |
.266 |
28 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
5 |
4 |
27 |
9 |
1-Ran for Hughes in the 8th. |
BATTING
2B: Nowak 2 (15, Russ, J, Nestor), Asanovich (17, Russ, J), Jaso, J (23, Yourkin).
TB: Jaso, J 2; Martinez; Nowak 4; Asanovich 2.
RBI: Arhart (15), Asanovich (27), Jaso, J (71), Martinez (76), Nowak 2 (45).
2-out RBI: Asanovich.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Perez, F; Arhart 2; Asanovich.
SF: Arhart (off Russ, J).
Team RISP: 3-for-12.
Team LOB: 5.
BASERUNNING
SB: Nowak (18, 2nd base off Dorman/Hayes).
CS: Hughes (1, 2nd base by Russ, J/Hayes).
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| Carolina |
ERA |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
BF |
| Russ, J (L, 1-5) |
3.69 |
6.0 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
23 |
| Dorman |
4.50 |
1.0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
| Yourkin |
5.33 |
0.1 |
2 |
3 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
| Nestor |
4.58 |
0.2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| Totals |
4.23 |
8.0 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
4 |
0 |
35 |
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| Montgomery |
ERA |
IP |
H |
R |
ER |
BB |
SO |
HR |
BF |
| Davis (W, 6-3) |
3.03 |
6.0 |
3 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
8 |
0 |
26 |
| Meek |
4.65 |
2.0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
7 |
| De Los Santos |
3.05 |
1.0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| Totals |
4.08 |
9.0 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
13 |
0 |
36 |
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Dorman pitched to 1 batter in the 8th.
Team ER: off Carolina 4, off Montgomery 1.
BB: off Russ, J 3 (Brignac, R, Hughes, Martinez), Dorman 2 (Nowak, Perez, F), off Davis 4 (Raburn, Mitchell, Hayes, Raburn).
SO: by Russ, J 3 (Jaso, J, Brignac, R, Andrus, Er), Nestor 1 (Arhart), by Davis 8 (Psomas, Moore, Rundgren, Brinkley, D, Psomas, Moore, Psomas, Miller), Meek 4 (Rundgren, Lambin, Psomas, Miller), De Los Santos 1 (Moore).
WP: Meek.
HB: Hughes (by Yourkin), Miller (by Davis).
Inherited runners-scored: Yourkin 1-1, Nestor 2-2.
Umpires: HP: Doug Levy. 1B: Manuel Gonzalez. 2B: . 3B: Chris Ward.
Official Scorer: Andy Potter.
Weather: 81 degrees, drizzle.
Wind: 10 mph, In from RF.
T: 2:48 (:12 delay).
Att: 6,217.
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