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Huntsville Stars (45-33) 7, Carolina Mudcats (42-36) 6

Zebulon, NC --- Freddy Parejo hit a pinch-hit double in the top of the ninth to score Mat Gamel and lift the Huntsville Stars past the Carolina Mudcats 7-6 in front of 4,656 fans on Wednesday night at Five County Stadium.

Trailing 1-0 going into the second inning, Huntsville scored four runs to take a 4-1 lead, all the runs coming with two outs. The inning was highlighted by a two-run home run by Chris Errecart to score Mike Bell, as well as a double to left field from Alcides Escobar to score two more for the Stars.

Carolina (4-4) rallied back in the bottom of the third, scoring three runs to tie the game. The first run came off of an RBI single from Cameron Maybin to score John Raynor, and the Mudcats scored two more when Andy Jenkins doubled to score Gaby Sanchez and Alberto Concepcion.

Huntsville (4-4) scored two more runs in the top half of the sixth to reclaim the lead, only to have Carolina respond with two of their own in the bottom half.

Carolina starting pitcher Rick Vanden Hurk pitched five innings, allowing nine hits and four runs.

Huntsville starting pitcher David Welch pitched five and two-thirds innings, giving up eight hits and six runs, five of them earned.

Jason Shiell (W,2-1) pitched two scoreless innings for Huntsville to earn the win for Huntsville.

Juan Sandoval (S,7) came pitched the ninth inning for the Stars, retiring three Carolina hitters in order.

Tim Corcoran (L,0-1) pitched one scoreless inning in his Mudcats' debut before giving up the game winning run in the ninth.

Daniel Barone (3-1,2.38) will make the start for Carolina against Brae Wright (5-6,3.77) of Huntsville at 7:15 ET.


June 25, 2008

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Huntsville       0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 13 2
Carolina       1 0 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 9 0



Huntsville AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Brantley, CF 4 2 2 1 1 0 1 .320
Escobar, SS 5 0 1 2 0 0 3 .326
Gamel, 3B 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 .373
Salome, C 3 0 0 0 1 0 2 .346
LaPorta, RF 5 0 1 0 0 1 4 .292
Gillespie, LF 5 0 1 0 0 2 4 .277
Bell, 2B 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .268
  Shiell, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  a-Parejo, PH 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 .305
  Sandoval, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Errecart, 1B 4 2 2 2 1 0 2 .282
Welch, P 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 .333
  Johnson, D, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Rodriguez, 2B 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .227
Totals 37 7 13 7 4 4 20 .298
 
a-Doubled for Shiell in the 9th.
 
BATTING
2B: Bell (16, VandenHurk), Escobar (10, VandenHurk), Gillespie (25, VandenHurk), Brantley (15, Yourkin), Parejo (7, Corcoran).
HR: Errecart (12, 2nd inning off VandenHurk, 1 on, 2 out).
TB: Brantley 3; Escobar 2; Gamel 2; LaPorta; Gillespie 2; Bell 3; Parejo 2; Errecart 5; Welch.
RBI: Errecart 2 (31), Escobar 2 (47), Brantley (34), Gamel (67), Parejo (24).
2-out RBI: Errecart 2; Escobar 2; Gamel; Parejo.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Gamel; Escobar; Bell; LaPorta; Errecart 2.
S: Welch 2.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Brantley (24, 3rd base off Yourkin/Davis).

FIELDING
E: Gamel 2 (21, throw, throw).
Pickoffs: Welch (Maybin at 1st base).

Carolina AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Raynor, RF 5 1 1 1 0 1 2 .287
Maybin, CF 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 .270
Sanchez, G, 3B 3 2 1 0 2 0 1 .319
Concepcion, 1B 5 1 2 1 0 1 2 .271
Jenkins, LF 4 0 1 2 0 0 3 .232
Psomas, SS 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .080
  Yourkin, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Santos, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500
  a-Harvey, PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .145
  Corcoran, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Mayorson, 2B-SS 4 1 2 0 0 0 1 .295
Davis, C 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 .184
VandenHurk, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143
  Coghlan, 2B 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .298
Totals 35 6 9 5 3 3 15 .256
 
a-Flied out for Santos in the 7th.
 
BATTING
2B: Concepcion 2 (7, Welch, Welch), Mayorson 2 (23, Welch, Welch), Raynor (16, Welch), Jenkins (10, Welch), Coghlan (22, Shiell).
TB: Raynor 2; Maybin; Sanchez, G; Concepcion 4; Jenkins 2; Mayorson 4; Coghlan 2.
RBI: Concepcion (16), Maybin (36), Jenkins 2 (32), Raynor (25).
2-out RBI: Concepcion.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Jenkins; VandenHurk; Mayorson; Psomas 2; Sanchez, G; Raynor.
S: Davis; Coghlan.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Raynor 2 (28, 2nd base off Welch/Salome, 3rd base off Johnson, D/Salome), Sanchez, G (15, 2nd base off Welch/Salome), Maybin (15, 3rd base off Welch/Salome).
CS: Maybin (5, 2nd base by Welch/Salome).
PO: Maybin (1st base by Welch).


Huntsville IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Welch  5.2 8 6 5 3 2 0 3.62
Johnson, D  0.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 7.03
Shiell (W, 2-1) 2.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1.74
Sandoval (S, 7) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3.46
Totals 9.0 9 6 5 3 3 0 4.09
Carolina IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
VandenHurk  5.0 9 4 4 2 2 1 5.13
Yourkin  1.0 2 2 2 2 0 0 5.97
Santos  1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.84
Corcoran (L, 0-1) 2.0 2 1 1 0 2 0 4.50
Totals 9.0 13 7 7 4 4 1 4.05

HBP: Salome (by Corcoran).
Ground outs-fly outs: Welch 5-9, Johnson, D 1-0, Shiell 2-3, Sandoval 0-3, VandenHurk 5-7, Yourkin 2-1, Santos 2-1, Corcoran 3-1.
Batters faced: Welch 29, Johnson, D 1, Shiell 7, Sandoval 3, VandenHurk 25, Yourkin 7, Santos 3, Corcoran 9.
Inherited runners-scored: Johnson, D 1-0.
Umpires: HP: Karl Best. 1B: Nicholas Nolde. 2B: . 3B: Chris Ward.
Weather: 94 degrees, clear.
Wind: 5 mph, Varies.
T: 3:09.
Att: 4,656.


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