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Carolina Mudcats (43-37) 5, Huntsville Stars (46-34) 2

Zebulon, NC --- Carolina scored three runs in the fourth inning to give them the lead over Huntsville, and went on to beat the Stars 5-2 Friday night in front of 4,958 fans at Five County Stadium.

Chris Volstad (W,4-3) pitched six innings for Carolina, giving up three hits and two runs, one of them earned.

Trailing 1-0 in the bottom half of the fourth inning, Carolina (5-5) used four hits to take a 3-1 lead. Andy Jenkins hit a lead-off single to right, followed by a double to left from Manuel Mayorson to give Carolina runners on second and third with nobody out. Brett Hayes hit a sacrifice fly to right field to score Jenkins, and Grant Psomas hit a triple to center field to score Mayorson. John Raynor then singled to left field to score Psomas to cap off the inning.

Donovan Hand (L,0-2) pitched six and a third innings for the Stars, surrendering five runs on nine hits.

After After two perfect innings from Carolina reliever Jarrett Santos, Chris Mobley (S,12) came on to earn the save.

Carolina will send Brett Sinkbeil (3-7,5.89) to the mound against Nic Ungs of Huntsville at 7:15 ET.


June 27, 2008

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Huntsville       0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 3 0
Carolina       0 0 0 3 0 0 2 0 x 5 10 1



Huntsville AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Rodriguez, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .214
Escobar, SS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 .326
Gamel, 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 .371
Salome, C 4 0 1 1 0 1 0 .344
LaPorta, RF 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 .297
Gillespie, LF 2 0 0 0 2 0 2 .272
Errecart, 1B 4 0 0 0 0 2 4 .280
Parejo, CF 4 0 0 0 0 0 5 .298
Hand, P 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Aguilar, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 31 2 3 1 3 3 12 .296
 
 
 
 
BATTING
3B: Gamel (6, Volstad).
TB: Gamel 3; Salome; LaPorta.
RBI: Salome (52).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Parejo 4.
Team LOB: 6.

BASERUNNING
SB: Gillespie (8, 2nd base off Volstad/Hayes), LaPorta (2, 3rd base off Volstad/Hayes).

FIELDING
Outfield assists: Gillespie (Raynor at 2nd base).

Carolina AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Raynor, RF 4 1 2 1 0 0 0 .289
Maybin, CF 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 .267
Coghlan, 3B-2B 3 0 2 0 1 0 1 .304
Concepcion, 1B 3 0 0 1 0 0 3 .263
Jenkins, LF 4 1 2 1 0 1 1 .242
Mayorson, 2B-SS 4 1 2 0 0 1 2 .295
Hayes, C 3 0 0 1 0 0 1 .247
Psomas, SS 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 .107
  Santos, P 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333
  Mobley, C, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Volstad, P 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 .211
  Sanchez, G, 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .315
Totals 31 5 10 5 3 2 11 .256
 
 
BATTING
2B: Maybin (11, Hand), Mayorson (24, Hand).
3B: Psomas (1, Hand).
TB: Raynor 2; Maybin 2; Coghlan 2; Jenkins 2; Mayorson 3; Psomas 3.
RBI: Hayes (17), Psomas (4), Raynor (26), Concepcion (17), Jenkins (33).
2-out RBI: Raynor; Jenkins.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Concepcion; Volstad; Jenkins; Mayorson.
SF: Hayes; Concepcion.
Team LOB: 7.

BASERUNNING
SB: Mayorson 2 (18, 2nd base off Hand/Salome, 3rd base off Hand/Salome), Maybin (16, 2nd base off Hand/Salome), Coghlan (16, 2nd base off Hand/Salome), Raynor (29, 3rd base off Hand/Salome).

FIELDING
E: Psomas (1, fielding).


Huntsville IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Hand (L, 0-2) 6.1 9 5 5 3 2 0 5.03
Aguilar  1.2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4.26
Totals 8.0 10 5 5 3 2 0 4.07
 
Carolina IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Volstad (W, 4-3) 6.0 3 2 1 3 2 0 3.28
Santos (H, 3) 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2.63
Mobley, C (S, 12) 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2.70
Totals 9.0 3 2 1 3 3 0 4.05

IBB: Coghlan (by Hand).
HBP: LaPorta (by Mobley, C).
Ground outs-fly outs: Hand 6-10, Aguilar 2-3, Volstad 8-8, Santos 3-2, Mobley, C 3-0.
Batters faced: Hand 30, Aguilar 6, Volstad 25, Santos 6, Mobley, C 4.
Inherited runners-scored: Aguilar 3-2.
Umpires: HP: Chris Ward. 1B: Karl Best. 2B: . 3B: .
Weather: 96 degrees, clear.
Wind: 10 mph, Varies.
T: 2:19.
Att: 4,958.


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