Mudcats offense shut down
August 26, 2007 - Southern League (SL1)
Carolina Mudcats News Release
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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