June 22 - Mudcats Game Notes

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CAROLINA MUDCATS (MILWAUKEE BREWERS) at BUIES CREEK ASTROS (HOUSTON ASTROS)
Friday, June 22, 2018 | 6:00 PM | Game 72, Away Game 38 | at Jim Perry Stadium | Buies Creek, NC
RADIO: WDWG, The Big Dawg 98.5 FM
STREAMING AUDIO: www.carolinamudcats.com, TuneIn Radio
STREAMING VIDEO: N/A
Overall Record: CAR: 34-37; BC: 38-32
Streaks: CAR: L1; BC: W1
Last 10 Games: CAR: 5-5, BC: 5-5
Home Record: CAR: 19-15; BC: 21-14
Road Record: CAR: 15-22; BC: 17-18
Division Record: CAR: 25-33; BC: 25-21
Current Series: BC leads 1-0 (of 2)
Season Series: BC leads 8-6 (of 28)
CAR v. OPP: 1-3 @CAR (11), 5-5 @OPP (17)

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTERS:
FRI, 6/22, 6:00 PM: Carolina RHP Braden Webb (3-5, 4.50) at Buies Creek RHP Tyler Ivey (0-1, 4.50)
SAT, 6/23, 5:00 PM: Carolina TBD at Buies Creek TBD
TONIGHT: The Mudcats continue a two game road trip with game two of two at Buies Creek tonight against the Astros. Tonight's game is the 15th of 28 total meetings between the two teams this season. Carolina is currently 6-8 overall, 1-3 at home and 5-5 on road against the Astros this season.
ICYMI: Buies Creek pitchers Cristian Javier and Hector Perez combined to hold the Mudcats to just one run on three hits while pitching the Astros to a 7-1 win in Thursday's second half opener at Jim Perry Stadium. Abraham Toro paced the Astros offense by going 2-for-3 with two runs, a double and home run.
STARTING OFF: RHP Braden Webb has tonight's game two of two start versus the Astros at Buies Creek. Webb is currently 3-5 this season and has pitched to a 4.50 ERA over 12 starts this season. He has also totaled 57 strikeouts, 32 walks and a .237 average against over 54.0 innings this season. Webb went 2-1 with a 2.00 ERA and 30 strikeouts over 27.0 innings in May, but is 0-2 with a 5.06 ERA over three starts so far in June. Webb last started on 6/14 in Myrtle Beach and allowed just one run on two hits over 5.2 innings. He also walked five, but totaled a career high 10 strikeouts while pitching into the sixth on 98 pitches.
WHERE THEY RANK: LHP Cam Roegner is currently 1st in the Carolina League in earned run average (1.65), 3rd in innings pitched (76.1), 4th in WHIP (1.05) and 4th among starts in fewest baserunners/9ip (9.79)… INF Tucker Neuhaus (90) leads CL in most strikeouts… RHP Luke Barker is tied for the CL lead in games (23) and is 2nd among relievers in lowest against (.156). Barker is also leading CL relievers in fewest baserunners/9ip (7.13).
TRENDING: Dallas Carroll is 5-for-17 over his lat five games and is batting .294/.368/.588 with a .957 OPS since June 15 (2 2B, 1 HR, 2 RBI)… Cooper Hummel is batting .290/.421/.484 over his last 10 games (9-for-31, 6 R, 2 HR, 9 RBI)… Ryan Aguilar is 0-for-11 with three walks and three strikeouts over his last five games… Joangtel Segovia is 2-for-34 with zero runs and 10 strikeouts over his last 10 games.
MUDDIES ON THE POND: Carolina is batting a CL low .232 (.664 OPS) with runners on base. The Mudcats are also 9th in the CL when batting with runners in scoring position (.239, .705 OPS) and 9th in the CL when batting with RISP/2-outs (.218, .671 OPS) this season.
HITS AND Ks: The Carolina offense has totaled 147 more strikeouts than hits (673 SO, 526 H) so far this season. Carolina's difference in strikeouts over hits is currently the 2nd largest in MiLB. Since 1991, only the 2017 and 2007 Mudcats have finished a season with more strikeouts than hits. Carolina totaled 164 more strikeouts than hits in 2017 (1,245 SO [franchise record], 1,081 H) and 70 more strikeouts than hits in 2007 (1,219 SO, 1,149 H).
STINGY MAY: Carolina pitchers combined to pitch to a Carolina League best 2.65 ERA in May (258.1 IP, 105 BB, 255 SO, .225 AVG). They also went 16-13 in May, while the offense totaled 20 home runs, 4.48 runs/game and a .245 average (.702 OPS).
JUNE GLOOM: Carolina is collectively batting a Carolina League worst .183 in June. They also own a -13 run differential and have averaged just 3.28 runs per game since June 1 and since Keston Hiura was promoted to Double-A... Carolina's .183 average in June is the lowest for a full-season MiLB team between 6/1 and 6/21 according to MLBfarm.com.
ON THE LISTS: The Mudcats roster currently features several of the Brewers top 30 prospects as ranked by Baseball America; including RHP Phil Bickford (No. 17), C Mario Feliciano (No. 20) and LHP Nathan Kirby (No. 27)... Mario Feliciano is also currently rated as the No. 14 prospect in the Brewers system by MLBPipeline.com.
THE MUDCATS HAVE…
... Stranded the 3rd most base runners in the CL (499).
... Averaged the 3rd fewest runs per game in the CL (4.00).
... Totaled the 3rd fewest runs (281) in the CL this season.
... Allowed the 2nd fewest runs (272) in the CL this season.
... Totaled the worst K% in the CL this season (25.9%).
... Converted 55% of save opp. (17 SV, 31 SVO); 10th in CL.
... Totaled a CL leading 42 caught steals (.433 - 2nd in CL).
... Averaged the longest 9-inn. game times in the CL; 3:02 (h:mm)
... Not made the playoffs since the 2008 season.
... Not made the playoffs during their Carolina League era.
... Been in Zebulon, NC since 1991 (28th season).
... Been in the Carolina League since 2012 (7th season).
ALUMNI REPORT: Luis Aviles Jr. (2017-18) went 1-for-3 with a strikeout and an error in his Double-A debut last night with the Biloxi Shuckers.