Offense Lifts Mudcats Past Delmarva

April 17, 2025

Carolina Mudcats 10 - Delmarva Shorebirds 1

Box Score

ZEBULON, N.C. - The Carolina Mudcats scored 10 unanswered runs, including four runs in the fourth inning as they rolled past the Delmarva Shorebirds 10-1 on Thursday night at Five County Stadium.

Carolina (10-2) entered the fourth inning leading by a run and added to the lead scoring four times in the frame. Blayberg Diaz got the party started with a RBI double to right field, his second RBI hit of the game.

Luiyin Alastre then provided a two-run single and Jesus Made capped the scoring with an RBI hit and gave the Mudcats a 6-2 advantage.

Carolina would add on, scoring twice in the sixth and the eighth innings as Diaz finished the game 4-for-4 with a double, three singles and two RBI.

Delmarva (4-8) took a 1-0 lead in the first inning when Kevin Guerrero double off the right field wall, but the lead was short-lived as the Mudcats went on to rally.

Once again on Thursday, the Carolina bullpen was outstanding as Anfernny Reyes (W, 1-0) and Tanner Gillis (S, 1) combined to work 5.1 shutout innings to preserve the win.

With the victory, the Mudcats record their 500^th win as an affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers, a relationship that began with the 2017 season.

The series is set to continue Friday night at Five County Stadium with first pitch set for 6:30 P.M. Carolina will send RHP Travis Smith (0-0, 3.60) to the mound while Delmarva gives the ball to RHP Keeler Morfe (0-2, 45.00).