8/4: Mudcats at Dash Game Notes

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CAROLINA MUDCATS (MILWAUKEE BREWERS) at WINSTON-SALEM DASH (CHICAGO WHITE SOX)
Sunday, August 4, 2019 | 2:00 PM | Game 113, Away Game 56 | BB&T Ballpark (5,500) | Winston-Salem, NC
RADIO: WDWG, 98.5 FM The Big Dawg
STREAMING AUDIO:carolinamudcats.com via TuneIn Radio
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Overall Record: CAR: 57-55; WS: 58-48
Streaks: CAR: L1; WS: W1
Last 10 Games: CAR: 2-8, WS: 6-4
Home Record: CAR: 33-24; WS: 29-25
Road Record: CAR: 24-31; WS: 29-23
Division Record: CAR: 22-33; WS: 23-22
Current Series: Tied 1-1 (of 3)
Season Series: WS leads 6-4 (of 14)
CAR v. OPP: 2-2 @CAR (7), 2-4 @OPP (7)

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTING PITCHERS...
SUN, 8/4 at WS, 2:00 PM: Carolina LHP Aaron Ashby (2-5, 3.55) at Winston-Salem RHP Jonathan Stiever (4-3, 2.20)
MON, 8/5: Off
TUE, 8/6 at DE, 7:00 PM: Carolina RHP Nelson Hernandez (10-8, 4.33) at Down East TBA
TODAY: Following yesterday's series tying 6-4 loss to the Dash, the Mudcats continue a six game, seven day, road trip today with the finale of a three game series at BB&T Ballpark versus the Winston-Salem Dash... The Dash leveled the series at a game apiece with a 6-4 victory in yesterday's middle game of the three game series... The Dash lead the overall season series 6-4, having gone 4-2 versus the Mudcats in Winston-Salem and 2-2 versus Carolina in Zebulon this season... Today's game is the third of six second half meetings between the two teams and the 11th of 14 total meetings between the two Southern Division rivals this season.
ICYMI: Brice Turang went 2-for-4 with two runs batted in, Mario Feliciano drove in a run while going 1-for-3 and Wes Rogers went 2-for-4 with a double, but the Dash scored six early runs while holding off the Mudcats with a series tying 6-4 victory on Saturday at BB&T Ballpark in Winston-Salem. The Dash scored early and often in Saturday's middle game of the three-game series as they scored four times in the first before scoring two more runs in the second while taking an early 6-0 lead against starter Matt Smith and the Mudcats. Carolina eventually rallied back with two runs in the fifth and two runs in the eighth while scoring four unanswered runs before eventually falling 6-4.
ABOUT THE LAST ONE: The Mudcats were outscored 6-0 over the first two innings of yesterday's loss to the Dash in Winston-Salem. Carolina has additionally been outscored 15-6 in the first inning and 32-18 over the first three innings of their last 23 games (since 7/10, overall Carolina is 6-17 in that same span).
TODAY'S STARTING PITCHER...
Aaron Ashby: 2-5, 3.55 ERA, 9/9 G/GS, 50.2 IP, 25 BB, 40 SO, 1.30 WHIP
Last start, 7/30 vs. DE: ND, 6.0 IP, 8 H, 2 R, 2 ER, 2 BB, 6 SO, 93 pitches
vs. Left: .125 BAA, 6-for-48, 5 BB, 16 SO | vs. Right: .261 BAA, 20 BB, 24 SO
Led Midwest League in strikeouts (80) before promotion to High-A on 6/13
OF LATE: The Mudcats have gone just 6-17 since 7/10 and since starting the second half at 12-8 over their first 20 games following the All-Star break (6/20-7/9)... The Mudcats have also combined to hit just .201 with 2.7 runs/game and a run differential of -22 runs since 7/10.
IN JULY: Carolina started July at 6-3 while batting .275 with 5.6 runs/game and a staff ERA of 2.92 between 7/1 & 7/9. They went on to finish July, however, at just 4-16 with a team batting average of .184, 2.4 runs/game and a 3.75 ERA between 7/10 & 7/31.
WHERE THEY RANK: Mario Feliciano is 1st in the CL in home runs (16), 2nd in RBI (71), 2nd in slugging (.463), 8th in OPS (.784), 7th in hits (105), 1st in extra-base hits (40) and tied for 1st in total bases (180)... Payton Henry is tied for 8th in the CL in home runs (10) and 6th in RBI (61)... Tristen Lutz is tied for 8th in the CL in home runs (10), tied for 6th in XBH (33) and 3rd in runs (56)... Matt Hardy is currently tied for 7th in the CL in wins (7) and tied for 8th in games (32)... Cody Beckman is currently 2nd in the CL in games (34)... J.T. Hintzen and Michael Petersen are tied for 5th in the CL in games (33)... Noah Zavolas is currently 2nd in the CL in ERA (2.93), 1st in innings pitched (129.0) and 1st in WHIP (1.11). Zavolas is also 1st in the CL in FIP (3.12), 2nd in xFIP (3.34), 1st in BB/9 (1.47) and 2nd in K/BB (4.67)... Matt Smith is currently 3rd in the CL in ERA (3.69), tied for 4th in K/BB (2.81) and 2nd in LOB% (74.2%).
ROAD WOES: The Mudcats had lost nine straight road games before Friday's 2-1 victory in Winston-Salem. Carolina is, however, just 2-14 over the club's last 16 road games. They are also just 5-15 away from home since the All-Star break... Carolina started the season 16-11 over their first eight road series, but have gone 7-18 since. Overall Carolina is 24-30 on the road this season.
HEATING UP:Zach Clark has hit safely in five straight and is batting .368/.429/.368 with a .797 OPS during that same span (7-for-19, 1 R, 2 RBI, 2 BB, 4 SO)... Tristen Lutz has hit safely in four of his last six games and is batting .360/.385/.480 with a .865 OPS over that same span (9-for-25, 3 R, 1 HR, 3 RBI). Lutz has also totaled seven hits over his last three games after going 4-for-5 on 8/1 and 3-for-5 on 8/2... Mario Feliciano has hit safely in six of his last seven games and is batting .370/.433/.556 with a .989 OPS over that same span (10-for-27, 7 R, 2 2B, 1 HR, 3 BB, 7 SO).
STREAKS OF NOTE: Phil Bickford has pitched through 10.0 consecutive scoreless innings (4 BB, 15 SO) and six straight scoreless appearances... Rob Henry started the season with 6 home runs over his first 16 games, but has not homered since 4/19 in Salem while going 57 games without a home run. Henry has also gone 18 straight and 51 AB without a RBI (last RBI on 7/7 vs. LYN)... Devin Hairston has played through 45 straight games without an error.
KINGS OF THE NORTH: The Mudcats are currently 35-22 versus Carolina League Northern Division teams this season. They have also gone 17-8 versus Northern Division teams since 6/11 (at FRE)... The Mudcats are, however, just 7-25 vs. Southern Division teams since 5/24 (vs. DE, 3.5 G back of first before 5/24) and had suffered nine straight losses in games versus Southern Division teams (6/16 vs. WS - 7/3 at MB) before defeating the Pelicans 3-2 on 7/19 in Zebulon. 
BACK STOP SPLITS: Payton Henry and Mario Feliciano have split catching duties this season with Henry starting 56 games behind the plate and Feliciano starting 53 games at catcher... The Carolina pitching staff is 31-26 and has totaled a 3.51 ERA (2.9 BB/9, 8.7 SO/9) in games started by and caught by Henry... Carolina's pitchers are 25-28 with a 4.17 ERA (3.1 BB/9, 7.9 SO/9) in games caught by Feliciano.
ALL THE Ks: The Carolina offense has combined to total a Carolina League high 1,130 strikeouts this season (6th most in MiLB). The Mudcats are on pace to set both a CL and franchise record for most strikeouts for the third straight season. Carolina batters combined to total a CL and franchise record 1,311 strikeouts last season; breaking the previous CL and franchise record of 1,245 SO set by Carolina in 2017.
THE TOP 30: The Carolina roster currently features five of Milwaukee's Top 30 prospects (as rated by MLBPipeline.com) including No. 1 INF Brice Turang, No. 2 OF Tristen Lutz, No. 8 LHP Aaron Ashby, No. 9 C Mario Feliciano and No. 16 C Payton Henry.
THE MUDCATS HAVE…
... played in Zebulon, NC since 1991 (29th season).
... played in the Carolina League since 2012 (8th season).
... been an affiliate of the Brewers since 2017 (3rd season).
... not made the playoffs since the 2008 season.
... not made the playoffs during their Carolina League era.
... operated under the ownership of the Brewers since Oct. 2017.