May 18 - Mudcats at Woodpeckers - Game Notes
DOWNLOAD THE FULL GAME NOTES PACKETCAROLINA MUDCATS (MILWAUKEE BREWERS) at FAYETTEVILLE WOODPECKERS (HOUSTON ASTROS)Saturday, May 18, 2019 | 5:00 PM | Game 42, Away Game 26 | Segra Stadium | Fayetteville, NCRADIO: WDWG, The Big Dawg 98.5 FMSTREAMING AUDIO:carolinamudcats.com via TuneIn RadioSTREAMING VIDEO: MiLB.tvOverall Record: CAR: 25-16; FAY: 19-22Streaks: CAR:
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CAROLINA MUDCATS (MILWAUKEE BREWERS) at FAYETTEVILLE WOODPECKERS (HOUSTON ASTROS)
Saturday, May 18, 2019 | 5:00 PM | Game 42, Away Game 26 | Segra Stadium | Fayetteville, NC
RADIO: WDWG, The Big Dawg 98.5 FM
STREAMING AUDIO:carolinamudcats.com via TuneIn Radio
STREAMING VIDEO: MiLB.tv
Overall Record: CAR: 25-16; FAY: 19-22
Streaks: CAR: W2; FAY: L1
Last 10 Games: CAR: 7-3, FAY: 4-6
Home Record: CAR: 10-6; FAY: 10-9
Road Record: CAR: 15-10; FAY: 9-13
Division Record: CAR: 14-7; FAY: 7-14
Current Series: CAR leads 1-0 (of 3)
Season Series: CAR leads 7-4 (of 20)
CAR v. OPP: 4-2 @CAR (10), 3-2 @OPP (10)
UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTERS:
SAT, 5/18 at FAY, 5:00 PM: Carolina RHP
SUN, 5/19 at FAY, 2:00 PM: Carolina RHP
MON, 5/20 vs. LYN, 7:00 PM: Lynchburg TBA at Carolina RHP
TONIGHT: Winners of two straight, the Mudcats take on the Fayetteville Woodpeckers tonight in game two of a three game series at Segra Stadium in Fayetteville. Carolina last night's series opener 9-2 to take a 1-0 lead in the series and improve to 3-2 in the club's current road trip... The Mudcats also enter tonights' game at 7-4 overall this season in game against the Woodpeckers, having won two three game home series (2-1) from 4/15-4/17 and 5/7-5/9 and splitting a four game road series (2-2) in Fayetteville (first home games in Segra Stadium history) between 4/18-4/21. Tonight's game is also the 12th of 13 first half games and 20 overall this season between the two teams.
ICYMI:
ABOUT THE LAST ONE: The Mudcats broke a streak of four straight games without a home run after clubbing two in last night's 9-2 victory in Fayetteville... The Mudcats homered twice last night (Segovia and Feliciano) and have now totaled nine home runs over five games played in Fayetteville this season.
TONIGHT'S CAROLINA MUDCATS STARTER...
Nelson Hernandez: 4-1, 4.97 ERA, 8 GS, 41.2 IP, 16 BB, 34 SO
Last outing: 5/13 at LYN, L, 6.0 IP, 5 H, 4 ER, 2 BB, 2 SO, 87 pitches
Mudcats are 7-1 in starts made by Hernandez in 2019.
TRENDING:
THREE TRUE OUTCOMES: Home runs, walks and strikeouts have accounted for 40.8% of Carolina's plate appearances this season; tied with Wilmington for the highest such percentage of the three true outcomes in the Carolina League this season... Mario Feliciano (46.2%), Tristen Lutz (44.7%),
BACK STOP SPLITS: Payton Henry and Mario Feliciano have split catching duties this season with Henry totaling 21 games behind the plate and Feliciano catching 20 games... The Carolina pitching staff is 13-8 and has totaled a 3.05 ERA (3.0 BB/9, 8.9 SO/9) in games caught by Henry. The Mudcats have additionally won five straight games caught by Henry... Carolina's pitchers are 12-8 with a 4.29 ERA (3.0 BB/9, 8.3 SO/9) in games caught by Feliciano.
WHAT IF: Having totaled just 100 plate appearances,
WHERE THEY RANK: Joantgel Segovia is currently 6th in the CL in average (.317), 9th in OBP (.393), 5th in SLG (.476), 5th in OPS (.869), tied for 5th in hits (46) and 5th in runs (26)... Ryan Aguilar is currently 4th in the CL in OBP (.418), 2nd in runs (28) and 3rd in walks (27)... Mario Feliciano is currently tied for 4th in the CL in home runs (7), tied for 4th in RBI (29), 9th in slugging (.454) and tied for 7th in total bases (64)... Payton Henry is currently 7th in the CL in RBI (26). Henry is also 2nd in the CL in most caught steals having caught 19 of 43 (44.2%) would-be base stealers... Rob Henry is currently tied for 6th in the CL in homers (6)...
ALL THE Ks: Carolina batters have combined to total a CL high 450 strikeouts this season and are on pace for 1,526 strikeouts this season. Carolina batters combined to total a Carolina League and franchise record 1,311 strikeouts during the 2018 season; breaking the previous Carolina League and franchise record of 1,245 SO set by the Mudcats during the 2017 season.
FIRST QUARTER: The Mudcats went 21-14 over their first 35 games, or first quarter, of the 2019 season. That 21-14 (.600) matches the 1994 Mudcats for the fourth best first 35-game record in team history. The 1995 and 2005 Mudcats own the franchise's best first 35-game team record in franchise history after both clubs started their respective seasons at 24-11.
THE SKIPPER: Manager Joe Ayrault is in his third season as Manager of the Mudcats and his eighth season overall as Manager of Milwaukee's High-A affiliate. Ayrault is currently second on Carolina's all-time managerial wins list and second all-time in games managed in Carolina...
MANAGER W L PCT G SEASONS
David Bell 176 239 .424 415 2009-11 (3)
Joe Ayrault 163 154 .514 317 2017-Present (3)
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).
... operated under the ownership of the Brewers since Oct. 2017.
... not made the playoffs since the 2008 season.
... not made the playoffs during their Carolina League era.