Mudcats Nearly No-Hit in 2-1 Loss to Astros
BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Buies Creek starter Cristian Javier tossed six no-hit innings and struck out five while leading the Astros to a series clinching 2-1 victory versus the Mudcats on Wednesday night at Jim Perry Stadium.
BUIES CREEK, N.C. - Buies Creek starter
Javier (1-0, 1.00) earned the win for the Astros (36-29) in what was his first start of the season with Buies Creek. He was recently called up from Low-A Quad Cities and went on to stifle the Mudcats (30-35) while working through the sixth on 90 pitches,
Javier did walk the leadoff batter in both the second and third, but escaped both innings unscathed. In all, he walked three, hit one and struck out five all while no-hitting the Mudcats through the sixth.
Reliever
Saldana also finished with three strikeouts and earned his first hold before giving way to
The Astros led 1-0 after three and later added one more run in the sixth after putting together a rally against reliever
Kirby went on to work through two scoreless frames before allowing a two-out RBI single to
Reliever
Carolina answered with their lone run in the eighth, but that would be all as they lost the final game of the series. The also lost the second game of Tuesday's doubleheader and ended up losing the series two games to one. Carolina will next head to Myrtle Beach at just 1-2 in their first half concluding eight game road trip.
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