May 19 - Mudcats at Woodpeckers - Game Notes

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CAROLINA MUDCATS (MILWAUKEE BREWERS) at FAYETTEVILLE WOODPECKERS (HOUSTON ASTROS)
Sunday, May 19, 2019 | 2:00 PM | Game 43, Away Game 27 | 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: 26-16; FAY: 19-23
Streaks: CAR: W3; FAY: L2
Last 10 Games: CAR: 7-3, FAY: 4-6
Home Record: CAR: 10-6; FAY: 10-10
Road Record: CAR: 16-10; FAY: 9-13
Division Record: CAR: 15-7; FAY: 7-15
Current Series: CAR leads 2-0 (of 3)
Season Series: CAR leads 8-4 (of 20)
CAR v. OPP: 4-2 @CAR (10), 4-2 @OPP (10)

UPCOMING PROBABLE STARTERS:
SUN, 5/19 at FAY, 2:00 PM: Carolina RHP Matt Smith (1-3, 3.64) at Fayetteville RHP Yohan Ramirez (0-2, 3.10)
MON, 5/20 vs. LYN, 7:00 PM: Lynchburg TBA at Carolina RHP Noah Zavolas (2-2, 2.81)
TUE, 5/21 vs. LYN, 7:00 PM: Lynchburg TBA at Carolina RHP Braden Webb (0-0, 1.86)
TODAY: Winners of three straight, the Mudcats take on the Fayetteville Woodpeckers again today in the finale of a three game series at Segra Stadium in Fayetteville. Carolina has won two straight against the Woodpeckers to clinch the series and put themselves in position for their third sweep of the 2019 season... The Mudcats enter today's game at 8-4 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, splitting a four game road series (2-2) in Fayetteville (first home games in Segra Stadium history) between 4/18-4/21 and winning the current series. Today's game is also the 13th and final of 13 first half games and 20 overall this season between the two teams.
ICYMI: Payton Henry blasted a three-run home run in the third, Nelson Hernandez worked through five innings while earning his fifth win, Cody Beckman struck out four over two and 1/3 and Rodrigo Benoit picked up his eighth save as the Mudcats won their third straight game 6-4 on Saturday night in Fayetteville. Carolina moved to 4-2 in its current road trip with Saturday's victory and clinched a series win after taking a two games to none lead in the three game series versus Fayetteville. The Mudcats also pulled within 2.5 games of first place Down East with last night's win.
ABOUT THE LAST ONE: The Mudcats improved to 8-2-3 in series played this season after clinching another series victory with last night's 6-4 road win in Fayetteville. Carolina is 2-1 in sweeps this season and 7-0 in three game series played... Payton Henry hit his third, three-run home run of the season last night. It was also his sixth homer of the season and his fourth with two-outs... The Mudcats homered once last night and have now totaled 10 home runs over six games played in Fayetteville this season.
CAROLINA LEAGUE LEADERS - TWO-OUTS - RBI
Player | Team | RBI | HR | AVG | OPS
Henry, P | CAR | 18 | 4 | .250 | .802
Beer, S  | FAY  | 13  | 4  | .381  | 1.238
Corredor, A  | POT  | 13  | 1  | .256  | .663
Henry, R | CAR | 12 | 3 | .241 | .954
Gonzalez, O  | LYN  | 12  | 1  | .432  | 1.058
TODAY'S CAROLINA MUDCATS STARTING PITCHER...
Matt Smith: 1-3, 3.64 ERA, 9 G, 3 GS, 29.2 IP, 13 BB, 26 SO, 1.25 WHIP
Last outing: 5/14 at LYN, 5.0 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 2 SO, 73 pitches
Starter Totals: 0-1, 2.31 ERA, 3 GS, 11.2 IP, 4 BB, 9 SO, 1.29 WHIP
Missed the 2017 & 2018 seasons while recovering from "Tommy John"
TRENDING: Zach Clark has totaled at least two hits in four of his last eight games and is batting .355/.412/.548 with a .960 OPS over his last eight (11-for-31, 4 R, 4 2B, 1 3B, 8 RBI)... Ryan Aguilar is batting .471/.500/.471 with a .971 OPS over his last four (8-for-17, 2 RBI, 5 R). Aguilar has also reached safely in 29 of his last 30 games (0-for-1 on 5/14 at LYN) and is batting .306/.427/.370 with a .798 OPS since 4/14 (33 H, 23 R, 4 2B, 1 HR, 10 RBI, 20 BB)... Clayton Andrews has pitched through seven consecutive scoreless appearances and has not allowed a run since the second inning of his first appearance of 2019 on 4/24 in Myrtle Beach (Last 7: 0.00 ERA, 5 SV, 9.0 IP, 3 H, 2 BB, 14 SO).
BACK STOP SPLITS: Payton Henry and Mario Feliciano have split catching duties this season with Henry totaling 22 games behind the plate and Feliciano catching 20 games... The Carolina pitching staff is 14-8 and has totaled a 3.10 ERA (2.9 BB/9, 9.0 SO/9) in games caught by Henry. The Mudcats have additionally won six 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, Rob Henry is currently just shy of qualifying for the CL leader board this season. Henry is, however, currently 6th in the CL in slugging (.494), 8th in OPS (.837) and 3rd in ISO (.270) among CL players with at least 100 PA this season. He is also tied for 6th in the CL in homers (6).
PEAKING: At 26-16, the Mudcats are currently a season best 10 games above .500. The last time a Mudcats team sat 10 games above .500 overall was on 7/27/2008 when the then-Southern League Mudcats were 58-48 in the overall standings. Carolina is also 10 games above .500 in a half for the first time since the 2008 team was 27-17 in the second half on 8/4/08. That 2008 team finished the year at 80-60 overall and went on to lose in the Southern League championship series to Mississippi.
WHERE THEY RANK: Joantgel Segovia is currently 9th in the CL in AVG (.307), 10th in OBP (.381), 5th in SLG (.460), 5th in OPS (.841), tied for 5th in hits (46) and tied for 3rd in runs (26)... Ryan Aguilar is currently 10th in the CL in AVG (.295), 4th in OBP (.424), 3rd in walks (27) and 2nd in runs (30)... Mario Feliciano is currently tied for 4th in the CL in home runs (7), tied for 3rd in RBI (30), 9th in slugging (.448) and tied for 7th in total bases (64)... Payton Henry is currently tied for 6th in the CL in homers (6) and tied for 5th in RBI (29). Henry is also 2nd in the CL in most caught steals having caught 19 of 43 (44.2%) would-be base stealers... Matt Hardy leads the CL in wins (6) and is tied for 1st in games (15)... Rodrigo Benoit is tied for 1st in the CL in games (15) and second in saves (8)... Noah Zavolas currently 4th in the CL in ERA (2.81), 1st innings (48.0), 6th in average against (.266) and 2nd in WHIP (1.17)... Dylan File is currently 5th in the CL in earned run average (2.96), 1st in WHIP (1.07), 5th in average against (.263), tied for 3rd in strikeouts (46) and 3rd in innings pitched (45.2). 
ALL THE Ks: Carolina batters have combined to total a CL high 463 strikeouts this season and are on pace for 1,532 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.
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 164 154 .516 318 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.