Travis Wood (pictured) kept up his string of stellar starts for the Carolina Mudcats on Friday night, but after the Chattanooga Lookouts got to the Mudcats’ bullpen they found enough offense to win. The Lookouts got to Ruben Medina (1-4) for two runs in the seventh, holding on for a 4-3 victory at sold-out AT&T […]
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Only the fireworks are pretty: USA demolishes Guatemala 18-0
COLEMAN FIELD/CARY It’s Game 3 of what has so far been a very lopsided series between the USA National Team and Guatemala. In Game 1 on Wednesday night in Kannapolis the USA pitching staff combined for 24 strikeouts and then on Thursday night on this field the staff combined for the first official no-hitter in […]
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Mudcats fight back at Chattanooga
The Carolina Mudcats showed the kind of fight that almost won them the first-half championship Thursday night. Zack Cozart’s two-run homer in the sixth pulled the Mudcats out of the doldrums, finishing the scoring in a 4-3 victory over the host Chattanooga Lookouts at AT&T Field. If they can win the finale tonight at 6:15, […]
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Four for July: USA quartet makes history as Guatemalans go hitless
COLEMAN FIELD/CARY It’s Game 2 of the USA National Team series against Guatemala, and the main suspense is to see whether or not the visitors can get closer than Wednesday night’s 15-1 loss in Kannapolis. It’s partly cloudy and warm – temperatures in the high ’80s – and the crowd for this one is pretty […]
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Pomeranz mows down 17 as the competition doesn’t get any tougher
Guatemala provided no more competition for the USA National Team than the high schoolers from Canada had – at least in Wednesday night’s series opener. Ole Miss’ Drew Pomeranz (pictured) broke the National Team strikeout record with 17 in just six innings, leading the Red, White and Blue to a 15-1 victory at Fieldcrest Cannon […]
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Look out! Mudcats digging a deeper hole
The Carolina Mudcats’ second-half woes continue. For the second straight day Eddy Perez carried the big bat for the Chattanooga Lookouts, who dumped the visiting Mudcats 9-3 on Wednesday afternoon at AT&T Field. Game 5 of the current six-game series, which the Lookouts lead 3 games to 1, is Thursday night at 7:15 with Jordan […]
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Lookouts’ Perez slugs Mudcats in 4-2 win
Eddy Perez was too much for the Carolina Mudcats on Tuesday night, leading the Chattanooga Lookouts to a 4-2 win at AT&T Field. Perez had two hits and three RBI including his fourth homer of the year for the Lookouts, who lead the current six-game series 2 wins to 1. Carolina scratched out a run […]
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Defense helps Mudcats end slide
Finally. Michael Griffin (picured) had two hits including a homer, Juan Francisco added three hits including a double with an RBI, and six Carolina Mudcats had extra-base hits Monday night in a 7-6 road win over the Chattanooga Lookouts. The result ended Carolina’s five-game losing streak. Steven Otterness, who was just called up from Dayton […]
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USA finishes off a sweep despite a blast from B.C.
COLEMAN FIELD/CARY It’s the finale of the big five-game series between the USA National (Collegiate) Team and the high school boys from Canada. Before the game there’s a huge networking event among a couple of dozen Chamber of Commerce organizations, etc. The Carolina Hurricanes and the Durham Bulls and the Carolina Railhawks all have booths, […]
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Blue Devils will head to blue water
Duke will have some early-season women’s basketball in Mexico this season, playing in the Caribbean Challenge Nov. 26-27 in Cancun. Duke will play Marquette and Western Kentucky, while Arkansas State, Cleveland State and Iona are also in the challenge. The Blue Devils are in the event for the first time since 2006, when under a […]