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Carolina Mudcats (80-60) 7, Tennessee Smokies (62-77) 4

Zebulon, NC --- Carolina scored three runs in the bottom of the eighth inning to break a 4-4 tie and go on to defeat the Tennessee Smokies 7-4 at Five County Stadium in front of 4,736 fans in the regular season finale.

Brett Sinkbeil pitched five innings for Carolina, allowing just two hits and one run. Todd Doolittle (W,5-3) earned the win for Carolina, pitching the eighth inning, allowing one run on one hit. Chris Mobley (S, 28) pitched the ninth inning for Carolina to earn the save.

Mark Holliman pitched six plus innings for Tennessee, allowing six hits and three runs. Holliman was taken out of the game after a lead off walk in the bottom of the seventh inning.

The lead was exchanged for the final time in the bottom of the eighth inning when the Mudcats plated three runners gain the lead for good. The inning was highlighted by a two-run home run to left field from Alberto Concepcion. Concepcion went 3-4 in the game and earned 3 RBI.

Carolina will head to West Tenn for the Southern League North division playoff series. They will play games Wednesday and Thursday at West Tenn before coming home on Saturday to continue the series.  


September 1, 2008

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Tennessee       0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 9 0
Carolina       1 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 x 7 9 1


Tennessee AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Fuld, CF 4 0 1 1 1 1 1 .271
Camp, SS 5 0 3 1 0 0 2 .261
Deeds, D, RF 5 0 1 0 0 2 3 .325
Fox, 1B 4 1 0 0 1 2 5 .307
Colvin, LF 5 0 0 0 0 2 3 .256
Reed, C 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 .317
Reynolds, 3B 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .244
Matulia, 2B 4 0 0 0 0 2 2 .224
Holliman, P 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 .250
  Roquet, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Garcia, P 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000
Totals 37 4 9 4 4 12 19 .262
 
 
 
 
 
BATTING
2B: Reed (3, Sinkbeil), Reynolds 2 (21, Marceaux, Doolittle).
TB: Fuld; Camp 3; Deeds, D; Reed 2; Reynolds 4; Holliman.
RBI: Reed (11), Fuld (48), Camp (37), Reynolds (48).
2-out RBI: Reed.
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Fox 3; Reynolds; Camp; Reed; Garcia; Colvin.
Team LOB: 10.

BASERUNNING
SB: Fuld (7, 2nd base off Sinkbeil/Concepcion), Camp (23, 2nd base off Marceaux/Concepcion).

FIELDING
DP: (Reynolds-Matulia-Fox).
Pickoffs: Holliman (Raynor at 1st base), Garcia (Raynor at 1st base).

Carolina AB R H RBI BB SO LOB AVG
Raynor, CF 3 0 1 1 1 1 1 .312
De La Cruz, C, SS 3 1 2 0 2 0 0 .360
Coghlan, 2B 4 0 2 2 1 0 1 .298
Sanchez, G, 1B 3 0 0 1 0 1 3 .314
Jenkins, LF 4 0 0 0 0 3 3 .259
Mitchell, 3B 1 2 0 0 3 1 0 .238
Concepcion, C 4 1 3 3 0 0 0 .265
Brinkley, D, RF 3 2 1 0 1 1 3 .231
Sinkbeil, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .028
  a-Cousins, PH 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 .264
  Delgado, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Marceaux, P 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Doolittle, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
  Mobley, C, P 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000
Totals 26 7 9 7 8 8 11 .260
 
a-Struck out for Sinkbeil in the 5th.
 
BATTING
2B: Coghlan (32, Holliman), Concepcion (10, Holliman), Brinkley, D (8, Garcia).
HR: Concepcion (4, 8th inning off Garcia, 1 on, 0 out).
TB: Raynor; De La Cruz, C 2; Coghlan 3; Concepcion 7; Brinkley, D 2.
RBI: Coghlan 2 (74), Concepcion 3 (26), Sanchez, G (92), Raynor (51).
Runners left in scoring position, 2 out: Jenkins 2; Raynor; Sanchez, G.
S: Sinkbeil; Marceaux; Raynor; Doolittle.
SF: Sanchez, G.
GIDP: Brinkley, D.
Team LOB: 8.

BASERUNNING
PO: Raynor 2 (1st base by Holliman, 1st base by Garcia).

FIELDING
E: Sanchez, G (18, fielding).


Tennessee IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Holliman  6.0 6 3 3 4 8 0 4.50
Roquet (BS, 3) 0.2 0 1 1 2 0 0 3.70
Garcia (L, 2-2) 1.1 3 3 3 2 0 1 2.89
Totals 8.0 9 7 7 8 8 1 4.66
 
 
Carolina IP H R ER BB SO HR ERA
Sinkbeil  5.0 2 1 1 3 2 0 5.02
Delgado (H, 14) 1.0 0 0 0 0 2 0 3.45
Marceaux (BS, 1) 1.0 4 2 2 0 2 0 4.42
Doolittle (BS, 3)(W, 5-3) 1.0 1 1 1 1 3 0 3.27
Mobley, C (S, 28) 1.0 2 0 0 0 3 0 2.93
Totals 9.0 9 4 4 4 12 0 3.86

Holliman pitched to 1 batter in the 7th.

WP: Holliman, Mobley, C.
Balk: Sinkbeil.
Groundouts-flyouts: Holliman 5-4, Roquet 2-1, Garcia 2-1, Sinkbeil 7-6, Delgado 1-0, Marceaux 0-1, Doolittle 0-0, Mobley, C 0-0.
Batters faced: Holliman 26, Roquet 5, Garcia 8, Sinkbeil 20, Delgado 4, Marceaux 7, Doolittle 5, Mobley, C 5.
Inherited runners-scored: Roquet 1-1, Garcia 2-0.
Umpires: HP: Travis Brown. 1B: Jordan Baker. 2B: . 3B: Jason Cooksey.
Weather: 87 degrees, sunny.
Wind: 7 mph, In from CF.
T: 2:28.
Att: 4,736.


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