Mudcats squeak out victory in series opener vs. Myrtle Beach
The Carolina Mudcats kicked off their three-game series with a 2-1 win Thursday night against the Myrtle Beach Pelicans.
The Mudcats’ Jacob Schrader scored the first run of the game in the third inning with a fly ball to the center by Carlos Franco. Myrtle Beach’s Mark Zagunis and Carolina’s Johan Camargo scored runs in the sixth inning.
Matt Marksberry (3-1) got his third win of the season. Juan Paniagua pitched two innings, and with this loss, his season record is 3-2.
The Mudcats will go against the Pelicans for Game 2 at 7 p.m. Friday.
Thursday’s box score
Myrtle Beach | ab | r | h | bi |
Zagunis, RF | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Chen, LF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Young, 2B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Candelario, 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Rogers, 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Caratini, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Penalver, SS | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Lockhart, DH | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Martin, CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 35 | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Carolina | ab | r | h | bi |
Curcio, CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Lien, RF | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Peterson, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Schrader, DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Franco, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
Meneses, 1B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Briceno, C | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Camargo, SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Harper, 2B | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 32 | 2 | 10 | 2 |
Myrtle Beach | 000 | 001 | 000 | — | 1 | 8 | 1 |
Carolina | 001 | 001 | 00X | — | 2 | 10 | 2 |
E — Chen, Camargo, Franco. DP–Carolina 1. LOB–Myrtle Beach 8, Carolina 11. 2B–Schrader, Franco (2). SB–Chen (10), Young (6).
Myrtle BeachIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Skulina | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Cruz | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Paniagua (L,3-2) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pugliese | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
CarolinaIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Barker | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Marksberry W,3-1 | 12/3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Dirks | 11/3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Peterson S,6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
This story was originally published June 25, 2015 at 11:24 PM with the headline "Mudcats squeak out victory in series opener vs. Myrtle Beach."