Carolina Mudcats can’t complete comeback, fall to Potomac Nationals
Tthe Potomac Nationals jumped out to an early lead and the Carolina Mudcats couldn’t complete a comeback, falling 7-4 Saturday night.
The Nationals put five runs on the board before Johan Camargo hit an RBI triple in the third inning for Carolina.
Down 7-2 entering the ninth inning, the Mudcats rallied when Carlos Franco scored on a wild pitch and Joey Meneses drove in Joseph Odom on an RBI single. Carolina had Meneses on third base, Tanner Krietemeier on second and no outs, but Potomac reliever Robert Orlan retired the next three batters to end the game.
Andrew Thurman (5-4) took the loss, allowing six runs on eight hits.
Saturday’s box score
Potomac | ab | r | h | bi |
Bautista, CF | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Corona, 2B | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Wooten, DH | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
DeBruin, 1B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Keller, LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Perez, SS | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 |
Norfolk, 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Wright, C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Mesa, RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals | 35 | 7 | 9 | 6 |
Carolina | ab | r | h | bi |
Curcio, 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Lien, CF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Peterson, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Schrader, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Franco, 3B | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Odom, C | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Meneses, RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Krietemeier, 1B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Camargo, SS | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Totals | 36 | 4 | 9 | 2 |
Potomac | 032 | 010 | 001 | — | 7 | 9 | 1 |
Carolina | 001 | 010 | 002 | — | 4 | 9 | 2 |
E — Perez, Krietemeier, Curcio. DP–Potomac 0, Carolina 3. LOB–Potomac 4, Carolina 7. 2B–Keller, Corona, Wooten, Schrader, Krietemeier, Odom. 3B–Camargo (5). HR—Perez (2). SB–Norfolk (9), Curcio (13).
PotomacIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Williams (W, 3-3) | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 |
Johansen | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Valdez | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
Orlan (S, 1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
CarolinaIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Thurman | 6 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 4 |
Otero | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cook | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Jackson | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This story was originally published August 8, 2015 at 10:55 PM with the headline "Carolina Mudcats can’t complete comeback, fall to Potomac Nationals."