Curcio, Peterson and Lien lead Mudcats to 7-4 series-clinching win
The trio of Keith Curcio, Connor Lien and Dustin Peterson combined for eight of the Carolina Mudcats’ 14 hits and four of their seven runs in the team’s 7-4 victory. The home win, combined with a Winston-Salem loss, brought the Mudcats (66-61, 32-26) within 4.5 games of first place in the second-half standings playoff race.
Carolina started the game with a two-run first after getting back-to-back hits off Wilmington (57-70, 19-38) starter Pedro Fernandez. Curcio started the first with a single to center and Lien followed with the same. Peterson then plated Curcio with a sacrifice fly, and an RBI groundout by Joey Meneses later scored Lien to put the Mudcats up 2-0.
Fernandez (L, 0-4, 9.26) allowed two first-inning runs and four two-out runs in the fourth while taking the loss. The Mudcats scored six runs and collected nine hits off Fernandez in the victory.
The victory put the Mudcats up 2-0 in the series and was the club’s sixth straight home win. It also clinched a series victory.
Tuesday’s box score
Wilmington Blue Rocks | ab | r | h | bi |
Lopez, SS | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Arteaga, 2B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Ramos, 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Pehl, 1B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Hernandez, RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Gallagher, C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Escalera-Maldonado, DH | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Taylor, CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Moon, LF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 39 | 4 | 12 | 4 |
Carolina Mudcats | ab | r | h | bi |
Curcio, CF | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
Lien, RF | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
Peterson, LF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
Franco, 3B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Meneses, DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Krietemeier, 1B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Briceno, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Camargo, SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Harper, 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Totals | 37 | 7 | 14 | 7 |
Wilmington | 000 | 021 | 100 | — | 4 | 12 | 0 |
Carolina | 200 | 400 | 10X | — | 7 | 14 | 1 |
E — Camargo. LOB–Wilmington 9, Carolina 8. 2B–Gallagher, Lien, Peterson, Krietemeier. HR—Escalera-Maldonado (2). SF–Peterson. SB–Curcio (18), Lien (31). CS—Pehl.
WilmingtonIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Fernandez | 4 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 |
Goudeau | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
Cordero | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
TeamIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Bywater | 52/3 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
Waszak | 11/3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Jackson | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
This story was originally published August 25, 2015 at 11:05 PM with the headline "Curcio, Peterson and Lien lead Mudcats to 7-4 series-clinching win."