Carolina Mudcats win series at Frederick with 7-4 victory over Keys
Carlos Franco hit a solo home run in the fifth and was 3-for-4 with two doubles, Joey Meneses doubled twice and drove in a run, and Andrew Waszak allowed just one earned run over six innings as the Mudcats defeated the Keys 7-4 in Frederick on Thursday night.
The victory was Carolina’s second in the series and brought their season record to 13-3 against the Keys (63-73, 31-35) this season. It also lifted them to a two games to one series victory at Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium.
The Mudcats (69-66, 35-31) started Thursday’s game with a leadoff walk by Connor Lien and later added RBI doubles from Keith Curcio, Franco and Meneses against Keys starter Josh Walker (L, 0-2, 6.55). Carolina collected four hits and four runs in the first and led 4-0 after one.
Andrew Waszak (W, 7-6, 3.30) started for Carolina and kept the Keys scoreless over the first two before seeing three unearned runs score in the third. The Mudcats were charged with two errors in the inning, and Waszak allowed two hits in the frame. The second hit was a two-run double collected by Yaisel Mederos and followed an RBI double by Dariel Alvarez.
Waszak worked through the sixth, when he gave up one earned run. He finished with two walks and four strikeouts. The victory was his third in his last four starts with the Mudcats.
Lien answered Frederick’s three-run third with a solo home run in the fourth. It was his ninth of the season and second in the series. Franco then hit an opposite field solo home run to left in the fifth to put the Mudcats up 7-3.
The Mudcats scored all seven runs and collected 10 of their 11 hits against Walker.
The Mudcats improved to 2-1 in their final road trip of the season with Thursday’s series finale win in Frederick. The trip will continue with game one of four in Lynchburg on Friday night.
Thursday’s box score
Carolina | ab | r | h | bi |
Lien, RF | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
Curcio, CF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Peterson, LF | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Franco, 3B | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
Meneses, 1B | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
Giardina, C | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Briceno, DH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Camargo, SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gebhardt, 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 37 | 7 | 11 | 7 |
Frederick | ab | r | h | bi |
Hart, CF | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Caronia, 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
Alvarez, RF | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
Mederos, 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
Gold, LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Marin, SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
Bierfeldt, DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Peterson, 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Russell, C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Totals | 35 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
Carolina | 401 | 110 | 000 | — | 7 | 11 | 2 |
Frederick | 003 | 001 | 000 | — | 4 | 8 | 0 |
E — Gebhardt. DP–Carolina 1, Frederick 1. LOB–Carolina 5, Frederick 7. 2B–Curcio, Franco, Meneses, Alvarez, Mederos, Marin. HR—Lien (9), Franco (10). SB–Lien (33), Hart (29), Marin (23). CS—Marin.
CarolinaIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Waszak (W, 7-6) | 6 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
Tate (H, 2) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
Roney (S, 6) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
FrederickIP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | |
Walker (L, 0-2) | 5 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 0 |
Rheault | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Cortright | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
This story was originally published September 3, 2015 at 11:13 PM with the headline "Carolina Mudcats win series at Frederick with 7-4 victory over Keys."