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Carolina Mudcats drop doubleheader against Lynchburg

The Lynchburg Hillcats parlayed a big first inning to a 7-3 victory over the Carolina Mudcats in the opener of a doublehader Tuesday.

Carolina rallied in Game 2, but Lynchburg used a five-run fourth to gain a sweep of the night 9-4.

In Game 2, the Mudcats got four runs in the fourth to make the score 4-4. The Hillcats, however, regained the lead in the bottom half of the inning.

The Mudcats will return to the Lynchburg City Stadium to face the Hillcats again at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday.

Tuesday’s box score (Game 1)

Carolina

ab

r

h

bi

Gaylor, CF

2

0

1

0

Obregon, SS

3

0

1

2

Curcio, LF

4

0

0

0

Meneses, DH

2

0

1

0

Odom, C

2

0

0

0

Edgerton, 3B

2

1

0

0

Davidson, RF

3

0

0

0

Giardina, 1B

3

1

2

1

Harper, 2B

3

1

1

0

Totals

24

3

6

3

Lynchburg

ab

r

h

bi

Allen, CF

3

1

2

1

Bautista, DH

3

1

0

0

Murphy, RF

3

1

1

2

Santander, LF

3

2

3

1

Chang, SS

3

1

1

0

Salters, C

3

0

0

0

Mathias, 2B

2

0

1

1

Hendrix, 3B

3

0

0

0

Loopstok, 1B

3

1

1

0

Totals

26

7

9

5

Carolina

010

000

2

3

6

1

Lynchburg

400

210

x

7

9

0

E —Harper . DP– Carolina 1, Lynchburg 2. LOB–Carolina 6, Lynchburg 5. 2B–Harper, Chang. 3B–Allen. HR—Santander (6), Murphy (4). CS—Gaylor; Allen.

Carolina IP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

Clark (L, 0-8)

4 2/3

9

7

6

1

1

Giardina

1 1/3

0

0

0

1

0

Lynchburg IP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

Brown

4

2

1

1

5

4

Hill (W, 5-0)

3

4

2

2

1

2

WP-Clark;Brown. HBP-Allen; Murphy

T-2:12.

Tuesday’s box score (Game 2)

Carolina

ab

r

h

bi

Curcio, CF

4

0

0

0

Harper, SS

4

0

1

0

Odom, DH

3

1

2

1

Obregon, 2B

1

0

0

0

Meneses, 1B

4

1

2

0

Edgerton, 3B

4

0

0

0

Davidson, RF

2

1

1

1

Murphy, C

3

1

1

1

Daris, LF

3

0

1

0

Mendez, 2B

2

0

1

1

Totals

30

4

9

4

Lynchburg

ab

r

h

bi

Allen, CF

3

0

0

0

Bautista, DH

4

1

3

1

Murphy, RF

2

1

0

0

Santander, LF

3

1

1

0

Chang, SS

3

2

1

0

Hendrix, 1B

2

1

1

3

Mathias, 2B

2

2

2

2

Loopstok, C

4

0

1

0

Armendariz, LF

2

1

1

2

Totals

25

9

10

8

Carolina

000

400

0

4

9

0

Lynchburg

031

500

X

9

10

0

DP–Carolina 1. LOB–Carolina 7, Lynchburg 9. 2B–Meneses, Davidson, Murphy; Armendariz. 3B–Chang. HR—Odom (7). SF–Hendrix, Armendariz. SB–Mathias 2, Chang, Hendrix.

Carolina IP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

Bird

2 2/3

5

4

4

4

Salazar (L, 1-3)

 2/3

1

4

4

4

1

Lewis

 2/3

2

1

0

0

0

Minter

1

2

0

0

0

1

Mendez

1

0

0

0

1

0

Lynchburg Hillcats IP

H

R

ER

BB

SO

Brady (W, 5-3)

6

0

0

0

1

2

Frank

1

1

0

0

0

1

WP-Salazar. HBP-Mendez

T-2:26. A- 1,645.

This story was originally published June 14, 2016 at 11:30 PM with the headline "Carolina Mudcats drop doubleheader against Lynchburg."

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