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Thursday, April 10, 2008
Seven was enough for the Mudcats
Last night, in the home opener, the Carolina Mudcats scored seven runs. A solid amount, good enough to win most nights.
But that was the team’s highest run output this season. They scored six in game two against Mobile, and five runs twice.
Yet, the Mudcats are 4-2 — because of the starting pitching.
Ryan Tucker, a 6-foot-2 righthander, gets the start tonight. He’s been compared by some to Bartolo Colon and is another of the fearsome foursome of pitchers the Mudcats drafted in 2005.
I asked third baseman Gaby Sanchez about the pitching last night, namely how it affects the hitter’s approach.
Obviously, Sanchez said, you want to score as many runs as possible every night. But Sanchez, who played with the foursome last year in Jupiter, admitted it is reassuring to go the ballpark knowing three runs might be enough to get the win.
Anyways, here is today’s starting lineup: 1. John Raynor (LF); 2. Chris Coghlan (3B); 3. Cameron Maybin (CF); 4. Gaby Sanchez (DH); 5. Andrew Jenkins (1B); 6. Kris Harvey (RF); 7. Brad Davis (C); 8. Kevin Randel (2B); 9. Manuel Mayorson (SS).
Jenkins and Randel get the start tonight, in place of Lorenzo Scott and Grant Psomas. Coghlan moves over to third base, the position he played coming up.
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