Carolina Mudcats Need an Extra Inning to Get Past the Jacksonville Suns, 6-5
Thursday, May 8, 2008 at 01:39PM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com – JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Chris Coghlan recorded three hits with two RBI and two runs, including the game-winning run in the tenth inning, as the Carolina Mudcats (19-14) picked up a 6-5, ten-inning win over the Jacksonville Suns (15-18) Wednesday afternoon at the Baseball Grounds of Jacksonville.
Carolina reliever Jesus Delgado (4-0) picked up the win after three innings of work, allowing only one hit. Zach Hammes (1-2) fell in the loss for Jacksonville, giving up the game-winning run in the tenth inning, his only inning of relief. Chris Mobley (1) closed out the game, leaving the tying run at second base in the bottom of the tenth inning.
Carolina opened the scoring in the first inning when Chris Coghlan scored on a Danny Muegge wild pitch for a 1-0 lead. Coghlan had singled, stolen second base and moved to third on a ground out.
ADVERTISEMENT The Suns answered in the bottom of the first inning against Carolina starter Aaron Thompson with four runs. The first six batters of the inning all reached safely on a walk, four hits and an error. James Tomlin opened the scoring with a single to score Ivan DeJesus, Jr., tying the game 1-1. On a Greg Jacobs single, Adam Godwin was thrown out at home plate for the first out of the inning. Jamie Hoffmann then hit a groundball that was misplayed by third baseman Lee Mitchell for an error, allowing two more runs to score for a 3-1 Suns lead. A Rene Rivera groundout RBI finished the first inning scoring at 4-1.
The Mudcats countered with two more runs in the second inning, a Brett Hayes RBI single and Manuel Mayorson sacrifice fly, cutting the Jacksonville lead to 4-3.
Jacksonville’s Ivan DeJesus, Jr. extended the lead in the fourth inning with an RBI single off of Thompson for a 5-3 Suns lead.
Suns starter Danny Muegge lasted four innings, with three runs off of three hits with one walk and three strikeouts. Normal starter Clayton Kershaw came out of the bullpen for the first time in 2008, pitching a perfect fifth inning on eight pitches with one strikeout.
The Mudcats next tied the game in the seventh inning against Suns reliever Brian Akin. With a runner at first base and two outs, Akin walked Alberto Concepcion and John Raynor to load the bases. Brent Leach entered the game from the bullpen and gave up a single from Chris Coghlan that scored two for a 5-5 deadlock.
After scoring in the fourth inning, the Jacksonville offense saw only one baserunner from the fifth through ninth innings, the final two innings for Thompson and three innings from reliever Jesus Castillo.
Carolina scored the winning run in the ninth off of Suns reliever Zach Hammes. Chris Coghlan doubled, stole third base and scored on a throwing error from the catcher on a quick throw to third during a pickoff attempt.
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