Wednesday, July 14, 2010
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Sweeney Homer Leads Biscuits to Win
2-run shot breaks 4-4 tie in the 7th; Biscuits get four scoreless relief innings
ZEBULON, NC – Matt Sweeney smashed a two-run homer to break a seventh-inning tie, and the Biscuits (49-39) got four scoreless relief innings in a 6-4 win over the Carolina Mudcats (41-48) on Wednesday at Five County Stadium.
Sweeney’s homer was his first since early June, and it flew over the right-center field wall to score Leslie Anderson, who had started the inning with a walk.
The Biscuits had broken a one-one tie with a pair of runs in the fifth, getting an RBI single from Sweeney and an RBI-double from John Matulia to make it 3-0. The Mudcats, though, would answer back quickly. A two-run homer for Luis Terrero tied it at 3-3 in the last of the fifth, and Jake Kahaulelio drove home Mike Costanzo with a sac fly to give Carolina their first lead of the night at 4-3.
Shawn O’Malley led off the sixth with a triple and scored on an Emeel Salem bounce out to tie the game at 4-4 and set up Sweeney’s heroics.
The Mudcats stranded ten runners and went just 1-9 with runners in scoring position. Their best chance came against Heath Rollins (3-0) in the seventh. With the bases loaded and one out, Kahaulelio lined to second, and Drew Anderson stepped on second for an inning-ending double play.
Brad Boxberger (0-1) gave up the homer to Sweeney and suffered the loss. Rollins, Dane De La Rosa, and Matt Gorgen (18) combined for the scoreless relief, with Gorgen working a perfect ninth to get the save.
Both starters took no-decisions, with the Biscuits' Alex Cobb striking out a season-high seven while allowing three earned runs on nine hits over five complete, and Carolina's Scott Carroll allowing three runs as well on five hits over 5.1
Sweeney and O’Malley each had two hits to lead the Biscuits.
LHP David Newmann will toss for the Biscuits in the second game, with LHP Tom Cochran countering for the Mudcats at 6:15 CT.