TODAY’S MATCH-UP CAROLINA MUDCATS (5-2) VS. DOWN EAST WOOD DUCKS (7-0) Carolina Wood Ducks 5-2 Record 7-0 Thursday, May 13th, 2020 - Games #8 & 9- 5:00 p.m. - Grainger Stadium, Kinston, N.C. 5-1 Home 1-0 0-1 Road 6-0 Game 1: LHP Brendan Murphy (0-0, 0.00) vs. RHP Wyatt Sparks (0-0, 23.14) L1 Streak W7 Game 2: RHP T.J. Shook (1-0, 3.60) vs. RHP Dane Acker (0-0, 0.00) 4-1 Last 5 5-0 Broadcast Information: MiLB First Pitch App | Sports Talk 960 The Bull 5-2 Last 10 7-0 .214 Batting Avg. .249 3.19 ERA 2.71 Last Game .962 Fielding Pct. .984 LAST TIME OUT: After 600 days since their last 6 Runs/Game 6 Team R H E LOB 5 HR 3 game at Grainger Stadium, the Down East Wood 31 RBI 32 Down East 2 5 0 6 33 BB 25 Ducks (7-0) earned their seventh win with a 2-1 76 K 99 win over the Carolina Mudcats, Tuesday night. 6 SB 15 Carolina 1 5 1 7 STANDINGS WP: N. Laio (2-0) LP: C. Lemons (0-1) HR: NONE TOG: 2:40 ATT: 1,659 W/L PCT. GB FIGHTING FOR RUNS: The Wood Ducks got on North: the board in the bottom of the first. With two Lynchburg 8-0 1.000 -- Delmarva 5-3 .625 3.0 outs, Dustin Harris singled and advanced to third Prospecting the Wood Ducks Salem 3-5 .375 5.0 on a single by Cody Freeman. Keyber Rodriguez Fredericksburg 0-8 .000 8.0 MLB Baseball followed with a single to score Harris to give Pipeline America Central: DOWN EAST 7-0 1.000 -- Down East the lead 1-0. Carolina 5-2 .714 2.0 MiLB TEX MiLB TEX Fayetteville 3-5 .375 4.5 Kannapolis 0-8 .000 7.5 NEVER LOOKED BACK: The bats remained hot as Luisangel Acuña NR 6 NR 8 Down East added one more run in the bottom of Evan Carter NR 14 NR 18 South: the second. Antonio Cabello led off with a single Columbia 5-3 .625 -- Owen White NR 17 NR 22 Charleston 4-4 .500 1.0 and advanced to second as José Rodriguez. Jayce Augusta 3-4 .429 1.5 Myrtle Beach 3-4 .429 1.5 Easley followed with a walk to load the bases. Tekoah Roby NR 24 NR NR SERIES MATCHUP Evan Carter grounded into a double play, but Keithron Moss NR 28 NR NR All-Time vs Carolina 36-29 Cabello managed to score to increase the lead to Home: 18-9 Road: 18-20 2019 vs Carolina 14-6 2-0. The Mudcats answered with a run in the top Home: 6-4 Road: 8-2 2021 vs Carolina of the third to cut the deficit to 2-1. 05/11 CAR W, 2-1 Record By Uniform 05/12 CAR PPD 05/13 CAR 5:00 p.m. 05/14 CAR 7:00 p.m. Uniform Home Road Total 05/15 CAR 6:00 p.m. PITCHING STAFF ANCHORS DOWN: Abdiel 05/16 CAR 1:00 p.m. 06/22 CAR 7:00 p.m. Mendoza went four innings in his first start of the Green 3-0 3-0 06/23 CAR 7:00 p.m. 06/24 CAR 7:00 p.m. season. Mendoza was lights out, for the Wood 06/25 CAR 7:00 p.m. Camo 3-0 3-0 06/26 CAR 6:00 p.m. Ducks, allowing one run on one hit with eight 06/27 CAR 1:00 p.m. White (H) 1-0 07/20 at CAR 7:00 p.m. strikeouts. Nic Laio (2-0) earned the win, pitching 07/21 at CAR 7:00 p.m. Specialty 07/22 at CAR 7:00 p.m. three innings of relief with only one hit allowed, 07/23 at CAR 7:00 p.m. 07/24 at CAR 5:00 p.m. Totals 1-0 6-0 7-0 07/25 at CAR 1:00 p.m. one walk and seven strikeouts. John Matthews 08/10 CAR 7:00 p.m. 08/11 CAR 7:00 p.m. pitched a solid inning, issuing one walk with one 08/12 CAR 7:00 p.m. 08/13 CAR 7:00 p.m. hit and one strikeout. Spencer Mraz earned his 08/14 CAR 6:00 p.m. 08/15 CAR 1:00 p.m. second save of the season, pitching the final in- road to arlington 09/07 CAR 7:00 p.m. 09/08 CAR 7:00 p.m. ning and tallying two strikeouts with one hit. 09/09 CAR 7:00 p.m. Affiliate Distance (miles) 09/10 CAR 7:00 p.m. 09/11 CAR 7:00 p.m. 09/12 CAR 7:00 p.m. 2021 vs. Carolina 1-0 256 Home: 1-0 Road: 0-0 Woodies AT GLANCE 1,267 Standing, GA/GB: 1st, 1.0 May: 7-0 1,380 Last Road Trip: 0-0 UPCOMING GAMES AND PROBABLE STARTERS Extra Innings: 0-0 1,267 vs. RHP: 6-0 DATE OPPONENT/TIME WOOD DUCKS vs. OPPONENT vs. LHP: 1-0 5/14 CAR 7:00 p.m. Tekoah Roby vs. Michele Vassalotti 5/15 CAR 6:00 p.m. Nick Krauth vs. Jhoan Cruz vs. North: 0-0 5/16 CAR 1:00 p.m. Mason Englert vs. Caden Lemons vs. Central: 7-0 vs. South: 0-0 One-Run Games: 3-0 Page 1 Tonight's starting pitcher #27 Wyatt Sparks - RHP Acquired: 23rd Round 2018 Experience: 1 Age: 21 Bats/Throws: R/R Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 Springfield, MO Pitch Arsenal: FB (4-SEAM & 2), CHANGEUP, CURVEBALL SPARKS CAREER STATISTICS YR CLUB W-L ERA G/GS CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB SO 20 SEASON CANCELED DUE TO COVID-19 21 Down East (A) 0-0 0.00 0/0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Minors Career NO CAREER STATS TODAY SEASON HIGHS CAREER HIGHS Sparks looks to bounce back after allowing six runs in 2.1 in- 2.1 - 5/5 at KAN IP nings against the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers on 5/5. Today will be Sparks' first start at home at Grainger Stadium. The Wood 5 - 5/5 at KAN H Ducks are rolling with seven straight wins to start the 2021 6 - 5/5 at KAN R campaign. 6 - 5/5 at KAN ER 1 - 5/5 at KAN BB 3 - 5/5 at KAN SO 1 - 5/5 at KAN HR LAST TIME OUT Wyatt Sparks took the no-decision, allowing six runs, on five SEASON SPLITS hits with one walk and three strikeouts in 2.1 innings pitched HOME: ROAD: 0-0/23.14/.417 on Wednesday night. Sparks hasn't started a game since 2019, when he made one start with Spokane. LEFT: 0.00/.667 RIGHT: 27.00/.333 DAY: NIGHT: 0-0/23.14/.417 SPARKS VS CAROLINA Date H/R Dec IP H R/ER BB/K HR SEASON NOTES • Made first start since 2019 5/5 at Kannapolis • Struck out career-high three, 5/5 at Kannapolis CAROLINA VS SPARKS RUNS ALLOWED BY INNING (AS STARTER) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -- -- 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 2021 GAME LOG DATE OPP DEC IP H R ER BB SO HR 5/4 KAN ND 2.1 5 6 6 1 3 1 * Relief Bold - Career High CAREER NOTES • Attended Aurora HS (MO) and won sate championship • Went 11-1 with a 0.93 ERA and 143 K's • Committed to Missouri State prior to signing Page 2 Team highs/lows TEAM HITTING TEAM PITCHING Runs, Game 9, 5/9 at KAN Strikeouts 18, 5/6 at KAN Walks 7, 5/11 vs. CAR Runs, Inning 6, 5/4 at KAN Fewest Walks 2, Multiple Hits, Game 13, 5/9 at KAN Runs Allowed, Game 7, 5/5 at KAN Fewest Hits, Game 5, Multiple Runs Allowed, Inning 2, 5/4 at KAN Hits Allowed, Game 10, Twice Doubles 3, 5/6 at KAN Fewest Hits 4, 5/6 at KAN Triples 1, TWICE Home Runs 1, 5/4 at KAN Home Runs 1, Multiple Extra-Base Hits 4, 5/6 at KAN STARTS BY POSITION Total Bases 17, 5/9 at KAN NAME C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF DH Acuña -- -- 2 -- 4 -- -- -- 1 Stolen Bases 4, 5/11 vs. CAR Cabello -- -- -- -- -- 2 -- 4 -- Walks 8, 5/9 at KAN Carter -- -- -- -- -- -- 5 -- 1 Strikeouts 14, TWICE Easley -- -- -- 1 -- 2 2 1 -- Left On Base (9-Innings) 16, 5/11 vs. CAR Florentino 2 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Left On Base (Extras) TBA Freeman 4 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Harris -- 5 -- 1 -- -- -- -- 1 Inoa -- -- 2 1 -- -- -- -- -- INDIVIDUAL HITTING Moss -- -- 3 1 -- -- -- -- 1 Hits 3, Multiple, 5/9 at KAN Rodriguez, J. -- 2 -- -- -- -- -- 2 2 Runs 2, Multiple Rodriguez, K. -- -- -- 3 3 -- -- -- -- Home Runs 1, Multiple Smith -- -- -- -- -- 3 -- -- -- RBIs 3, Multiple Valentin 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 Total Bases 5, Acuña, 5/7 at KAN Doubles 1, Multiple, 5/4 at KAN STARTS BY BATTING ORDER Triples 1, Multiple NAME 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th 8th 9th Extra-Base Hits 1, Multiple, 5/4 at KAN Acuña 1 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Stolen Bases 2, Smith, 5/5 at KAN | Easley, 5/11 vs. CAR Cabello -- -- -- 1 -- 1 3 1 -- Walks 3, Carter, 5/4 at KAN Carter 6 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- Strikeouts 4, Multiple Easley -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 6 Hitting Streak 7, Multiple Florentino -- -- -- -- -- -- 1 1 -- Freeman -- -- -- 4 -- -- -- -- -- INDIVIDUAL PITCHING Harris -- -- 7 -- -- -- -- -- -- Most Innings, Starter 5.0, Krauth, 5/8 at KAN Inoa -- -- -- 1 1 1 -- -- -- Fewest Innings, Starter 2.1, Multiple Moss -- 1 -- -- -- 4 -- -- -- Rodriguez, J.