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Carolina Mudcats stadium in Zebulon. View Larger The Carolina Mudcats have struck a one-year radio broadcasting rights licensing deal with a new company called Play-by-Play Sports LLC .

Jerry Gil, Ruben Medina and Sean Watson combined on a three-hit shutout as the Carolina Mudcats won their seventh straight game, defeating the Mississippi Braves 1-0 at Five County Stadium on Sunday night.

Ty Wright and Geovany Soto hit home runs to lead Tennessee to a 6-4 victory over the Carolina Mudcats, giving the Smokies four wins in the five-game series.

Ty Wright and Geovany Soto hit home runs to lead Tennessee to a 6-4 victory over the Carolina Mudcats, giving the Smokies four wins in the five-game series.

Ty Wright and Geovany Soto hit home runs to lead Tennessee to a 6-4 victory over the Carolina Mudcats, giving the Smokies four wins in the five-game series.

Monday 03 Aug Monday, August 3, 2009 at 09:04AM SEVIERVILLE, Tenn. Tyler Colvin came into Sunday's game needing three hits in his first three at bats to tie the Southern League record for most consecutive hits.

Saturday 01 Aug Saturday, August 1, 2009 at 09:11AM Zebulon, NC --- In the sixth longest game in franchise history, the Carolina Mudcats dropped a 9-8, 4-hour, 35-minute game as the first-place Chattanooga Lookouts capitalized on a dropped flyball to win the game before 5,380 fans at Five County Stadium on Friday night and Saturday morning.

Carolina Mudcats pitcher Travis Wood dominated the Chattanooga Lookouts, giving up no runs and striking out 8 in seven innings of work, leading the Cats to a 6-1 victory.

A Lakota West High School graduate Matt Klinker was named Class AA Southern League Pitcher of the Week on July 13.

Carolina Mudcats relief pitcher Ramon Geronimo hit the Jacksonville Suns' Mike Stanton with a pitch with the bases loaded in the bottom of the 10th inning to give the host Suns a 2-1 win over the Mudcats on Friday.

With their 9-3 win over the Carolina Mudcats at AT&T Field Wednesday, Chattanooga has reached .500 for the first time this season.

Eddy Perez drove in three runs, while the Lookouts pitching staff combined on a five-hitter en route to a 4-2 win over the Carolina Mudcats in Tuesday night action at AT&T Field.

Sunday 28 Jun Sunday, June 28, 2009 at 12:46AM MLN Newswire - www.mlntherawfeed.com-Zebulon, N.C. Starter Nic Ungs and relievers Brad Stone and Jay Voss combinedfor a four-hit shutout while the offense added support early and often as the Jacksonville Suns picked up a 9-0 win over the Carolina Mudcats in front of 5,446 Saturday night at Five County ...

Tuesday 23 Jun Tuesday, June 23, 2009 at 11:29PM Zebulon, N.C. Travis Wood scattered four hits over six scoreless innings while two relievers helped complete a four-hit shutout as the Carolina Mudcats took a 7-0 victory over the Jacksonville Suns in front of 6,323 Tuesday ni ght at Five County Stadium.

Sunday 21 Jun Sunday, June 21, 2009 at 10:38AM Sevierville, TN --- On the penultimate day of the first half, the Carolina Mudcats were blanked by the Tennessee Smokies 7-0, but remained locked in a first-place tie with Huntsville.

Thursday 18 Jun Thursday, June 18, 2009 at 10:26PM SEVIERVILLE, Tenn . In a doubleheader that had a little bit of everything Thursday afternoon, the Carolina Mudcats and Tennessee Smokies played to a 1-1 split at Smokies Park .

Tomorrow's print editions of The Herald of Johnston County, the Garner-Clayton Record and the Eastern Wake News will include an article I penned on the streak the Carolina Mudcats have been on over the past month.