A seven-game winning streak for the Buies Creek Astros ended Saturday night with a 3-0 loss to the Carolina Mudcats in Zebulon.
Marcos Diplan (1-1), Luke Barker and Chase Williams (save, 3) combined on a two-hit shutout.
Chuckie Robinson went 2-for-3 for the Astros (11-6).
Jorge Alcala, Kit Scheetz and Ronel Blanco totaled 12 strikeouts for Buies Creek, which concludes the series at Five County Stadium with a game today (Sunday, April 22) at 2 p.m.