The Carolina Mudcats are in a dead heat with the Huntsville Stars for the North Division title with one game left in the Southern League's first half.

The Carolina Mudcats are putting some serious heat on the Huntsville Stars as the end of the Southern League's first half approaches.

The Mudcats (36-28), winners of 20 of their past 24 games, clinched their sixth straight series win with a 2-0 victory over the West Tenn Diamond Jaxx in a rain-shortened game Monday afternoon at Five County Stadium. The Cats pulled within 1 1/2 games of the Stars (37-26) in the North Division race with five games left in the first half.