HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Blaine Prescott’s double and home run sparked Hickory to an 8-2 victory on Friday night over Delmarva (Md.), a win that has the Crawdads in sole possession of second place. Hickory (37-49, 10-6 second half) is one game back of Hagerstown (Md.) in the Northern Division race after breaking a tie for second place with Delmarva (38-46, …
LEGION BASEBALL: Shelby wins at home, goes up 2 games on Taylorsville
HobbsDailyReport.com Carson Gettys drove in three runs and Dylan Izzi checked visiting Taylorsville on five hits over seven innings on Friday night as Shelby won 9-4 to open a two games-to-none lead in a best-of-5 Area IV American Legion baseball series. Shelby (18-5), the East No. 3 seed, can eliminate West No. 2 Taylorsville (16-5-1) by winning one more game. …
LEGION BASEBALL PLAYOFFS: Friday results, weekend schedule for second round
AREA IV PLAYOFFS UPDATE (through Friday) QUARTERFINALS (best-of-5, Thursday thru Monday) West No. 1 CHERRYVILLE (24-4) vs. East No. 4 GASTONIA (14-7) Game 1, Thursday at Sims Legion Park, Gastonia: Cherryville 10, Gastonia 5 Game 2, Friday at Cherryville HS: Cherryville 6, Gaston County 2 Game 3: Saturday at Cherryville HS, 7 p.m. Game 4 (if necessary): Sunday at Sims …
LEGION BASEBALL: McNeely’s home run in 11th gets Shelby past Taylorsville
HobbsDailyReport.com From staff reports TAYLORSVILLE – Shelby’s Logan McNeely made the most of his lone hit on Thursday night, smashing a three-run home run in the 11th inning that pushed Post 82 past Taylorsville 8-5 in the first game of a second-round Area IV American Legion baseball series. Shelby (17-5), the East No. 3 seed, ran its win streak to …
CRAWDADS: Kannapolis scores all its runs in 2 at-bats to win at Frans
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Kannapolis collected all of its runs in two at-bats on Thursday night, snapping a three-game win streak by Hickory with a 7-5 baseball victory at L.P. Frans Stadium. The South Atlantic League (SAL) game was played before a crowd of 1,225 on Rudy Wright Night at the stadium, honoring the late Hickory mayor on what would have …