CRAWDADS: Score 1-run home victory over Greensboro

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Thursday’s result at L.P. Frans Stadium: Hickory 6, Greensboro 5 Current record: 3-3,tied with Bowling Green (Ky.) for third place in South Atlantic League South Division, one game behind Asheville and Winston-Salem, who share division lead in second-half standings. First-half finish: 38-28, second behind division champion Bowling Green (Ky.) by 3 1/2 games Overall record: 41-31 …

LEGION BASEBALL: Post 48 falls twice, finishes seventh in Area IV West

Playoff pairings meeting scheduled Friday in Cherryville   HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Hickory Post 48 finished seventh among eight teams in American Legion baseball’s Area IV West Division, losing its last two games and five of its last six. Burke County nipped Hickory 4-0 on Monday night in Newton and Rutherford County won 15-3, also in Newton, on Wednesday night. That …

CRAWDADS: Clipped by Grasshoppers in 10 innings

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Wednesday’s result at L.P. Frans Stadium: Greensboro 6, Hickory 4, 10 inn. Current record: 2-3, fourth place, one game behind Bowling Green (Ky.), Rome (Ga.) and Asheville, who share second place; two games back of first-place Winston-Salem in South Atlantic South Division second-half standings. First-half finish: 38-28, second behind division champion Bowling Green (Ky.) by 3 …

CRAWDADS: Start home series with 1-run loss against Greensboro

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Tuesday’s result at L.P. Frans Stadium: Greensboro 5, Hickory 4 Current record: 2-2, tied with Asheville and Rome (Ga.) for third place, one game behind co-division leaders Winston-Salem and Bowling Green (Ky.), in second-half standings. First-half finish: 38-28, second behind division champion Bowling Green (Ky.) by 3 1/2 games Overall record: 40-30 Next game: Wednesday, home, …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal suffers second loss of season for Mississippi

HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal suffered his second blown save and loss of the season on Tuesday night as Biloxi (Miss.) nipped visiting Mississippi 3-2 in a DoubleA game. Deal, a left-hander who starred in high school at Bandys, entered the game in the sixth inning with the Braves ahead 1-0. He pitched one inning, giving up three hits and two rumns(both …