Final regular-season contest moved up to Tuesday HobbsDailyReport.com NEWTON – Hickory Post 48 returns to action Monday as Area IV West regular-season American Legion baseball closes out its schedule. Hickory (6-10, 3-9) was scheduled to play at Asheville on Saturday night but picked up a forfeit win (and snapped a three-game losing streak) with a 1-0 forfeit victory. …
CRAWDADS: Beat Rome on road for first win of second-half race
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS Friday’s result at Rome (Ga): Hickory 8, Rome 1 Thursday’s result at Rome (Ga.): Rome 3, Hickory 0 Current record: 39-28 overall; 1-0, tied for first place with Greenville,(S.C.) and Asheville in second half standings in South Atlantic League South; finished second in first-half standings (38-28), 3 1/2 games behind division champion Bowling Green (Ky.). Next …
CRAWDADS: Beat Rome for 3-game lead in chase for second place
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS Wednesday’s result at Rome (Ga.): Hickory 9, Rome 3 Current record: 38-27, second place in South Atlantic League South, 2 1/2 games behind division-leading Bowling Green (Ky.), which has clinched division title, SAL playoff berth; three games ahead of third-place Rome (Ga.) Next game: Thursday at Rome, Ga., 1 p.m. This series: Tuesday through Sunday at …
MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal throws 1 2/3 innings in Braves’ loss
By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal found the strike zone often on Wednesday night, but Montgomery (Ala.) still beat visiting Mississippi 7-2. Deal, a former Bandys High hurler, entered the Double A game with one out in the fifth inning. He pitched 1 2/3 innings, allowing one hit, one run (one earned) while walking none and striking out one. Deal …
CRAWDADS: Score a dozen runs on Rome (Ga.), widen lead for second place
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS Tuesday’s result at Rome (Ga.): Hickory 12, Rome 6 Current record: 37-27, second place in South Atlantic League South, 2 1/2 games behind division-leading Bowling Green (Ky.), which has clinched division title, SAL playoff berth; two games ahead of third-place Rome (Ga.) Next game: Wednesday at Rome, Ga., 1 p.m. This series: Tuesday through Sunday at …