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KANNAPOLIS – Micker Adolfo’s 10th home run of the season, a two-run shot in the first inning, helped Kannapolis topple visiting Hickory 4-1 on Monday night in South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball.
Adolfo finished with two of the Intimidators’ 10 hits, and Mitch Roman and Daniel Gonzalez each added two hits as Kannapolis (43-30, 4-1 second half) sits tied for first place in the Northern Division with Delmarva (Md.) and Hagerstown (Md.)
Luis Martinez (2-0) threw six innings, giving up three hits, one run (earned) with two walks and five strikeouts, to gain a win for Kannapolis. Danny Dopico earned his second save via striking out three over the final two innings.
Hickory (29-46, 2-3 second half, fourth place in the Northern Division) had only four hits – one each by Leody Taveras, Carlos Garay (double), Alex Kowalczyk and Blaine Prescott. Kowalczyk drove in the Crawdads’ run.
Sal Mendez (4-4), Hickory’s starter, took the loss. He went five innings, giving up seven hits, four runs (two earned), walked two and struck out four.
The Crawdads continue a four-game series in Kannapolis on Tuesday night at 7:05 p.m. The other two series games, also at 7:05 p.m., are Wednesday and Thursday.
Hickory opens a series in Charleston, W. Va., against the Power on Friday night.
Click the link below for Monday night’s boxscore and visit Mark Parker’s personal blog – crawdadsbeat.com – for more on the Crawdads.
http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2017_06_26_hicafx_kanafx_1&t=g_box&sid=t448