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We will update game scores, etc., for the Hickory Crawdads again this season and will also feature day-by-day reports on three Catawba County players chasing their dream of reaching The Show.
Visit our FREE website nightly to see if former Bandys High stars Hunter Harvey (Orioles system) and Hayden Deal (Braves system) pitched and also check in on former Hickory High star outfielder Zach Jarrett (Orioles system).
If there are additional players from the Greater Hickory area that you’d like to follow, please email us at hobbsdailyreport@gmail.com with information on that player, as we can provide periodic updates on those players if requested.
THURSDAY’S RESULTS
FROM LAKEWOOD, N.J.
HICKORY 9, LAKEWOOD, N.J. 4
Crawdads’ current record: 1-0.
THURSDAY’S BOX
THURSDAY’S GAME DETAILS
CRAWDADS ROSTER
http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t448
NEXT
Friday: at Lakewood, N.J., 7:05 p.m.
Saturday: at Lakewood, N.J., 4:05 p.m.
Sunday: at Lakewood, N.J., 1:05 p.m.
Monday: at Greensboro, 7 p.m.
Tuesday: at Greensboro, 7 p.m.
Wednesday: at Greensboro 10:45 a.m.
Thursday: Kannapolis, 7 p.m.
OTHER AREA PLAYERS
HUNTER HARVEY (Class AA Bowie, Md., Baysox)
After being optioned to Triple A Norfolk (Va.) during spring training with the Baltimore Orioles, former Bandys High star Hunter Harvey is now active and on the opening day roster for Class AA Bowie, Md., in the Eastern League.
HARVEY
That’s where Harvey, 24, pitched last season until sustaining a shoulder injury when he tried to dodge a foul ball that came into the dugout on a night he was not pitching.
Harvey didn’t pitch on Thursday when Bowie fell 8-4 to Harrisburg (Pa.) in a season-opening game on the road. Those teams play at Harrisburg through Sunday, and the Baysox then play three games in Richmond, Va.
Harvey didn’t pitch after June 2 of last season and went 1-2 with a 5.57 ERA in nine starts, pitching 32 1/3 innings, walking nine and striking out 30.
Earlier in the season, the Orioles called Harvey to the big leagues for two games but he did not pitch before being optioned back to Bowie.
Harvey — starting his sixth year in the minor leagues after being a first-round draft pick in 2013 — saw limited action in 2016 after having Tommy John surgery.
After five pro seasons, Harvey is 8-10 with an ERA of 3.11 with 47 appearances (all starts) and 176 2/3 innings pitched. Opponents have hit .226 against Harvey and he has walked 60 and struck out 217.
BALTIMORE SUN UPDATE ON HARVEY: https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-hunter-harvey-bowie-20190402-story.html
ZACH JARRETT (Class A Advanced, Fredrick, Va. Keys)
JARRETT
Former Hickory High and Charlotte star Zach Jarrett is an outfielder on the Fredrick (Va.) Keys roster and started in right field and batted fourth in the lineup in a season-opening game against Winston-Salem won 9-4 by the Dash.
Jarrett went 0-for-4 and scored a run, striking out three times and leaving four base runners stranded.
Fredrick plays home games against Winston-Salem on Friday at 7 p.m., on Saturday at 1 p.m. and on Sunday at 1 p.m.
Jarrett is in his third pro season, playing first at Aberdeen (Md.) and then in 129 games last season at Class A Delmarva (Md.), where he hit .277 with 26 doubles, six triples and 14 home runs. He drove in 72 runs, walked 41 times and struck out 136 times and was a South Atlantic League (SAL) All-Star.
THURSDAY’S BOX
THURSDAY’S GAME DETAILS
ZACH’S CAREER: http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=676913#/career/R/hitting/2019/ALL
HAYDEN DEAL (Class A Advanced Florida Fire Frogs)
Former Bandys High star Hayden Deal, a left-handed pitcher who has been used as a starter and also as a reliever in two pro seasons, is on the roster of the Florida Fire Frogs. The Frogs’ home base is Kissimmee, Fla.
DEAL
Deal did not pitch on Thursday when Florida scored four runs in the ninth inning to defeat Daytona Beach (Fla.) 5-1 to open the Florida State League season.
The Fire Frogs play at Daytona Beach on Friday at 7:05 p.m. and face the Tortugas on Saturday at 1 p.m. and on Sunday at noon in Kissimmee.
Deal is in his third pro season after signing with the Braves after a morning tryout at Bandys, and he pitched in college at Presbyterian.
In Rome (Ga.) last season, Deal went 9-1 with an ERA of 2.17 in 27 games (five starts), earning two saves and pitching 78 2/3 innings. He walked 17 and struck out 82.
Deal’s career numbers are: 12-3 with 2.47 ERA, 41 games, four saves, 109 1/3 innings pitched with 21 walked and 109 strikeouts.
HAYDEN’S CAREER: http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=677421#/career/R/pitching/2019/ALL
