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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).
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MONDAY’S RESULTS FROM GREENSBORO
HICKORY at GREENSBORO
Rained out, reset as part of DH on Tuesday with 5:30 p..m. start for the first game
Crawdads’ current record: 3-1.
CRAWDADS ROSTER
http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t448
NEXT
Tuesday: at Greensboro, DH, 5:30 p.m.
Wednesday: at Greensboro 10:45 a.m.
Thursday: Kannapolis, 7 p.m.
Friday: Kannapolis, 7 p.m.
Saturday: Kannapolis, 6:30 p.m.
Sunday: Kannapolis, 3 p.m.
Monday: Asheville, 6:30 p.m.
OTHER AREA PLAYERS
HAYDEN DEAL (Class A Advanced Florida Fire Frogs)
DEAL
Deal, a former Bandys High star and left-handed pitcher, did not pitch on Monday night when the Fire Frogs won 7-6 in 10 innings over visiting Jupiter (Fla.) before a crowd of 213.
Florida (3-2) is at home for games against Jupiter on Tuesday through Thursday.
Deal made his first appearance for the Frogs on Sunday. He started and left a scoreless game after six innings, and Daytona Beach won 5-3 on the road.
Deal, who was a starter and reliever last season, gave up only two hits. He walked none and struck out five.
Pitching in 81-degree weather, he threw strikes on 49 of his 72 pitches, faced 19 batters and registered out ground ball outs.
He’s in 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 heading into the season: 12-3 with 2.47 ERA, 41 games, four saves, 109 1/3 innings pitched with 21 walks and 109 strikeouts.
HAYDEN’S CAREER: http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=677421#/career/R/pitching/2019/ALL
ZACH JARRETT (Class A Advanced, Fredrick, Va. Keys)
Jarrett, a former standout at Hickory High and Charlotte, got into Monday’s home game against Fayetteville as a pinch-hitter and walked.
JARRETT
Fayetteville won 8-5 in 12 innings, dropping the Keys to 1-4 before a crowd of 1,983.
The Woodpeckers and Keys play at Fredrick on Tuesday and Wednesday at 7 p.m.
Jarrett started in right field and batted fourth in the order for the Keys on Sunday in an 11-10 home loss to Winston-Salem.
Jarrett went 0-for-5 on Sunday, striking out twice and leaving five runners on base.
He is hitting .188 and doesn’t yet have a home run or RBI.
For fans interested in Jarrett playing games in North Carolina: Fredrick will visit Fayetteville for three games on April 23-25 and play at Winston-Salem on April 27-28.
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.
MONDAY’S BOX: https://www.milb.com/gameday/woodpeckers-vs-keys/2019/04/08/581877#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=581877
MONDAY’S GAME DETAILS: https://www.milb.com/gameday/woodpeckers-vs-keys/2019/04/08/581877#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=play-by-play,game=581877
ZACH’S CAREER: http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=676913#/career/R/hitting/2019/ALL
HUNTER HARVEY (Class AA Bowie, Md., Baysox)
Bowie’s game on Monday at Richmond (Va.) was rained out and moved to July 22 when the Baysox play a series in Richmond.
HARVEY
The Baysox continue a series at Richmond on Tuesday and Wednesday.
Harvey did not pitch on Sunday when Bowie won its first game of the season, beating host Harrisburg (Pa.) 6-2.
Harvey made his first start of the season in the second game of Bowie’s doubleheader on Saturday at Harrisburg (Pa.), going 4 2/3 innings in a game the Baysox eventually won 6-5.
He did not get a decision, allowing 10 hits, five runs (four earned) with one walk and six strikeouts, and he allowed two home runs.
Harvey threw 51 of his 79 pitches for strikes and faced 23 batters in an Eastern League game that drew 3,496.
If Harvey pitches on four days of rest, he would likely make his next start on Thursday (6:35 p.m.) at Bowie against Harrisburg; if on five days of rest, his start would come Friday at home against Harrisburg (7:05 p.m.)
Harvey, 24, 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.
In five pro seasons, Harvey went 8-10 with an ERA of 3.11 with 47 appearances (all starts) and 176 2/3 innings pitched. Opponents hit .226 against Harvey and he 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
