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KANNAPOLIS — Hickory scored three runs in the seventh inning and had three players with two hits as the Crawdads defeated host Kannapolis 4-0 on Saturday night in South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball.
Blaine Prescott, Carlos Gray and Anderson Tejeda each had two hits as Hickory improved to 18-24 heading into a series finale on Sunday in Kannapolis at 5:05 p.m.
Demarcus Evans was the Crawdads’ winning pitcher, going 5 2/3 inings, giving up four hits, walking none and striking out nine. C.D. Pelham and Tyler Ferguson also pitched for Hickory.
Hickory has three games in Lexington (Ky.) before returning home for a homestand on Thursday through next Saturday against Asheville followed by a series against Kannapolis on May 29-31 at L.P. Frans Stadium.
Cut and paste the link below for a review of the full boxscore from Saturday’s game.
Visit Mark Parker’s personal blog, Crawdadsbeat.com, for more on the team.
http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2017_05_20_hicafx_kanafx_1&t=g_box&did=milb&sid=t448