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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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TUESDAY’S RESULTS FROM L.P. FRANS STADIUM
ASHEVILLE 2, HICKORY 0
Crawdads’ current record: 9-3, trailing Delmarva (Md.) by 1 1/2 games in South Atlantic League Northern Division.
Home record: 3-2
Away record: 6-1
Division record: 9-3
TUESDAY’S BOX: https://www.milb.com/gameday/tourists-vs-crawdads/2019/04/16/573859?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=573859
TUESDAY’S GAME DETAILS: https://www.milb.com/gameday/tourists-vs-crawdads/2019/04/16/573859?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=play-by-play,game=573859
CRAWDADS ROSTER
http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t448
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Wednesday: Asheville, 10:30 a.m.
Thursday: at Columbia, S.C., 7:05 p.m.
Friday: at Columbia, S.C., 7:05 p.m.
Saturday: at Columbia, S.C., 6:05 p.m.
Sunday: Off
Monday: Augusta (Ga.), 6:30 p.m.
Tuesday: Augusta (Ga.), 10:30 a.m.
OTHER AREA PLAYERS
HAYDEN DEAL (Class A Advanced Florida Fire Frogs)
Clearwater (Fla.) beat the Fire Frogs in Kissimmee (Fla.) on Tuesday 4-3 before 235 fans but Deal, a former star left-handed pitcher at Bandys High, did not pitch.
DEAL
Florida is at home against Clearwater (Fla.) again on Wednesday, and Deal is listed as the probable starter for the Fire Frogs.
He made his second start of the year last Friday, picking up his first win of the season after going five innings.
Deal gave up three hits, three runs (one earned) with three walks and four strikeouts.
After two starts, he’s 1-0 with an ERA of 0.82, pitching 11 innings, allowing five hits and one earned run, walking three and striking out nine.
He threw 46 of his 74 pitches for strikes on Friday, facing 20 batters in 87-degree weather before only 783 fans.
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 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 star at Hickory High and at Charlotte, went 0-for-3 and walked once on Tuesday night when the Keys won 8-2 at Myrtle Beach (S.C.).
JARRETT/UNCC PHOTO
He batted fifth in the lineup and started in right field and is hitting .250 with three doubles, a home run and four RBIs this season. In his last 10 games, he is hitting .273 with a home run and four RBIs and seven walks.
The Keys (5-7) are at Myrtle Beach on Wednesday.
For fans interested in Fredrick’s games in North Carolina, they will be at Fayetteville for three games on April 23-25 and play at Winston-Salem on April 27-28.
Jarrett has played in 186 pro games to date, hitting .260 with 17 home runs and 83 RBIs. He’s 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.
TUESDAY’S BOXSCORE: https://www.milb.com/gameday/keys-vs-pelicans/2019/04/16/582022?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=582022
TUESDAY’S GAME DETAILS: https://www.milb.com/gameday/keys-vs-pelicans/2019/04/16/582022?#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=play-by-play,game=582022
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)
Visiting Erie (Pa.) nipped Bowie 6-5 on Tuesday night in Bowie before 1,841 but Harvey did not pitch.
HARVEY
The series continues on Wednesday night in Bowie (Md.).
A third start for Harvey is scheduled on Thursday at 6:35 p.m. when the Baysox open a three-game series at Akron (Ohio).
Harvey made his second start of the season last Friday night, taking a loss as Harrisburg (Pa.) won 4-2. He worked four innings, allowing three hits — one a home run — and four runs (all earned).
He walked three and struck out six, bringing his season stats to a 0-1 record with an ERA of 8.31 in 8 2/3 innings, allowing 13 hits, eight earned runs with four walks and 12 strikeouts.
Harvey threw strikes on 46 of his 77 pitches and threw in 68-degree weather with a drizzle and, at one point, there was an eight-minute rain delay.
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.
He’s in his sixth year in the minor leagues after being a first-round draft pick in 2013.
In his first five pro seasons, Harvey went 8-10 with an ERA of 3.11 with 47 appearances (all starts) and 176 2/3 innings pitched. He walked 60 and struck out 217.
HUNTER’S CAREER: http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=640451#/career/R/pitching/2019/ALL
