MINOR LEAGUES: Crawdads at 3-0; Harvey gives up 10 hits in season debut

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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.

SATURDAY’S RESULTS FROM LAKEWOOD, N.J.

HICKORY 9, LAKEWOOD, N.J. 1

Crawdads’ current record: 3-0.

SATURDAY’S BOX

https://www.milb.com/gameday/crawdads-vs-blueclaws/2019/04/06/573996#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=573996

SATURDAY’S GAME DETAILS

https://www.milb.com/gameday/crawdads-vs-blueclaws/2019/04/06/573996#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=play-by-play,game=573996

CRAWDADS ROSTER

http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t448

NEXT

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.

Friday: Kannapolis, 7 p.m.

Saturday: Kannapolis, 6:30 p.m.

OTHER AREA PLAYERS

HARVEY

HUNTER HARVEY

(Class AA Bowie, Md., Baysox)

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 3,4906.

Bowie (1-1) plays at Harrisburg on Sunday before starting a three-game series in Richmond (Va.) on Monday night.

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.

SATURDAY’S GAME 2 BOX: https://www.milb.com/gameday/baysox-vs-senators/2019/04/06/571857#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=571857

SATURDAY’S GAME 2 DETAILS: https://www.milb.com/gameday/baysox-vs-senators/2019/04/06/571857#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=play-by-play,game=571857

BALTIMORE SUN UPDATE ON HARVEY: https://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-hunter-harvey-bowie-20190402-story.html

JARRETT

ZACH JARRETT

(Class A Advanced, Fredrick, Va. Keys)

Jarrett, a former standout at Hickory High and Charlotte, started both games of a doubleheader on Saturday against visiting Winston-Salem.

The Dash won the opening game 4-1 and the second game 8-5, leaving the Keys at 0-3.

The teams play Sunday at 1 p.m., and the Keys then have a three-game home series against Fayetteville that begins Monday.

Fredrick will visit Fayetteville for three games on April 23-25 and play at Winston-Salem on April 27-28.

Jarrett batted fourth in both Saturday games, going 1-for-3 in the first game and starting in right field, and he was 2-for-4 in the second game and started in right field.

He is hitting .273 with one walk and three strikeouts and doesn’t yet have a home run or RBI.

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.

SATURDAY’S GAME 1 BOX: https://www.milb.com/gameday/dash-vs-keys/2019/04/06/581874#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=581874

SATURDAY’S GAME 1 DETAILS: https://www.milb.com/gameday/dash-vs-keys/2019/04/06/581874#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=play-by-play,game=581874

SATURDAY’S GAME 2 BOX: https://www.milb.com/gameday/dash-vs-keys/2019/04/06/581875#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=581875

SATURDAY’S GAME 2 DETAILS: https://www.milb.com/gameday/dash-vs-keys/2019/04/06/581875#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=play-by-play,game=581875

ZACH’S CAREER: http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=676913#/career/R/hitting/2019/ALL

DEAL

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 did not pitch on Saturday when Daytona Beach (Fla.) nipped the visiting Fire Frogs.

The Fire Frogs (2-1) face the Tortugas 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

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