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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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SUNDAY RESULTS FROM KANNAPOLIS
Postponed, will be part of a Monday doubleheader that begins at 6 p.m.
Crawdads’ current record: 20-8, second place, three games back of Delmarva (Md.) in South Atlantic League’s Northern Division.
Home record: 8-5
Away record: 12-3
Division record: 10-5
CRAWDADS ROSTER
http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t448
NEXT
Monday: at Kannapolis, DH, 6 p.m.
Tuesday: Off
Wednesday: Asheville, 6:30 p.m.
Thursday: Asheville, 7 p.m.
Friday: Asheville, 7 p.m.
Saturday: Charleston, S.C., 6:30 p.m.
Sunday: Charleston, S.C., 3 p.m.
OTHER AREA PLAYERS
DEAL
HAYDEN DEAL
(Class A Advanced Florida Fire Frogs)
Deal, a left-hander who played at Bandys High and Presbyterian College, did not pitch on Sunday when Florida fell 2-1 at home to Tampa (Fla.) in a game that was halted after 5 1/2 innings by rain.
He is scheduled to pitch the first game of a doubleheader at Lakeland (Fla.) on Monday.
Deal is 2-1 this season with an ERA of 1.20.
He last pitched on Tuesday against Lakeland (Fla.), throwing six innings, giving up three hits, no runs, walking none and striking out out eight to improve to 2-1.
He now has a 14-4 pro baseball record with four saves and an ERA of 2.20.
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
JARRETT
ZACH JARRETT
(Class AA Bowie, Md., Baysox)
Jarrett, a former star at Hickory High and at Charlotte, returned to the Baysox lineup on Sunday after a day off, going 1-for-3 in a 5-0 home loss to Erie (Pa.) before 1,8792.
He batted seventh in the batting order and was the designated hitter.
Bowie, 7-23 and in last place in the Eastern League’s Western Division, begins a series in Altoona (Pa.) on Monday night.
Jarrett is hitting .265 this season with one home run and eight RBIs; he is hitting .206 with no home runs and two RBIs in his last 10 games.
After playing 203 pro games, Jarrett is a .262 career hitter.
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.
ZACH’S CAREER: http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=676913#/career/R/hitting/2019/ALL
HARVEY
HUNTER HARVEY
(Class AA Bowie, Md., Baysox)
Harvey, a first-round pick by Baltimore in 2013, is scheduled to make his next start on Monday at 6 p.m. in a game at Altoona (Pa.).
He hasn’t pitched since making his last start on Wednesday in a 7-3 home loss against Richmond (Va.).
Erie (Pa.) defeated Bowie 5-0 at Bowie on Sunday, dropping the Baysox to 7-23.
Bowie’s series at Altoona begins on Monday night.
Last Wednesday night, Harvey went 2 2/3 innings, allowing five hits, six runs (three earned) with three walks, one strikeout and two hit batters.
Harvey threw strikes on 30 of his 61 pitches and faced 16 batters, falling to 2-2 for the year with an ERA of 6.20 with 20 1/3 innings pitched. He has allowed 27 hits, 19 runs (14 earned) and seven home runs. He has walked eight and struck out 22.
He’s in his sixth year in the minor leagues. 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
