HobbsDailyReport.com
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.
FRIDAY’S RESULT FROM L.P. FRANS STADIUM
ASHEVILLE 5, HICKORY 3
Crawdads’ current record: 22-11, tied for second place with Greensboro in South Atlantic League’s Northern Division, both four games back of Delmarva (Md.)
Home record: 9-7
Away record: 13-4
Division record: 12-7
CRAWDADS ROSTER
http://www.milb.com/roster/index.jsp?sid=t448
NEXT
Saturday: Charleston, S.C., 6:30 p.m.
Sunday: Charleston, S.C., 3 p.m.
Monday: Charleston, S.C., 10:35 a.m.
Tuesday: at Greenville, S.C., 7:05 p.m.
Wednesday: at Greenville, S.C., 7:05 p.m.
Thursday: at Greenville, S.C., 7:05 p.m.
Friday: at Hagerstown, Md., 7:05 p.m.
OTHER AREA PLAYERS
HARVEY
HUNTER HARVEY
(Class AA Bowie, Md., Baysox)
Harvey, a first round pick by Baltimore in 2013, has not pitched since Monday night. He is listed as Bowie’s probable starter for Sunday’s 1:35 p.m. game against Richmond (Va.).
Bowie (10-24) beat visiting Richmond 8-5 on Friday night before 3,973, and the teams play again on Saturday.
Harvey made his sixth start of the season and gained his first win last Monday, pitching the first game of a series at Altoona (Pa.) that Bowie won 10-5.
Last Monday night, he threw six innings, allowing two hits, walking one and striking out five while throwing strikes on 52 of his 81 pitches and facing 21 batters.
Harvey improved to 1-2 this season with an ERA of 4.78. He’s pitched 26 1/3 innings, allowed 29 hits, 19 runs (14 earned), hit two batters, walked nine and struck out 27.
Harvey is now 9-12 in his pro career — in its sixth year — with an ERA of 3.33 with 203 innings pitched, 69 walks and 244 strikeouts.
HUNTER’S CAREER: http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=640451#/career/R/pitching/2019/ALL
DEAL
HAYDEN DEAL
(Class A Advanced Florida Fire Frogs)
Deal, a left-hander who played at Bandys High and Presbyterian College, has not pitched since Monday. His next start is Saturday in a 5:30 p.m. game at Jupiter (Fla.).
The Fire Frogs (11-21) beat Jupiter 9-3 on Friday before 488 fans.
In his most recent outing, Deal threw the first game of a doubleheader at Lakeland (Fla.) and took his second loss of the season in a 6-0 win by Lakeland.
He worked five innings, allowing eights hits, one run (earned) with one walk and four strikeouts and faced 23 batters and threw strikes on 59 of his 88 pitches.
He is 2-2 with an ERA of 1.29 after throwing 35 innings this season. He’s allowed seven runs (five earned) with seven walks and 31 strikeouts.
Deal is in his third pro season after signing with the Braves after a morning tryout at Bandys.
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, is hitting .259 with one home run and eight RBIs this season. He did not play on Friday when Bowie beat visiting Richmond (Va.) 8-5.
Richmond plays at Bowie on Saturday and again on Sunday.
Jarrett is hitting .167 with no home runs or RBIs in his last 10 games.
He 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.
ZACH’S CAREER: http://www.milb.com/player/index.jsp?player_id=676913#/career/R/hitting/2019/ALL
