BLAST FROM THE PAST: The day Harv faced Ripken, Murray, Lynn and Knight in his big-league debut

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com On the day Hunter Harvey was called to the major leagues by the Baltimore Orioles, only fitting to take a quick trip down memory lane for a more detailed review of May 16, 1987 – the day his father, Bryan, made his debut in The Show against, really, a remarkable number of the game’s all-time greats. …

HUNTER HARVEY: Called to majors by Orioles, he could pitch in relief tonight

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com BOWIE, Md. – When he started his day on Monday, former Bandys High star pitcher Hunter Harvey was on schedule to make his first pitching start for the Class AA Bowie (Md.) Baysox. But by mid-day — around 12:15 EST – a phone call changed his day and his life by making April 9, 2018, a …

COLLEGE BASEBALL: Bears split, stay game above .500 in conference play

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Lenoir-Rhyne University won Sunday’s last game of a doubleheader with Tusculum to slip back above .500 in South Atlantic Conference (SAC) baseball. After Tusculum won 7-5 at Bears Field in the first game, the Bears won 13-3 to earn a split and improve to 24-16 overall and 11-10 in the league. Tusculum left 20-20 overall and 12-9 …

COLLEGE SOFTBALL: Lenoir-Rhyne sweeps, runs home mark this season to 20-0

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Bears are still unbeaten in women’s softball games at home this season. Lenoir-Rhyne University swept visiting Mars Hill 6-5 and 10-1 on Sunday – on Senior Day at Bears Field — to run its win streak to 10 games and improve to 20-0 at home this season. The Bears (36-5, 13-1), ranked No. 12 in NCAA …

CRAWDADS: Off to 0-3 start after falling to Greensboro again on Sunday

HobbsDailyReport.com SUNDAY’S RESULT FROM GREENSBORO GRASSHOPPERS 4, CRAWDADS 3 Crawdads’ current record: 0-3. Boxscore http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_04_08_hicafx_gboafx_1&t=g_box&sid=milb Scoring http://www.milb.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp?gid=2018_04_08_hicafx_gboafx_1&t=g_log&sid=milb Next Monday: at Delmarva (Md.), 7 p.m. Tuesday: at Delmarva (Md.), 7 p.m. Wednesday: at Delmarva (Md.), 10:35 a.m.