HobbsDailyReport.com The opening game in Hickory’s Area IV American Legion baseball playoffs series and in the Taylorsville versus Maiden series have been postponed by rain and rescheduled for Sunday. West No. 8 seed Hickory and East No. 1 seed Union County were to open their best-of-5 series on Saturday night at Marvin Ridge High. They will now play Game 1 …
CRAWDADS: Wipe out big deficit to beat Power in series opener
HobbsDailyReport.com CHARLESTON, W. Va. – An eighth-run eighth inning propelled the Hickory Crawdads to an 11-8 victory on Friday night in the opening game of a South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball series on the road. Down by five runs after the seventh inning, the Crawdads (33-46, 6-3 second half) got key hits in the eighth inning to win and stay …
CRAWDADS: Hammer Kannapolis with 18 hits, including 8 for extra bases
HobbsDailyReport.com KANNAPOLIS – Only one player in the batting order failed to get at least one hit – and the first four in the order combined for 10 – as the visiting Hickory Crawdads pounded Kannapolis 13-2 on Thursday night. Closing a four-game series against the Intimidators, the Crawdads (32-46, 5-3 second half) moved into second place behind Hagerstown (Md.) …
‘DADS: Battle with Kannapolis decided by a run for 7th time this season
HobbsDailyReport.com KANNAPOLIS – One run was enough on Wednesday night because of the effort of pitchers Walker Weickel and Christian Torres. The duo combined on a three-hitter — and Hickory scored the game’s only run in the seventh inning — as the visiting Crawdads nipped Kannapolis 1-0 in a South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball game before 415 fans. It was …
COLLEGE BASEBALL: Red Hawks’ Jenkins named top player in the nation
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Catawba Valley Community College’s Chandler Jenkins has added another honor – a big one – to his baseball resume. Jenkins, who has signed to play next season at East Carolina, has been named the American Baseball Coaches Association (ABCA)/National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) National Player of the Year. A West Lincoln High product, Jenkins is the …