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.

HIGH SCHOOL SPRING SPORTS: This week’s schedule

HobbsDailyReport.com A schedule of athletic events this week for schools in the South Fork 2A, Northwestern Foothills 2A and Northwestern 3A-4A, compiled from schedules the schools provided HobbsDailyReport.com, with starting times if they were listed on the schedules. Some schools did not respond to a request for schedules. Events added to the schedules via postponements or moved to another date …