HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads put it together on Sunday – with solid pitching and home runs by Charles Leblanc and Leody Taveras – to beat Lexington (Ky.) 5-1 and take over sole possession of first place in their division. Crawdads starter Walker Weickel and reliever Christian Torres retired 14 straight batters at one point as Hickory (51-62, 24-19 …
CRAWDADS: Washed out on Friday, they’ll play 2 on Saturday
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – After rain postponed Friday night’s game, the Crawdads will play two games on Saturday against the Lexington (Ky.) Legends, starting at 3 p.m. at L.P. Frans Stadium. Hickory will take the field, weather permitting, still in a first-place tie with Hagerstown (Md.) after the Suns fell 12-5 on Friday night at Lakewood (N.J.). The Suns are 21-17 …
CRAWDADS: Come home tied for first place, will face Legends next
HobbsDailyReport.com HAGERSTOWN, Md. – The Crawdads are back home and tied for first place heading into Thursday night’s game against the Lexington (Ky.) Legends. Hagerstown (Md.) whipped Hickory 7-1 on Wednesday in a South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball game that left the Suns (59-47, 21-16 second half) and Crawdads (49-60, 22-17) sharing first place in the Northern Division. Hickory starts …
CRAWDADS: Carry big bats again, smash Suns to gain first place
HobbsDailyReport.com HAGERSTOWN, Md. – The Crawdads continued to carry some sizzlin’ sticks on Tuesday night. A night after scoring a season-best 16 runs on 18 hits, they scorched Hagerstown (Md.) 10-1 to take over first place in the South Atlantic League (SAL) Northern Division before 605 fans. Hickory has scored 26 runs and collected 33 hits over the past two …
CRAWDADS: Ride 12-run inning to win, now share first place
HobbsDailyReport.com HAGERSTOWN, Md. – Scoring a season-high for runs and getting 11 of them with two outs, the visiting Hickory Crawdads smashed Hagerstown (Md.) 16-4 on Monday night to gain a share of first place in the South Atlantic League (SAL) Northern Division. Yohel Pozo had three hits and five other Crawdads had two each as Hickory used a 12-run …