HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads welcome fans to hear more about the team’s new ownership with a media event scheduled Tuesday at L.P. Frans Stadium. Gates open at 10:30 a.m. and the speakers will begin at 11:15 a.m. Expected to discuss the sale of the Crawdads to their parent club in the big leagues, the Texas Rangers, are Jeff …
CRAWDADS: Swat Fireflies to stay a game up in division title race
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – With eight regular-season games to go, the Hickory Crawdads are hanging tough. They had 15 hits on Saturday night and toppled visiting Columbia (S.C.) 11-7 at L.P. Frans Stadium to remain alone in first place in South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball. Before a crowd of 2,725, the Crawdads improved to 63-69 overall and 36-26 in the second …
CRAWDADS: Still tied for first as they face Fireflies on Saturday night
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Crawdads face Columbia (S.C.) on Saturday at 7 p.m. as a team still tied for a division lead. Columbia nipped Hickory 3-1 on Friday night before 4,925 at L.P. Frans Stadium, and Greensboro kept pace with a 4-1 win over Rome (Ga.) as the battle for the South Atlantic League (SAL) Northern Division title continues. The …
CRAWDADS: Shut out Shorebirds, move back into first place alone
HobbsDailyReport.com DELMARVA, Md. – Charles Leblanc drove in three runs — and all nine hitters in the Hickory lineup had at least one hit — in a 6-0 victory over Delmarva (Md.), as the Crawdads moved into first place alone again on Thursday night. Hickory (62-68, 35-25 second half) opened a one-game lead on Greensboro (33-25) after Kannapolis beat the …
CRAWDADS: Flirt with no-hitter, end up with shutout win over Suns
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Crawdads flirted with a no-hitter on Thursday night in a 3-0 home victory over the Hagerstown (Md.) Suns. Michael Matuella didn’t allow a hit for five innings, and the Suns were hitless until Blake Perkins led off the eighth inning off reliever Kaleb Fontenot. The other hit was a leadoff single in the ninth inning by …