CRAWDADS: Drill Drive, move within game of .500 record

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Wednesday’s result at L.P. Frans Stadium: Hickory 11, Greenville (S.C.) 0 Current record: 8-9, fourth place in South Atlantic South, two games behind second-place Rome (Ga.) and Winston-Salem and four games behind division leader  Bowling Green, Ky. Next game: Thursday, home vs. Greenville (S.C.), 7 p.m. This series: Tuesday through Sunday vs. Greenville (S.C.); games times …

CRAWDADS: Open home series with victory over Drive

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Tuesday’s result at L.P. Frans Stadium: Hickory 10, Greenville (S.C.) 6 Current record: 7-9, tied with Greenville (S.C.) for fourth place in South Atlantic South, three games behind second-place Rome (Ga.) and Winston-Salem and four games behind division leader  Bowling Green, Ky. Next game: Wednesday, home vs. Greenville (S.C.), 7 p.m. This series: Tuesday through Sunday …

CRAWDADS: Start home series against Greenville (S.C.) on Tuesday

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Sunday’s result at Wilmington, Del.:  Hickory 1, Wilmington, Del. 0 Current record: 6-9, fifth place in South Atlantic South, a game back of fourth-place Greenville (S.C.); three games back of second-place Rome (Ga.) and Winston-Salem and five games behind division leader  Bowling Green, Ky. Next game: Tuesday, home vs. Greenville (S.C.), 7 p.m. This series: Tuesday …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal goes 3 innings for Braves, ERA at 1.35

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal continues to pitch well for the Mississippi Braves, including a solid three-inning stint in Sunday’s 9-5 home loss to Chattanooga (Tenn.). A left-hander out of Bandys High, Deal threw in his fifth game of the season. He has pitched 13.1 innings, walking seven and striking out 14, and his ERA is 1.35. On Sunday, …