CRAWDADS: Win 1-0 over Bowling Green, still tied for second place

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Wednesday’s result at L.P. Frans Stadium: Hickory 1, Bowling Green, Ky. 0 Current record: 3-2, tied with Greenville (S.C.) and Rome (Ga.) for second place in South Atlantic League South division, each two games behind first-place Bowling Green, Ky. Next game: Thursday, home vs. Bowling Green, Ky., 7 p.m. This series: Tuesday through Saturday, home vs. …

CRAWDADS: Fall 14-7 in first home game of season

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Tuesday’s result at L.P. Frans Stadium: Bowling Green, Ky. 14, Hickory 7 Current record: 2-2,tied for second place with Greenville (S.C.), Rome (Ga.), Winston-Salem, all two games back of Bowling Green, Ky. Next game: Wednesday, home vs. Bowling Green, Ky., 11 a.m. This series: Tuesday through Saturday, home vs. Bowling Green, Ky.; Games times: Tues., 6 …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal goes 3 1/3 innings in relief, strikes out 5 for Braves

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal worked 3 1/3 innings on Tuesday night in Biloxi (Miss.), where the Mississippi Braves fell 6-4 in a Southern League game. Deal, a former Bandys High star, made his second relief appearance of the season. He was the first reliever in for the Braves, giving up two hits, an unearned run, walking none and …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal starts season back in Double A for Braves

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Hayden Deal’s fifth pro season is underway, and he is back in Double A and pitching for the Mississippi Braves for the second straight season. Deal, a 6-foot-4 left-hander who starred at Bandys High and in college at Presbyterian. has pitched in one of the Braves’ first three games. Mississippi fell at home 5-1 to Montgomery …

CRAWDADS: Win 2 of 3 at Winston-Salem; home opener is Tuesday night

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Sunday’s result at Winston-Salem: Hickory 5, Winston-Salem 2. Current record: 2-1, tied for third place in South Atlantic League with Hudson Valley (N.Y.) and Rome (Ga.), one game back of Aberdeen (Md.) and Bowling Green, Ky. Next game: Tuesday, home vs. Bowling Green, Ky. 6 p.m. This series: Tuesday through Saturday, home vs. Bowling Green, Ky.; …