CRAWDADS: Shut out Grasshoppers, end 7-game losing streak

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Friday’s result at L.P. Frans Stadium: Hickory 3, Greensboro 0 Current record: 5-11, last place in High-A East Southern Division, five games behind division-leading Bowling Green (Ky.) Next game: Saturday, home vs.  Greensboro, 7 p.m. Current home series, L.P. Frans Stadium (2500 Clement Blvd NW): Tuesday through Sunday vs. Greensboro, 7 p.m. on Tuesday-Saturday, 3 p.m. on …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Jarrett, now in Triple-A, not in Thursday’s lineup

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Zach Jarrett, promoted Wednesday from Double-A to the Triple-A Norfolk (Va.) Tides, did not get into the lineup on Thursday night. Norfolk played Jacksonville (Fla.) in Norfolk, and Jacksonville won 5-4 in 10 innings to drop the Tides to 3-12. The series continues Friday night in Norfolk. Jarrett is listed on the Tides roster but did …

MINOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: Deal goes 4-plus for Braves, takes second loss

By CHRIS HOBBS HobbsDailyReport.com Left-hander Hayden Deal suffered his second loss of the season on Thursday night after pitching 4 2/3 innings for the Double-A Mississippi Braves. Visiting Chattanooga beat the Braves 3-1 in 81-degree weather, a game that lasted a minute shy of two hours. Deal, a former high school star at Bandys and in college at Presbyterian (S.C.), …

CRAWDADS: Lose again, remain in last place in their division

HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY CRAWDADS   Thursday’s result at L.P. Frans Stadium: Greensboro 3, Hickory 2 Current record: 4-11, last place in High-A East Southern Division, six games behind division-leading Bowling Green (Ky.) Next game: Friday, home vs.  Greensboro, 7 p.m. Current home series, L.P. Frans Stadium (2500 Clement Blvd NW): Tuesday through Sunday vs. Greensboro, 7 p.m. on Tuesday-Saturday, 3 p.m. …