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 …
CRAWDADS: Run win streak to 5 games; division lead now 2 games
HobbsDailyReport.com COLUMBIA, S.C. – The Hickory Crawdads are headed home with their fifth straight baseball win in the bag, a victory that widened their lead in the South Atlantic League (SAL) Northern Division. Scoring five runs by the third inning, the Crawdads beat Columbia (S.C.) 7-4 on Sunday to move two games ahead of Hagerstown (Md.) in the second-half division …
CRAWDADS: Get 19 hits, hammer Hoppers to stay tied for first
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Every Crawdads batter in the lineup punished the Greensboro Grasshoppers in some way on Wednesday in an 8-1 middle-of-the-day South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball victory at L.P. Frans Stadium. Seven of the nine Crawdads had at least two hits – they had 19 – and the only player without a hit, No. 8 hitter Brendan Davis, walked …
CRAWDADS: Split DH, tie for first heading into Wednesday’s noon game
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads finish a series with Greensboro at noon on Wednesday, heading into the South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball game tied for first place. The Crawdads beat the Grasshoppers 4-1 in the first seven-inning game of a doubleheader at L.P. Frans Stadium on Tuesday then Greensboro won 4-1 in a seven-inning nightcap to leave the SAL …
CRAWDADS: Cody promoted to Wood Ducks, wins first start for them
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Kyle Cody, a right-hander who has been red-hot for the Hickory Crawdads, has earned a promotion. Cody, who ranks in the top 10 in ERA (2.83, seventh), strikeouts (101, fifth) and opponents’ batting average (.218, fifth) in the South Atlantic League (SAL), was sent to the Down East Wood Ducks on Tuesday by the Texas Rangers. The …