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: Downed by the Suns, ending 6-game win streak
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – The Hickory Crawdads’ six-game win streak is over but they’re still in first place heading into Thursday night’s home game. Hagerstown (Md.) toppled Hickory 6-3 at L.P. Frans with 1,525 watching on Wednesday night and trimmed the Crawdads’ lead in South Atlantic League (SAL) Northern Division baseball to two games. Hickory is 58-64 overall and atop the …
CRAWDADS: Eclipse Suns, extend division lead to 3 games
HobbsDailyReport.com HICKORY – Hickory added a game to its South Atlantic League (SAL) Northern Division baseball lead on Tuesday night. Beating Hagerstown (Md.) 9-4 before 1,325 at L.P. Frans Stadium, the Crawdads opened a three-game lead on the Suns, who are now tied for second place with Greensboro and West Virginia. Hickory meets Hagerstown on Wednesday night at 7 p.m. …
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: Hammer Fireflies with 16 hits, win to stay atop standings
HobbsDailyReport.com COLUMBIA, S.C. –Anderson Tejeda hit a three-run home run, and the Hickory Crawdads scored 10 runs in their final three at-bats on Friday night in a 15-2 romp past Columbia (S.C.) in South Atlantic League (SAL) baseball. All nine players in the Crawdads’ batting order had at least one hit – they finished with 16 – as they won …