Hickory Crawdads Right Fielder Jose Almonte

'Dads Bats Bottled up in 5-2 Loss

Hickory, NC - The Hickory Crawdads received a jolt of offense when Jose Almonte clubbed a 2-run home run in his first at-bat in nearly 3 weeks Monday night, but that would be all the 'Dads bats could muster as Hickory fell to the visiting Greensboro Grasshoppers by a final score of 5-2 at L.P. Frans Stadium. Almonte rejoined the Crawdads following an 18-day stint on the Extended Spring Training roster and promptly lined a g... Full Story