Crawdads score eight unanswered in come from behind win
Published on June 11, 2006 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Hickory Crawdads News Release
The Hickory Crawdads spotted the West Virginia Power five runs Sunday afternoon. Then the âDads ran off eight straight runs of their own in an 8-5 win in front of 2,368 fans at L.P. Frans Stadium.
The Power reached for five against Hickory starter Luis Valdez in the second inning. With two on and one out, Power 2B Mike Bell singled in both runs to make it 2-0. After LF Ryan Crew singled, SS Scotty McKnight doubled in a pair making it 4-0. The fifth run scored on the second of two Crawdad errors in the inning. Valdez left due to injury after allowing all five runs (four earned) in one and two-third innings. He was relieved by Jean Garavito who got the final out of the second frame.
Immediately the âDads answered in the bottom of the second. Crawdad 1B Mike Carlin and RF Brad Corley hit back-to-back homers off of Power starter Kevin Roberts to start the rally. Crawdad 2B Tony Mansolino singled, moved to second on an error, took third on a ground ball out, and made it 5-3 scoring on a wild pitch.
Trailing 5-3 in the third, Crawdad SS Brent Lillibridge led off and drew a walk. Hickory 3B Eddie Prasch tripled home Lillibridge to make it 5-4. âDads CF Andrew McCutchen tied the game with a single. Carlin gave Hickory the lead and drove Roberts from the game with an RBI base hit to make it 6-5. Robert Wooley replaced Roberts and with one out allowed an RBI single to Mansolino. The fifth run of the inning and final run of the game scored on a single by LF Jason Delaney and an error to make it 8-5.
Garavito (3-5) picked up the win pitching four and one-third innings of scoreless, one hit relief. Derek Antelo pitched two run free innings for Hickory. Justin Vaclavik struck out one and did not yield a run earning his third save with a hitless ninth.
Roberts (3-7) allowed seven runs on seven hits over two innings to take the loss. Wooley went three innings allowing one run on five hits. Ryan Marion pitched two and one-third innings of three hit relief for WV. Steve Palazzolo got the final two outs with a double-play grounder for the Power.
The âDads play a double-header at home with Kannapolis at 6pm on Monday before playing at 5pm Tuesday against Kannapolis at Deal Stadium in Granite Falls.
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