SAL1 Hickory Crawdads

'Dads Club Tourists 9-3

Published on May 3, 2013 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Hickory Crawdads News Release


Hickory, NC - The Hickory Crawdads came out swinging and never looked back Friday night, as the 'Dads backed a great performance from ace C.J. Edwards with two home runs and 11 total hits in a 9-3 route of the Asheville Tourists in front of 2,882 fans at L.P. Frans Stadium.

The Hickory bats got rolling early with two first inning runs, thanks in part to three Asheville errors, to take an early 2-0 lead. The 'Dads would never relinquish that early advantage, scoring once in the third, twice in the fourth, once and the fifth and three more times in the seventh for their 6-run win.

The offense was fueled by two more Crawdads home runs, including a solo bomb by Joey Gallo in the third and a two-run shot from Luis Marte in the fourth. Gallo's dinger pushed his SAL leading total to 10 on the season, a mark that almost reached 11 when Gallo flied out to the wall in the 8th.

The Crawdads two bombs also push them just two home runs away from the 2,000th dinger in franchise history.

All that offense was more than enough support for Edwards (2-1), who cruised through the five shutout innings before running out of gas in the 6th. At the end of his outing, the Hickory hurler went a season-long 5.1 innings giving up three runs on four hits, two walks and two strikeouts while earning his second win of the year.

The 'Dads bullpen put up a strong effort as well, with Jose Leclerc, Josh McElwee and Coby Cowgill combining to toss 2.2 stressful, yet scoreless innings of relief to secure the win.

Asheville starter T.J. Oakes (3-2) took the loss after giving up six runs, four earned, on seven hits and five strikeouts over his five innings pitched.

Gallo, Luis Mendez and Jordan Akins all finished the night with multi-hit games. Gallo went 2-4 with his HR and 3 runs scored, Mendez finished 2-4 with three runs scored as well, while Akins ended his evening 2-3 with two doubles and a run scored.

With the win the Crawdads (16-11) take two out of three games against the Tourists (16-11) to stay in first place in the SAL North Division. The Crawdads will now welcome in the Savannah Sand Gnats for the first time this season. The four-game series kicks off on Saturday night at 6:00 pm.

Check out the Hickory Crawdads Statistics

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



South Atlantic League Stories from May 3, 2013


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central