'Dads make it two straight vs. Tourists, 6-4
Published on April 8, 2011 under South Atlantic League (SAL1)
Hickory Crawdads News Release
HICKORY, N.C. - The Hickory Crawdads won their second straight game to start the season against the Asheville Tourists, 6-4, before 2,552 fans at L.P. Frans Stadium on Friday night. SS Jurickson Profar, who also homered on Thursday, led the way tonight, going 2-for-3 with a two-run home run and an RBI double.
The Crawdads (2-0) again jumped ahead in the bottom of the first frame. 2B Odubel Herrera led off with a single against RHP Albert Campos (0-1), before Profar belted the ball off a scoreboard panel for his two-run shot.
The Tourists (0-2) cut the deficit in half in the top of the fourth when RF Kyle Parker charged home on a double play ball induced by Crawdads starter RHP Randol Rojas (1-0), but Hickory promptly responded with tallies in the fourth and fifth to make it 4-1.
After back-to-back, two-out doubles by Parker and DH Bryce Massanari in the eighth to cut it to 4-2, the Crawdads answered again with a pair in the bottom of the frame. DH Andrew Clark led off with a single and gave way to pinch runner Teodoro Martinez. 3B Christian Villanueva followed with a base hit, after racking up two doubles previously in the game, putting runners at first and second. CF Jake Skole bounced into a fielder's choice, helped out by an error, that enabled all three to reach safely, loading the bases for 1B Jhonny Gomez. Gomez came through with a two-run single to left-center, padding the lead to 6-2.
Asheville refused to go down quietly against RHP Joe Van Meter in the ninth. A leadoff walk was followed by a two-run home run by 1B Mark Tracy, cutting the Crawdads lead to two. However, Van Meter responded by retiring the next three in a row to close the 6-4 win for Hickory.
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