Torrid Torres Leads Crawdads to Win
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Torrid Torres Leads Crawdads to Win

Published on June 5, 2025 under Carolina League (CarL)
Hickory Crawdads News Release


Hickory Crawdads outfielder Maxton Martin
Hickory Crawdads outfielder Maxton Martin
(Hickory Crawdads)

Hickory, NC - Marcos Torres led a 19-hit attack on Thursday evening as the Hickory Crawdads cruised to an 18-2 win over Columbia at LP Frans Stadium.

Torres, who came into the contest 1-for-7 in the series, collected five hits, including an eighth inning double that closed out a perfect five-for-five night. The outfielder raised his average forty-six points to finish the night batting .271.

Torres was one of five players with a multi-hit game, as Ben Hartl picked up three knocks to boost his average twenty-four points.

Daniel Flames made his Hickory debut tonight, reaching base four times on a walk, two singles and a double, delighting the 1,140 fans at the Frans.

Rafe Perich added a trio of hits for the Crawdads (28-25), while Maxton Martin drove home six runs in the rout.

The Crawdads reached a high-water mark on the season with the 18 runs and 19 hits. The team's performance moved them up four spots in the Carolina League with a .228 team average, good for fifth on the circuit.

As for pitching, J'Briell Easley earned the win for Hickory. The right-hander teamed with three pitchers to move his record to 3-2 on the season. Dalton Pence opened with a scoreless stanza, while Brock Porter tossed two scoreless frames.

Thomas Ireland pitched the final four frames to pick up a seldom seen four-inning save. The save for Ireland was his first of the year.

Columbia (27-27) was led by Derlin Figueroa's two safeties, as Jordan Woods (2-3) suffered the loss for the Fireflies.

In other Carolina League action, Kannapolis drilled Myrtle Beach 12-1 while Augusta lost for a third straight night to Fayetteville, leaving the two clubs in a virtual first-place tie. The win for Hickory places three teams within a half-game of each other for the first-half crown in the South Division.

Tomorrow, Caden Scarborough takes the hill for Hickory, opposing Columbia's Blake Wolters at 7pm.

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