May
6
Makin’ Progress
Filed Under Andrew Walker, Bradley Clapp, Charleston Riverdogs
The Hickory Crawdads actually made a little progress tonight in their efforts against the Charleston RiverDogs, but still came up short. Bradley Clapp took the mound tonight and gave the best pitching performance from the starting position we have seen against the RiverDogs during this series. Bradley pitched 4 frames, gave up 7 hits and 2 runs (both earned.) In the past two games, our starters gave up enough runs early that we were unable to overcome the deficits.
Hickory took the early lead in the first inning of tonight’s game when Charleston’s Dellin Betances walked the bases loaded with no outs. Andrew Walker slapped a sacrifice fly to score one run, but the offense couldn’t produce any more during the bottom of the first. Charleston put up 2 runs in the top of the third and 3 more in the top of the sixth on a 3-run dinger from Austin Krum, making the score 5-1. Hickory loaded the bases twice in the bottom of the sixth, but were only able to produce 2 runs, bringing the score to 5-3. A short 2-out rally in the bottom of the ninth scored one more run for the Crawdads, but they weren’t able to muster a tie or a go-ahead run to win the game.
The Charleston RiverDogs aren’t invincible, but they are the top team in the southern division of the South Atlantic League with a 23-8 record. The final game of this series is a noon game tomorrow, so maybe we can squeeze out one win to keep from being swept in this series.
If you are in North Carolina, don’t forget to vote tomrrow :)
John M. Setzler, Jr.
(the guy with the camera)
Crawdads Photos available HERE.