Hickory 0, at Kannapolis 4

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Interstat) — Riley Eikhoff delivered a dominant bounce-back performance, and the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers broke open a scoreless pitchers’ duel with a three-run fifth inning to shut out the Hickory Crawdads 4-0 on Wednesday evening at Atrium Health Ballpark. A crowd of 3,115 watched the Cannon Ballers even their season record at 2-3, while the Crawdads fell to 3-2. The game, which lasted 2 hours and 19 minutes, was a stark reversal from Tuesday’s series opener, which Hickory won 4-3. The most important part of the game was the bottom of the fifth inning, where Kannapolis transformed a… Read more...