Charleston 2, at Hickory 5

HICKORY, N.C. (Interstat) — Paulino Santana hit a solo home run and Josh Springer drove in two runs as the Hickory Crawdads defeated the Charleston RiverDogs 5-2 on Thursday afternoon at L.P. Frans Stadium. The Crawdads improved to 22-18, while the RiverDogs fell to 23-19. Attendance was 19, and the game lasted 2 hours, 1 minute. Hickory starter Aidan Deakins tossed six innings, allowing two earned runs on six hits while striking out four. He improved to 4-0. Wily Villar earned his second save of the season by pitching a scoreless ninth inning. Charleston starter Alex Wallace took the loss,… Read more...