Charleston 0, at Hickory 4

HICKORY (Interstat) — A dominant pitching performance by AJ Russell and a two-run home run by Esteban Mejia powered the Hickory Crawdads to a 4-0 victory over the Charleston RiverDogs in the first game of a doubleheader Sunday afternoon at L.P. Frans Stadium. The game lasted 1 hour, 44 minutes and featured little offense from the RiverDogs, who managed only two hits and struck out 12 times. Hickory’s pitching staff combined to allow two hits, walk two and strike out 13 while stranding five Charleston baserunners. Russell, the top star for Hickory, delivered 3⅔ innings of one-hit ball with six… Read more...