MiLB

Hickory 4, at Charleston 5

Tuesday, June 9, 2026 · Final · Carolina League (A-Adv)

RiverDogs rally past Crawdads with five-run comeback

CHARLESTON, S.C. (Interstat) — The Charleston RiverDogs erased a 4-0 deficit with five runs over the final two innings to beat the Hickory Crawdads 5-4 on Tuesday night at Joseph Riley Ballpark.

Hickory struck early, scoring single runs in the first, third, seventh and eighth innings. Josh Springer drove in Yolfran Castillo in the first, Paulino Santana tripled home a run in the third, Castillo tripled in a run in the seventh and Deward Tovar singled in a run in the eighth.

Charleston tied the game in the eighth on an RBI single by J.D. Gonzalez and a two-run double by Brady Marget. In the ninth, Cooper Flemming was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded, forcing in the winning run.

Bryce Shaffer (2-1) earned the win with one-third of an inning, striking out one. Geury Rodriguez (3-2) took the loss. Alejandro Chiquillo pitched six scoreless innings for Hickory, allowing two hits and striking out four. Ethan Storm started for Charleston, going five innings with five hits, two earned runs and four strikeouts.

Attendance was 3,914. The game lasted 2 hours, 35 minutes. The RiverDogs improved to 33-25, the Crawdads fell to 31-25.