Hickory Crawdads blank Charleston RiverDogs 6‑0 behind strong pitching
CHARLESTON, S.C. (Interstat) — J.D. McReynolds earned the win and Jormy Nivar notched the save as the Hickory Crawdads shut out the Charleston RiverDogs 6-0 on Saturday at Joseph Riley Ballpark. The Crawdads snapped a four-game losing streak and improved to 32-28, while the RiverDogs fell to 36-26.
Hickory scored two runs in each of the third, fifth and seventh innings. In the third, Marco Argudin reached on an error, allowing Yolfran Castillo to score, and Angel Arredondo tripled home Argudin. In the fifth, Argudin tripled in Castillo, and Arredondo singled in Argudin. In the seventh, Braylin Morel singled in two runs.
McReynolds (2-2) pitched 1.2 scoreless innings, allowing one hit and striking out one. Nivar worked 3.2 innings of two-hit ball with three strikeouts for his second save. AJ Russell added 2.1 hitless innings with four strikeouts.
Aidan Cremarosa (4-2) took the loss for Charleston, tossing three scoreless innings but allowing three hits. The RiverDogs managed only five hits.
Attendance was 3,448, and the game lasted 2 hours, 43 minutes.