Hickory 10, at Charleston 6

CHARLESTON (Interstat) — The Hickory Crawdads erupted for five runs in the first inning and held off a determined Charleston RiverDogs comeback, winning 10-6 on Sunday at Joseph Riley Ballpark. Hickory sent nine batters to the plate in the opening frame. Yolfran Castillo singled, moved to second on a groundout and scored on Angel Arredondo’s line-drive single to center. After a hit batsman and a walk loaded the bases, Daniel Flames cleared them with a two-run single to center. Luis Marquez followed with a two-run single to left, giving the Crawdads a 5-0 lead before Charleston recorded its first at-bat.… Read more...