Daniel Keaney leads Hickory to 10‑0 shutout of Columbia
HICKORY, N.C. (Interstat) — Daniel Keaney fired five innings of one-hit ball Friday night as the Hickory Crawdads blanked the Columbia Fireflies 10-0 at L.P. Frans Stadium. Keaney (1-0) struck out six and allowed no earned runs. Hickory (35-30) broke the game open with a three-run third inning. Marco Argudin singled in Sebastian Baquera, and Angel Arredondo added a two-run single. The Crawdads erupted for six runs in the fifth, highlighted by Deward Tovar’s two-run double and Sebastian Baquera’s two-run single. An error extended the inning. Paulino Santana walked with the bases loaded in the seventh to force in the final run. Arredondo finished with two hits and three RBIs, Baquera had two hits and two RBIs, and Yolfran Castillo collected three hits. Geury Rodriguez and Luimy Munoz combined for four scoreless innings of relief. Columbia (34-33) managed three hits. Luis Valdez pitched two scoreless innings for the Fireflies. Coleman Picard (0-1) took the loss, allowing five hits and three earned runs over 2 2/3 innings. The Fireflies had won two of the previous three games in the series. The game lasted 2 hours, 37 minutes before an announced crowd of 2,831.