Hickory 4, at Kannapolis 5

KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Interstat) — Grayson Fitzwater homered and drove in three runs as the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers defeated the Hickory Crawdads 5-4 on Wednesday at Atrium Health Ballpark before an announced crowd of 2,057. The game lasted 2:26. Kannapolis jumped ahead with three runs in the first inning. Alexander Albertus delivered a run-scoring groundout, and Fitzwater followed with a two-run home run. Hickory scored once in the third on Kaden Carpenter’s RBI groundout, but the Cannon Ballers answered with two runs in the bottom half on Stiven Flores’ sacrifice fly and Fitzwater’s run-scoring single. Hickory trailed 5-1 before scoring three… Read more...