Hickory Crawdads Use Four-Run Fourth to Beat Woodpeckers 6‑2
HICKORY, N.C. (Interstat) — The Hickory Crawdads beat the Fayetteville Woodpeckers 6-2 on Tuesday, Sept. 1, at L.P. Frans Stadium. Hickory erased a 1-0 deficit with four runs in the fourth inning, getting RBIs from Brandon Crabtree, Josh Springer and Daniel Flames. Yolfran Castillo added a run-scoring fly ball in the fifth and walked with the bases loaded in the seventh. Ben Tryon hit a solo homer in the fifth for Fayetteville, which had taken a 1-0 lead in the fourth. Connor O’Hara started for Hickory, allowing six hits and two earned runs over 4.1 innings. Michael Trausch threw two scoreless innings, and Brandon Jaenke got the win with 1.2 scoreless innings, improving to 2-0. Aubrey Smith took the loss, giving up five earned runs in five innings and dropping to 1-7. Fayetteville finished with seven hits, Hickory six. The Crawdads improved to 81-48; the Woodpeckers fell to 72-53. Attendance was 1,156, and the game lasted 2:22.