LIVE: Delmarva (12-18, 40-59) at Hickory (18-13, 54-46)

July 24, 2012

The Hickory Crawdads host the visiting Delmarva Shorebirds at L.P. Frans Stadium tonight. The game started 30 minutes late at 7:30 due to earlier rain in the area.

The Crawdads are 18-13 in the second half and 54-46 overall, while the Shorebirds are 12-18 in the second half and 40-59 overall.

Hickory leads the four-game series, 1-0. They won Monday's opening game of the series, 8-1.

Starting pitchers
Hickory: Nick Martinez (5-4, 4.66 ERA)
Delmarva: Eduardo Rodriguez (3-5, 3.58 ERA)

Batting orders
Hickory: 1. Luis Sardinas, SS; 2. Trever Adams, 1B; 3. Rougned Odor, 2B; 4. Zach Cone, CF; 5. Chris Grayson, LF; 6. Jorge Alfaro, DH; 7. Kellin Deglan, C; 8. Jordan Akins, RF; 9. Nick Urbanus, 3B.

Delmarva: 1. Mikey Planeta, CF; 2. Jerome Pena, 2B; 3. Nicky Delmonico, 1B; 4. Michael Ohlman, DH; 5. Connor Narron, LF; 6. Brenden Webb, RF; 7. Jason Esposito, 3B; 8. Wynston Sawyer, C; 9. Sammie Starr, SS.

Top of the first (Delmarva batting)
Planeta strikes out swinging
Pena grounds out to first base
Delmonico flies out to shortstop

Bottom of the first (Hickory batting)
Sardinas grounds out to shortstop
Adams singles into shallow right field
Odor grounds into a double play

Top of the second (Delmarva batting)
Ohlman grounds out to shortstop
Narron singles in the gap between center field and right field
Webb singles in between first and second, Narrow to second
Esposito strikes out swinging
Sawyer grounds into a fielder's choice

Bottom of the second (Hickory batting)
Cone grounds out to shortstop
Grayson singles to shallow center field
Alfaro flies out to right field
Deglan grounds out to second base

Top of the third (Delmarva batting)
Starr singles up the middle
Planeta grounds out to third base, Starr advances to second
Pena strikes out
Delmonico is hit by a pitch
Ohlman grounds out to third base

Bottom of the third (Hickory batting)
Akins homers on first pitch to center field (Hickory leads, 1-0)
Urbanus strikes out
Sardinas singles
Adams flies out to center field
Sardinas steals second base
Odor strikes out, hit in back on dropped third strike

Top of the fourth (Delmarva batting)
Narron flies out to left field
Webb doubles to right-center field
Webb thrown out at pickoff by Martinez
Esposito strikes out

Bottom of the fourth (Hickory batting)
Cone homers on first pitch to center field (Hickory leads, 2-0)
Grayson flies out to center field
Alfaro strikes out
Deglan singles in between first and second base
Akins singles up the middle
Urbanus strikes out

Top of the fifth (Delmarva batting)
Sawyer singles up the middle
Starr singles to shallow right field
Planeta singles, Sawyer scores (Hickory, 2-1), Starr to third base
Pena walks to load bases
Delmonico flies out to shortstop
Ohlman walks to bring home Starr (Tied, 2-2), Planeta to third, Pena to second
Narron strikes out
Webb walks to bring home Planeta (Delmarva, 3-2), Pena to third, Ohlman to second
Arlett Mavare replaces Nick Martinez on the mound
Espisito strikes out

Bottom of the fifth (Hickory batting)
Sardinas grounds out to third base
Adams triples to the corner in right field
Odor grounds to first base, Adams throw out at home on fielder's choice
Cone strikes out swinging

Top of the sixth inning (Delmarva batting)
Sawyer flies out to center field
Starr strikes out looking
Planeta flies out to left field

Bottom of the sixth inning (Hickory batting)
Eric Wooten replaces Eduardo Rodriguez on the mound
Grayson grounds out to pitcher
Alfaro grounds out to second baseman
Deglan shallow ground out to pitcher

Top of the seventh inning (Delmarva batting)
Pena walks
Delmonico delivers a towering homer over the right field wall (Delmarva, 5-2)
Ohlman doubles
Narron strikes out looking
Webb strikes out looking
Esposito grounds out to second base

Bottom of the seventh inning (Hickory batting)
Akins solo home run over the left field wall (Delmarva leads, 5-3)
Urbanus grounds out to first base
Sardinas flies out to right field
Trever Adams grounds out to second base

Top of the eighth inning (Delmarva batting)
Sawyer strikes out looking
Starr grounds out to third base
Planeta flies out to right field

Bottom of the eighth inning (Hickory batting)
Odor flies out to left field
Cone strikes out
Grayson singles up the middle
Alfaro singles to shallow right field, Grayson to third base
Deglan flies out to third base

Top of the ninth inning (Delmarva batting)
Pena singles
Delmonico hit by pitch, Pena to second base
Ohlman walks to load bases
Narron flies out to right field, scores Pena (Delmarva, 6-3)
Webb grounds into fielder's choice, Ohlman out, Delmonico scores (Delmarva, 7-3)
Esposito strikes out swinging

Bottom of the ninth inning (Hickory batting)
Zach Petersime replaces Eric Wooten on the mound
Akins grounds out to third base
Urbanus grounds out to third base
Sardinas singles to left field
Sardinas advances to second base on defensive indifference
Adams strikes out swinging

FINAL SCORE: Delmarva 7, Hickory 3

Hickory falls to 18-14 in the second half and 54-46 overall, while Delmarva improves to 13-18 overall and 41-59 in the second half

The series between the two teams is tied, 1-1, with game three to be played at noon Wednesday at L.P. Frans Stadium