The Hickory Crawdads kick off their second half of the South Atlantic League regular season tonight against the Greensboro Grasshoppers at L.P. Frans Stadium.
The Crawdads finished the first half of the regular season with a 36-33 overall record, while the Grasshoppers were 46-24 in the first half.
Starting pitchers
Hickory: Nick Martinez (2-1, 4.66 ERA)
Greensboro: Joe Urena (2-2, 3.58 ERA)
Batting orders
Hickory: 1. Rougned Odor, 2B; 2. Luis Sardinas, SS; 3. Drew Robinson, 3B; 4. Jeremy Williams, RF; 5. Jorge Alfaro, C; 6. Kevin Torres, DH; 7. Jordan Akins, CF; 8. Trever Adams, LF; 9. Jhonny Gomez, 1B.
Greensboro: 1. John Schultz, LF; 2. Austin Barnes, 2B; 3. Brent Keys, CF; 4. Josh Adams, 3B; 5. Matt Smith, 1B; 6. James Wooster, RF; 7. Ryan Rieger, DH; 8. Wilfredo Gimenez, C; 9. Terrence Dayleg, SS.
Top of the first (Greensboro batting)
John Schultz singles
Austin Barnes homers (2-0 Greensboro)
Brent Keys grounds out
Josh Adams flies out to right field
Matt Smith strikes out looking
Bottom of the first (Hickory batting)
Rougned Odor grounds out
Luis Sardinas grounds out
Drew Robinson singles, moves to second on error by right fielder James Wooster
Jeremy Williams grounds out
Top of the second
James Wooster strikes out swinging
Ryan Rieger grounds out
Wilfredo Gimenez flies out
Bottom of the second
Jorge Alfaro triples
Kevin Torres called out after ball hits him in fair territory
Jordan Akins strikes out
Trever Adams doubles, Jorge Alfaro scores (2-1, Greensboro)
Jhonny Gomez grounds out
Top of the third
Terrence Dayleg flies out
John Schultz grounds out
Austin Barnes strikes out
Bottom of the third
Rougned Odor singles
Luis Sardinas flies out
Odor advances to second base on wild pitch
Drew Robinson strikes out
Jeremy Williams grounds out
Top of the fourth
Brent Keys singles
Josh Adams walks, Keys to second base
Matt Smith grounds into a double play, Adams out, Keys to third base
James Wooster flies out
Bottom of the fourth
Jorge Alfaro reaches on error by shortstop Terrence Dayleg
Kevin Torres doubles, Alfaro to third base
Jordan Akins grounds out, Torres to third base, Alfaro scores (Tied 2-2)
Trever Adams doubles, Torres scores (3-2, Hickory)
Jhonny Gomez flies out
Rougned Odor doubles, Adams score (4-2, Hickory)
Luis Sardinas singles, Odor out at the plate
Top of the fifth
Ryan Rieger flies out
Wilfredo Gimenez walks
Terrence Dayleg grounds into double play
Bottom of the fifth
Pitching change for Greensboro: RHP Dejai Oliver
Drew Robinson walks
Robinson caught stealing second
Jeremy Williams strikes out
Jorge Alfaro walks
Kevin Torres grounds out
Top of the sixth
Substitions: 3B Drew Robinson to second base, Hanser Alberto to third base, 2B Odor comes out
John Schultz grounds out
Austin Barnes grounds out
Brent Keys flies
Bottom of the sixth
Jordan Akins grounds out
Trever Adams flies out
Jhonny Gomez flies out
Top of the seventh
Pitching change for Hickory: LHP Andrew Faulkner
Josh Adams grounds out
Matt Smith singles
James Wooster singles
Ryan Rieger walks to load bases
Wilfredo Gimenez singles, Matt Smith scores (4-3, Hickory)
Pitching change: RHP Arlett Mavare replaces Faulkner
Terrence Dayleg grounds into double play
Bottom of seventh
Hanser Alberto hit by pitch
Luis Sardinas bunt singles
Drew Robinson grounds into fielder's choice, Sardinas out at second, Alberto to third base
Jeremy Williams out on unassisted ground out, Robinson to second base, Alberto scores (5-3, Hickory)
Jose Alfaro grounds out
Top of the eighth
John Schultz walks
Austin Barnes grounds into fielder's choice, Schultz out at second
Brent Keys singles, moves to second base on throw, Barnes to third base
Josh Adams grounds into fielder's choice, Barnes tagged out trying to score, Keys to third base
Matt Smith flies out
Bottom of the eighth
Kevin Torres doubles
Jordan Akins reaches on error by shortstop Terrence Dayleg, Torres scores (6-3, Hickory), Akins to second base
Trever Adams grounds out, Akins remains at second
Jhonny Gomez grounds out, Akins advances to third
Hanser Alberto flies out
Top of the ninth
Pitching change: RHP Phil Klein enters for Mavare
James Wooster walks
Ryan Rieger strikes out swinging
Wilfredo Gimenez grounds out, Wooster to second base
Terrence Dayleg strikes out
FINAL: Hickory 6, Greensboro 3
The Crawdads improve to 1-0 in the second half of the season, 37-33 overall. Greensboro falls to 0-1 to start the second half and 46-25 overall.