The Hickory Crawdads return to L.P. Frans Stadium tonight to take on the Lakewood BlueClaws.
The Crawdads and BlueClaws are both 15-11 in the second half of the season. Hickory had a 51-44 overall record, while the BlueClaws are 41-54 overall.
Starting pitchers
Hickory: Kevin Matthews (1-2, 5.57 ERA)
Lakewood: Colin Kleven (4-6, 4.53 ERA)
Batting orders
Hickory: 1. Luis Sardinas, SS; 2. Trever Adams, DH; 3. Rougned Odor, 2B; 4. Zach Cone, CF; 5. Chris Grayson, RF; 6. Jorge Alfaro, 1B; 7. Drew Robinson, 3B; 8. Alejandro Selen, LF; 9. Kellin Deglan, C.
Lakewood: 1. Tim Carver, SS; 2. Miguel Alvarez, LF; 3. Kelly Dugan, RF; 4. Christopher Duffy, DH; 5. Aaron Altherr, CF; 6. Maikel Franco, 3B; 7. Josh Ludy, C; 8. Brock Stassi, 1B; 9. Trey Ford, 2B.
Top of the first (Lakewood batting)
Tim Carver walked on four-straight balls
Miguel Alvarez flies out to second baseman Odor
Kelly Dugan singles up the middle, Carver to third base
Christopher Duffy strikes out swinging
Aaron Altherr flies out to right field
Bottom of the first (Hickory batting)
Luis Sardinas grounds out to shortstop Tim Carver
Trever Adams grounds out to third baseman Maikel Franco
Rougned Odor grounds out to second baseman Trey Ford
Top of the second (Lakewood batting)
Maikel Franco doubles off the wall in left field
Josh Ludy strikes out looking
Brock Stassi flies out to center field
Trey Ford flies out to center field
Bottom of the second (Hickory batting)
Zach Cone grounds out to third base
Chris Grayson walks
Jorge Alfaro doubles
Drew Robinson strikes out
Alejandro Selen flies out to left field
Top of the third (Lakewood batting)
Tim Carver walks
Miguel Alvarez lines out to third baseman Drew Robinson, who throws to first for double play after Carver attempted to steal second base
Kelly Dugan strikes out swinging
Bottom of the third (Hickory batting)
Kellin Deglan strikes out
Luis Sardinas flies out to center field
Trever Adams singles past shortstop Tim Carver
Rougned Odor flies out to center field
Top of the fourth (Lakewood batting)
Christopher Duffy flies out to center field
Aaron Altherr walks
Maikel Franco strikes out, Altherr thrown out by catcher Deglan trying to steal second
Bottom of the fourth (Hickory batting)
Zach Cone strikes out swinging
Chris Grayson walks
Jorge Alfaro hit by a pitch, Grayson to second base
Grayson steals third, Alfaro steals second
Drew Robinson grounds out to first, Alfaro to third base, Grayson scores (Hickory leads 1-0)
Alejandro Selen singles, Alfaro scores (Hickory leads 2-0)
Kellin Deglan lines out to first base
Top of the fifth (Lakewood batting)
Josh Ludy strikes out
Brock Stassi bunt singles
Stassi steals second base
Trey Ford walks
Tim Carver strikes out
Stassi steals third base, Ford steals second base
Miguel Alvarez walks to load bases
Kelly Dugan walks, Alvarez moves to second base, Ford moves to third base, Stassi scores (Hickory leads 2-1)
Christopher Duffy grounds out to second baseman Rougned Odor
Bottom of the fifth (Hickory batting)
Luis Sardinas singles
Trever Adams homers to left field, Sardinas scores (Hickory leads 4-1)
Rougned Odor fouled out in foul territory
Zach Cone strikes out
Chris Grayson homers (Hickory leads 5-1)
Jorge Alfaro grounds out to pitcher
Top of the sixth inning (Lakewood batting)
Aaron Altherr strikes out
Maikel Franco flies out to left field
Josh Ludy broken-bat single
Ludy steals second base
Brock Stassi grounds out to catcher
Bottom of the sixth inning (Hickory batting)
Drew Robinson strikes out
Alejandro Selen flies out to center field
Kellin Deglan grounds out to first base
Top of the seventh inning (Lakewood batting)
Trey Ford grounds out to shortstop
Tim Carver flies out to center field
Miguel Alvarez flies out to right field
Bottom of the seventh inning (Hickory batting)
Luis Sardinas singles past the second baseman
Trever Adams grounds into a fielder's choice
Rougned Odor flies out to left field
Zach Cone strikes out
Top of the eighth inning (Lakewood batting)
Kelly Dugan strikes out, advances to first on wild pitch
Christopher Duffy grounds into a double play
Aaron Altherr flies out to right field
Bottom of the eighth inning (Hickory batting)
Chris Grayson strikes out
Jorge Alfaro strikes out
Drew Robinson strikes out
Top of the ninth inning (Lakewood batting)
Maikel Franco strikes out
Josh Ludy strikes out looking
Brock Stassi flies out to center field
HICKORY WINS, 5-2
Hickory improves to 16-11 in the second half and 52-44 overall
Lakewood falls to 15-12 in the second half and 41-55 overall