‘Dads Threaten Late but Come Up Short Vs Dash

Hickory, NC- The Crawdads held the Winston-Salem Dash to three hits in Sunday’s series finale but couldn’t pull out the victory, falling 2-1.

Winston-Salem put together a pair of runs in the fourth to take a 2-0 lead. Crawdads starter Ronny Henriquez exited after that inning, finishing his night with 2 earned runs allowed on 2 hits and 3 walks while striking out 3.

The ‘Dads rallied in the fifth for a run to cut the Dash’s lead in half. Pedro Gonzalez drew a two out walk and moved to third on a single by Kole Enright. Frainyer Chavez drove him in with a single to short.

The Crawdads threatened in the seventh, getting two runners on but were unable to get a run across to tie the game. They threatened again in the ninth with a leadoff double by David Garcia and put a second runner on as Gonzalez drew a walk but a Enright struck out and Chavez hit into a double play to end the game.

In relief, Tyler Thomas pitched 3 innings, giving up just one hit and no walks. Nick Snyder and Sean Chandler both tossed hitless innings for the ‘Dads.

Monday will be an off day for the ‘Dads before they start a six game home series against the Greensboro Grasshoppers. The series will kick off on Tuesday night with $2 craft pints as part of Craft Beer Tuesday presented by Lowes Foods. It will also be Dollar Dog Tuesday brought to you by Hebrew National and WHKY 1290AM and 102.3FM. Hot dogs will be $1 and dogs can get in for $1.