No word better characterizes the 2017 Charlotte Stone Crabs better than "improvement."After a last place finish in first half, the Stone Crabs peaked at the right time, tying the franchise record for most wins in the second half (38). "In the first half, I said that this team gets along

BRADENTON, Fla. (September 3, 2017) - The Charlotte Stone Crabs finished their fifth winning season in nine years Sunday, dropping their season finale 4-2 at LECOM Park in Bradenton.Their 38 second half wins is tied for the most in franchise history. Manager Michael Johns completes his third year at the

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (August 22, 2017) - The Charlotte Stone Crabs rallied for six runs on seven hits in the sixth inning Tuesday to beat the St. Lucie Mets 6-3 at Charlotte Sports Park. Charlotte (64-61, 33-24) connected on seven straight hits to start the inning to take the decisive

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (August 7, 2017) - Charlotte starter Eduar Lopez turned in eight scoreless innings to lead the Stone Crabs to a 5-0 shutout of the Jupiter Hammerheads Monday night at Charlotte Sports Park. Lopez' (8-7) eight frames was a career high, as well as the team's longest outing

Eduar Lopez is learning he's not a strikeout pitcher. He's also learning that's not exactly a bad thing.The Tampa Bay right-hander set a career high with eight innings, allowing three hits and without a walk in Class A Advanced Charlotte's 5-0 win over Jupiter on Monday. He struck out four

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (July 31, 2017) - Lucius Fox and Brett Sullivan both delivered walk-off hits Monday as the Charlotte Stone Crabs took a pair of extra-inning games from the St. Lucie Mets at Charlotte Sports Park.Sullivan delivered both the game-tying and game-winning hits for Charlotte (51-54, 20-17) in Game

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (June 27, 2017) - Ryan Boldt reached base three times but the Charlotte Stone Crabs dropped the first game of the series to the Tampa Yankees 8-4 Tuesday night at Charlotte Sports Park.After scoring 39 runs on 55 hits in their previous four games, Charlotte (3-2, 34-39)

PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla. (June 10, 2017) - Eduar Lopez allowed one earned run over six innings to lead the Charlotte Stone Crabs to a 7-2 win over the Florida Fire Frogs Saturday night at Charlotte Sports Park.Lopez (5-5) struck out five and did not walk a batter to earn the

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