Crawdads Rally, But Suns Walk-Off

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8officialcrawdadspicture.jpgComing back from a short all-star break, the Hickory Crawdads rallied against the Hagerstown Suns, but couldn't muster enough for the win, as the Suns walked off with a 4-3 win in the bottom of the 10th inning on Thursday night. With Hickory (40-31) trailing, 3-1, heading to the ninth inning, 3B Matt West hit a one-out double before Mike Ortiz stepped up to the plate with two outs and delivered a game-tying two-run blast down the right field line to tie the game at three. Hagerstown made the comeback though with two outs in the bottom of the 10th inning. With Francisco Soriano at first, 1B Justin Bloxom struck out swinging, but a passed ball by C Leonel De Los Santos allowed Bloxom to reach first and extend the inning. LF J.P. Ramirez capitalized on the extra chance, following with a walk-off single to left, scoring Soriano from second, for the 4-3 victory. Hickory starter Neil Ramirez surrendered three runs on four hits and two walks while striking out four over five innings and finished with a no decision. RHP Braden Tullis followed with three perfect innings of relief, and RHP Tyler Tufts (0-4, 8.00 ERA) took the loss for Hickory, allowing an unearned run on one hit and a walk while fanning two in 1.2 innings. RHP Rob Wort (2-0, 3.68 ERA) picked up the win for Hagerstown with a perfect 10th inning of relief.

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