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Hickory Crawdads Explode For 20 Runs in Win
Justin Foscue had a pair of home runs in the Crawdads win.
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Hickory Crawdads Explode For 20 Runs in Win
July 18, 2021
The Hickory Crawdads smoked the Aberdeen IronBirds 20-2 on Friday night. The ‘Dads hit 5 homers and picked up 23 hits off Aberdeen.
Kellen Strahm sparked a rally for the ‘Dads in the bottom of the first, starting off the inning with a single and advancing to second on a fielding error. Justin Foscue hit a line drive double to left to bring in Strahm for the first run of the game. Blaine Crim smoked his 15th homerun of the season to put the Crawdads ahead 3-0.