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06/26/2009 11:23 PM ET
Crawdads come from behind for 4-3 walk-off win in 12th
By Hickory Crawdads / Hickory Crawdads
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 SS Leury Garcia delivered the game-winning two-run triple with two outs in the bottom of the 12th on Friday. (John M. Setzler, Jr)
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HICKORY, N.C. - For the second straight night, the Hickory Crawdads claimed a walk-off win against the Kannapolis Intimidators, this time with a come-from-behind 4-3 victory in the bottom of the twelfth inning before 2,211 fans at L.P. Frans Stadium on Friday evening. SS Leury Garcia delivered the game-winning two-out, two-run triple in the twelfth frame.
The Crawdads (2-0) struck first with a run early against LHP Charlie Leesman in the bottom of the first inning. 2B Mike Hollander drew a one-out walk to get on, and 1B Erik Morrison drove him in with an RBI double to crack the scoreless tie early. RHP Wilfredo Boscan kept the one-run lead intact with five shutout innings in the start, eventually picking up the no-decision.
The Intimidators (0-2) welcomed RHP Wilmer Font to the game with a pair of tallies in the top of the sixth inning to take their first lead, 2-1. Both runs came in on the two-run homer hit by CF Sergio Morales. Font settled in after the long ball and quickly got out of the inning with a strikeout and a groundout.
Leading off the very next inning, Morrison tied the game with one swing of the bat, belting a solo home run over the left field wall to even the score at 2-2. The tie remained intact through the next five innings. RHP Mark Hamburger came on in relief of Font and struck out the first four batters he faced in his two scoreless innings of work through the ninth and tenth.
LHP Yoon Hee-Nam (7-1) took over next for the Crawdads to start the eleventh inning on the mound. Nam navigated through a scoreless eleventh, but Kannapolis plated a go-ahead run against the all-star in the twelfth, taking a 3-2 lead on an RBI single by 2B Drew Garcia.
Kannapolis RHP Kevin Asselin (1-2) started the bottom of the twelfth by retiring 3B Matt West and LF Cristian Santana in order. With the Crawdads down to their final out in the ballgame, DH Jason Ogata hit a groundball to 3B Jon Gilmore. Gilmore fired it to first in time, however, 1B Dan Black, making his Kannapolis debut, dropped the ball and Ogata was ruled safe, extending the game. C Leonel De Los Santos stepped up next, laying down a bunt single to the left of the plate. Asselin pounced on the ball from the mound, but threw wide of first base, enabling Ogata to take third on the play. With runners on the corners and still two out, SS Leury Garcia turned on a first-pitch fast ball and drove it over RF Justin Greene's head, scoring both Ogata from third and De Los Santos from first with a game-winning, two-run triple to lift the Crawdads to the 4-3 comeback, walk-off victory. Nam earned his team-leading seventh win of the season for Hickory, while Asselin was tagged with the loss for Kannapolis, despite both runs he allowed being unearned.
Crawdads Clippings:
Don't miss the Crawdads Cap Giveaway on Saturday night, sponsored by Pepsi and WNNC 1230AM, as the Crawdads continue their home series against the Kannapolis Intimidators at L.P. Frans Stadium. Gates open at 6 p.m., first pitch is at 7 p.m. The series wraps up with a Conrad's Little Claw Club Game on Sunday at 3 p.m.
Get Tickets:
Single game tickets for all Crawdads games are on sale now at the Crawdads Ticket Office and online at www.hickorycrawdads.com and start at just $6! Season tickets, mini-plans and group outings are available at the Crawdads office, located at 2500 Clement Blvd. NW or by calling 322-3000.
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