Anthony Gutierrez

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The Rangers Affiliates Sweep

Hickory Crawdads Game 1: The Crawdads won the first game of the double header 4-2 against the Hillcats and only played a seven inning game. Garrett Horn started the game and allowed two runs on four hits with no walks and three strikeouts. Thomas Ireland got the win as he held the Hillcats scoreless with four hits against him and racked up a pair of strikeouts. The bats got going in the second inning with a single from Marco Torres and a RBI double play by Wady Mendez. They would score in the

Hub City Spartanburgers News and Updates

The Hub City Spartanburgers Week in Review: Vol 2

Your High-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, the Hub City Spartanburgers, are off today but are coming off their first home stand of the season. They battled the Bowling Green Hot Rods, who were tied atop the standings with them, going 3-3 over the 6 games and are in a three way tie for 1st in the south division of the South Atlantic League. Overall they have a +12 run differential, tops in their division, while having scored the most runs and allowed the fewest. Last week we touched on the odd

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The Hub City Spartanburgers Week in Review

The Hub City Spartanburgers, the high A affiliate if your Texas Rangers, have made it through their first full week of games and are about to have their first ever official home game of the 2025 season tonight. They’re currently 5-4, tied for the South Division lead in the South Atlantic League and have scored 39 runs while allowing 33 runs. It doesn’t take a mathematician to notice that they haven’t exactly been an offensive juggernaut through the first 9 games, averaging just over 4 runs per

High-A Hickory Crawdads

Crawdads’ Offense Comes to Life in Series Split

The little engine that could started to sputter to life as the Crawdads’ offense started to put some runs on the board in the 4th and 6th game of the home opening series against the Jersey Shore BlueClaws. The ‘Dads scored 17 runs across the 6 game series and showcased some of the pure excitement surrounding this team as Tucker Mitchell and Yosy Galan hit the team’s first two home runs of the season with Mitchell’s grand slam in the 4th and Galan’s 2 run shot in the 7th. Even though the offense

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Crawdads’ Errors Lead to 4-1 Loss

Another day, another frustrating loss for the Crawdads. Today’s loss was fueled by 4 Crawdad errors leading to all 4 runs being scored by the Emperors as the pitching was stellar, but the defense fell short behind the guys on the bump. Aidan Curry finished the day going 4 innings giving up 4 runs (all unearned) on 5 hits with 2 walks and 5 strikeouts. Rome got the scoring started in the bottom of the 1st as Adam Zebrowski singled home Kevin Kilpatrick Jr., after Kilpatrick Jr. reached on an err

High-A Hickory Crawdads

Crawdads Shutout 4-0 in Season Opener at Rome

The 2024 season started out in the worst way possible, being shut out. The bats were extremely quiet as Owen Murphy (Braves No. 5 prospect) was perfect the first time through the lineup striking out Cameron Cauley, Sebastian Walcott, and Tucker Mitchell in the first inning. Murphy went on to pitch 6.2 scoreless innings on 2 hits to accompany his 8 strikeouts. Winston Santos was electric through 5 innings giving up 5 hits, 1 run, 2 walks, and generating 5 strikeouts, but his line doesn’t tell the

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Hickory Team Award Predictions

The 2024 Hickory Crawdads are loaded with exceptional talent and top Rangers’ prospects, but who will be the best of the best this season? Below are my predictions for team MVP, Cy Young, Most Improved Player, home run leader, stolen base leader, and strikeout leader. Disclaimer: I am only predicting players that I think will be with the Crawdads for the majority of the season, so there may be some key players missing from the predictions. Team MVP: Anthony Gutierrez The obvious prediction her