Baseball Recap: Hickory Wins Going Away Against King's Fork

Hawks

Margin (Wins)

04/24/25 @ King's Fork	18
04/22/25 vs Oscar Smith	10
04/15/25 vs Lowcountry Leadership	10
04/17/25 @ South Lakes	9
03/20/25 @ Oscar Smith	9

After only one run in their last contest, Hickory made sure to put some runs up on the board against King's Fork on Thursday. The Hawks blew past the Bulldogs 22-4. The Hawks might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won six matchups by six runs or more this season.

Tommy Blackburn looked comfortable as he struck out six batters over three innings while giving up no earned runs off one hit. He has become a key player for Hickory: the team is 6-1 when he allows at most one hit, but 2-3 otherwise.

At the plate, the team relied heavily on Brayden Bachman, who got on base in all three of his plate appearances with three runs, one triple, and one stolen base. That's the most runs he has posted since back in April of 2024. Another player making a difference was Cory Pasiliao, who went 2-for-3 with three RBI and two runs.

Hickory was getting hits left and right and finished the game having posted a batting average of .485. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as King's Fork only posted a batting average of .067.

Hickory has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games. That's provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. The victories came thanks in part to their hitting performance across that stretch, as they averaged 9.8 runs over those games. As for King's Fork, the defeat snapped their winning streak at three games and leaves them with a 4-6 record.

We've got plenty of inter-region action coming up soon. Hickory is set to square off against their familiar foe Great Bridge at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday. The two teams have allowed few runs on average (the Hawks 3.4, the Wildcats 2.8) so any runs scored will be well earned. Meanwhile, King's Fork will challenge rival Grassfield at 5:45 p.m. on Tuesday.