ABA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
HICKORY CRAWDADS AT WESTWOOD BRUINS
05/29/2026
 
ABA DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE
HICKORY CRAWDADS AT WESTWOOD BRUINS
GAME ID: 2417 - FRIDAY, MAY 29TH , 2026 - GAME LOG
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
Hickory Crawdads (23-20) 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 9 0
Westwood Bruins (19-24) 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 6 13 1
Bruins Rally Late to Clip Hickory
The Westwood Bruins knocked off the Hickory Crawdads, 6-5, in Stripes Conference action at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Westwood pitcher and Cleveland Heights, Ohio, native John Blackman had an outstanding performance. Westwood is now 19-24, Hickory 23-20.

The clutch at-bat came in the bottom of the ninth inning, when Westwood left fielder Joel Patrick, facing Jon Reynolds, had a run-scoring sacrifice fly. It gave the Bruins the 6-5 win.

Blackman told a Westwood Gazette reporter that the win made him feel "upbeat about our team."
HICKORY BATTING LINESCORE WESTWOOD BATTING LINESCORE
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
A. Baltzley RF 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 .211 2 9
I. Goulbourne 2B 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 .229 0 3
J. Valdez 3B 4 0 2 1 0 0 0 .281 4 21
F. Hernandez DH 4 1 1 0 0 1 2 .233 5 19
D. Canady SS 4 1 1 0 0 0 2 .245 4 19
G. Ogata LF, C 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 .211 1 11
N. Roberts 1B 3 0 0 0 1 1 1 .220 1 11
J. Greathouse C 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 .244 1 13
   a-B. Totten PH, LF 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 .158 0 5
P. Kincaid CF 4 0 0 0 0 1 3 .189 3 12
Totals 35 5 9 5 1 4 14      
a - B. Totten pinch hit for J. Greathouse in the 9th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Valdez (7, 1st Inning off J. Blackman, 1 on, 1 out) , G. Ogata (4, 2nd Inning off J. Blackman, 0 on, 0 outs) , D. Canady (11, 9th Inning off A. Sanchez, 1 on, 0 outs)
Total Bases: A. Baltzley , I. Goulbourne , J. Valdez 3 , F. Hernandez , D. Canady 2 , G. Ogata 3 , J. Greathouse
2-out RBI: A. Baltzley
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: A. Baltzley , I. Goulbourne , D. Canady , G. Ogata
Sac Fly: B. Totten
Team LOB: 5
Player AB R H RBI BB K LOB AVG HR RBI
P. Tetzloff 3B 5 1 1 1 0 1 2 .214 1 10
J. Ciervo 1B 5 0 3 1 0 1 1 .259 9 25
A. Gomez RF 5 0 1 0 0 2 5 .289 4 15
M. MacPherson SS 3 1 1 0 2 1 2 .240 1 1
B. Massey DH 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 .229 5 12
J. Patrick LF 4 1 1 1 0 1 5 .167 0 6
J. Wagner CF 4 1 1 2 0 2 4 .286 3 9
R. Penland 2B 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 .265 5 15
   a-A. Pavelka PR, 2B 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .105 0 0
J. Welsh C 4 1 3 0 0 1 0 .294 2 3
Totals 38 6 13 5 3 10 20      
a - A. Pavelka pinch ran for R. Penland in the 7th

BATTING
Doubles: J. Ciervo 2 (8, 3rd Inning off A. Hazen, 0 on, 1 out; 7th Inning off M. Deadrick, 2 on, 0 outs) , J. Welsh (1, 8th Inning off D. Mills, 0 on, 1 out) , M. MacPherson (2, 9th Inning off J. Reynolds, 0 on, 1 out)
Home Runs: J. Wagner (3, 2nd Inning off A. Hazen, 1 on, 1 out)
Total Bases: P. Tetzloff , J. Ciervo 5 , A. Gomez , M. MacPherson 2 , B. Massey , J. Patrick , J. Wagner 4 , R. Penland , J. Welsh 4
Runners left in scoring position, 2 outs: J. Ciervo , A. Gomez , M. MacPherson , J. Wagner
Sac Fly: J. Patrick
Team LOB: 10

BASERUNNING
SB: A. Pavelka (1)

FIELDING
Errors: J. Wagner (2)
HICKORY PITCHING LINESCORE WESTWOOD PITCHING LINESCORE
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
A. Hazen 4.1 5 2 2 0 5 1 69 3.24   
M. Deadrick 2.0 5 3 3 2 3 0 62 5.00   
T. Gutierrez 1.0 0 0 0 1 1 0 12 3.93   
D. Mills 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 13 1.72   
J. Reynolds L (1-3) 0.2 2 1 1 0 0 0 15 1.31   
PITCHING
Game Score: A. Hazen 50
Batters Faced: A. Hazen 18, M. Deadrick 13, T. Gutierrez 4, D. Mills 3, J. Reynolds 4
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: A. Hazen 4-4, M. Deadrick 1-2, T. Gutierrez 0-2, D. Mills 0-1, J. Reynolds 0-2
Pitches - Strikes: A. Hazen 69-45, M. Deadrick 62-39, T. Gutierrez 12-6, D. Mills 13-10, J. Reynolds 15-11
Inherited Runners - Scored: M. Deadrick 1-0 , T. Gutierrez 3-1
WP: T. Gutierrez
Player IP H R ER BB K HR PI ERA   
J. Blackman 6.0 6 3 3 0 3 0 95 3.69   
J. Adams 2.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 22 4.74   
A. Sanchez W (1-1), BS (3) 1.0 3 2 2 1 0 0 22 6.14   
PITCHING
Game Score: J. Blackman 51
Batters Faced: J. Blackman 24, J. Adams 6, A. Sanchez 7
Ground Outs - Fly Outs: J. Blackman 8-7, J. Adams 3-2, A. Sanchez 2-1
Pitches - Strikes: J. Blackman 95-62, J. Adams 22-15, A. Sanchez 22-13
GAME NOTES
Player of the Game: John Blackman
Ballpark: Jackie Robinson Stadium
Weather: Partly Cloudy (58 degrees), wind blowing out to left at 11 mph
Start Time: 7:35 PM ET
Time: 3:38
Attendance: 10420
Special Notes: RP Tony Gutierrez was injured while pitching.
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