Sunday, August 16, 2026 · Atrium Health Ballpark · Final
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 1 |
| KAN | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 3 |
Stars of the game
| HIC | Metric | KAN |
|---|---|---|
| Offense | ||
| 5.62 12th | Runs scored per game | 4.84 28th |
| Pitching | ||
| 4.06 1st | Runs allowed per game | 4.30 2nd |
| Roster | ||
| 20.4 27th | Plate-appearance-weighted batting age | 21.3 16th |
| Results | ||
| .636 1st | Winning percentage | .534 9th |
| 201 1st | Run differential | 72 6th |
| .644 1st | Pythagorean winning percentage | .554 5th |
| .526 15th | Winning percentage in one-run games | .550 12th |
| .714 1st | Home winning percentage | .561 14th |
| .561 5th | Road winning percentage | .507 10th |
2026 regular-season totals, each with the club's league rank. The greener side holds the edge; descriptive metrics (roster age, WAR concentration) have no better direction and are left uncalled.
Hickory Crawdads
| Batting | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Marco Argudin CF | 6 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | .262 | .787 |
| 2 Paulino Santana LF | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .264 | .820 |
| 3 Pablo Guerrero DH | 6 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .331 | 1.022 |
| Jay McQueen DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .310 | .765 |
| 4 Kaden Carpenter 1B | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .229 | .869 |
| 5 Deward Tovar RF | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .235 | .768 |
| 6 Sebastian Baquera C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .265 | .719 |
| Noah Franklin C | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .247 | .731 |
| 7 Daniel Flames 2B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .256 | .661 |
| Curley Martha 2B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .192 | .530 |
| 8 Luis Marquez 3B | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .191 | .517 |
| 9 Kolby Branch SS | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .175 | .530 |
| Team | 50 | 5 | 10 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 14 | .200 | .521 |
- LOB:
- 29
- 2B:
- Guerrero, Carpenter, Tovar, Branch
- GIDP:
- Branch
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | P-S | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jesus Lafalaise | 6.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 75-48 | 3.76 | 1.36 |
| Brandon Jaenke | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 15-9 | 1.64 | 1.00 |
| Louis Marinaro | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 24-15 | 3.08 | 1.20 |
| J.D. McReynolds | 1.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 27-17 | 3.35 | 1.42 |
| Michael Trausch | 1.1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20-11 | 2.65 | 1.25 |
| Frank Martinez L | 1.0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 27-11 | 7.66 | 1.79 |
| Team | 12.0 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 0 | 188-111 | 2.25 | 1.25 |
Kannapolis Cannon Ballers
| Batting | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jaden Fauske CF | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .250 | .749 |
| 2 Matthew Boughton SS | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .224 | .630 |
| 3 Grayson Fitzwater 1B | 6 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | .271 | .851 |
| 4 Stiven Flores DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .277 | .690 |
| Christian Gonzalez DH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .191 | .636 |
| 5 Alexander Albertus 3B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .272 | .784 |
| 6 Clay Burdette RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | .274 | .862 |
| 7 Rylan Galvan C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .206 | .787 |
| 8 Crew McChesney CF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .175 | .494 |
| Steven Lancia PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 | .738 |
| Efren Teran LF | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .274 | .668 |
| 9 Jake Berkland 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .220 | .746 |
| Team | 39 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 13 | .205 | .685 |
- LOB:
- 22
- 2B:
- Fauske, Fitzwater
- 3B:
- Fitzwater, Berkland
- CS:
- Berkland
- GIDP:
- Fitzwater, McChesney
| Pitching | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | P-S | ERA | WHIP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Martinez | 4.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 67-37 | 4.84 | 1.45 |
| Jordan Morales | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 20-12 | 2.63 | 1.34 |
| Daniel Wright | 1.0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 24-17 | 2.90 | 1.46 |
| Ryan Schiefer | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10-9 | 4.75 | 1.49 |
| Marco Barrios | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27-18 | 2.75 | 1.20 |
| Grant Cleavinger | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 19-14 | 2.40 | 0.93 |
| Andrew Berg | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 21-18 | 8.59 | 1.91 |
| Nick Weyrich W | 1.0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21-11 | 4.93 | 1.93 |
| Team | 13.0 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 0 | 209-136 | 0.69 | 1.00 |