With the Fayetteville Woodpeckers simply not giving an inch at the top of the standings, the Wilson Warbirds don’t have appear to have much of a chance of extending their first Single-A Carolina League season beyond this final homestand that began Tuesday, Aug. 25, at Wilson Ballpark with sort of a doubleheader split with the Hickory Crawdads.
The first game was the completion of a suspended game originally started in Hickory on July 19 that was halted by rain with the Warbirds ahead 6-0 in the first inning. Wilson went on to win that game 12-4 before falling 8-5 in the regularly-scheduled second game that was shortened to seven innings.
The split left the Warbirds 28-25 in the second half and five games behind North Division second-half leader Fayetteville with 12 games to play for Wilson, now 64-55 overall. Hickory, which has the best overall mark in the Carolina League at 72-47 is also a second-half best at 38-17…