KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Interstat) — The Hickory Crawdads scored three runs over the final two innings to erase an early deficit and defeat the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 4-3 on Tuesday night at Atrium Health Ballpark.

Kannapolis struck for all three of its runs in the first inning on RBI singles by Stiven Flores and Arxy Hernandez. Hickory chipped away with a run in the fifth, two in the eighth on a sacrifice fly by Luis Marquez, and the go-ahead run in the ninth on Yolfran Castillo’s RBI single.

Winning pitcher J.D. McReynolds moved to 1-0 for Hickory (3-1), while Marco Barrios took the loss for Kannapolis (1-3). Attendance was 2,232. The game took 2 hours, 43 minutes.