KANNAPOLIS, N.C. (Interstat) — The Hickory Crawdads used a trio of scoreless pitching performances to blank the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 3-0 on Thursday at Atrium Health Ballpark.

Hickory broke a scoreless tie with two runs in the fifth. Juan Sulbaran drove in a run with a sacrifice bunt and later scored on Angel Arredondo’s single. Luis Marquez added an RBI single in the sixth.

Winning pitcher Jormy Nivar struck out five over four innings for Hickory (4-2). Relievers Alejandro Chiquillo and Louis Marinaro, who earned his second save, combined for five scoreless frames. Max Banks struck out seven in four innings for Kannapolis (2-4), but took the loss. Attendance was 1,827. Time of game was 2:34.