HICKORY, N.C. (Interstat) — The Hickory Crawdads scored single runs in the seventh and eighth innings to edge the Salem RidgeYaks 5-4 on Wednesday afternoon at L.P. Frans Stadium.

Salem’s Ilan Fernandez hit a three-run homer in the second inning for a 4-0 lead. Hickory answered with three runs in the third, highlighted by Deward Tovar’s two-run single. Paulino Santana tied it with a solo homer in the seventh before a Juan Sulbaran groundout brought in the winning run in the eighth.

Winning pitcher Michael Trausch threw three hitless innings of relief for Hickory (9-2). Gilbel Galvan took the loss for Salem (7-4). Attendance was 3,219. Time of game was 2:24.