MiLB

Salem 5, at Hickory 14

Thursday, April 16, 2026 · Final · South Atlantic League (A)

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Salem RidgeYaks

56-75 · L1 · #101 (1255 ELO -4)

0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 5 113

Hickory Crawdads

83-49 · L1 · #1 (1392 ELO +4)

2 0 1 4 0 0 3 4 0 14 120

L.P. Frans Stadium · Hickory, NC

Attendance: 1,348

Umpires: Will Swinea [HP], Kyran Bacchus [1B]

Salem RidgeYaks at Hickory Crawdads

HICKORY, N.C. (Interstat) — The Hickory Crawdads erupted for 11 runs over the fourth, seventh and eighth innings to turn a close game into a rout, defeating the Salem RidgeYaks 14-5 on Thursday night at L.P. Frans Stadium. A crowd of 1,348 watched the Crawdads improve to 10-2, maintaining their strong early-season form, while Salem fell to 7-5. The game time was 2 hours, 50 minutes. The most important sequence came in the bottom of the fourth inning with Hickory clinging to a 3-1 lead. After loading the bases with one out, Hickory’s Yolfran Castillo grounded out to bring in… Read more...

Top Statlines

Hector Osorio HIC 2/3 4rbi
Jormy Nivar HIC 4.0ip 4h 1er 4k
Andrews Opata SAL 2/5 1hr 3rbi

Forecasting

ELO Probability HIC 60.6%

Projected Score HIC 7 SAL 5