HICKORY, N.C. (April 16, 2026) (Interstat) — The Hickory Crawdads erupted for 14 runs on 12 hits to rout the Salem RidgeYaks 14-5 on Thursday night at L.P. Frans Stadium before a crowd of 1,348.

Hickory seized control with a four-run fourth inning, highlighted by Hector Osorio’s three-run triple, part of his two-hit, four-RBI night. The Crawdads added three runs in the seventh and four more in the eighth. Salem scored in four separate innings but was never close after the fourth.

Winning pitcher Louis Marinaro earned the victory in relief for Hickory (10-2). Salem starter Dylan Brown took the loss for the RidgeYaks (7-5). The game took 2 hours, 50 minutes.