Salem 4, at Hickory 2

HICKORY, N.C. (Interstat) — The Salem RidgeYaks snapped a five-game losing streak to the Hickory Crawdads with a 4-2 victory on Sunday afternoon at L.P. Frans Stadium, salvaging the final game of their six-game series behind a dominant bullpen performance. The game’s most critical sequence came in the seventh inning, breaking open a pitchers’ duel. With Salem leading 1-0, Stanley Tucker led off with a double and scored when D’Angelo Ortiz followed with a single. Starlyn Nunez then delivered the decisive blow, lacing a two-run triple to right field to plate Ortiz and push the RidgeYaks’ lead to 4-0. That… Read more...