SALEM, Va. (Interstat) — The Hickory Crawdads defeated the Salem RidgeYaks 4-2 on Wednesday at Carilion Clinic Field, avenging a loss a night earlier.

Hickory struck first in the third inning when Hector Osorio singled home Daniel Flames and advanced on a throwing error. The Crawdads added a run in the seventh and two in the eighth, including a key run on a double-play grounder by Marcos Torres that scored Deward Tovar.

Salem opened the scoring in the first on Skylar King’s RBI single, then pulled within 4-2 in the seventh on a sacrifice fly by Adonys Guzman that scored Kleyver Salazar.

Owen Proksch (1-0) earned the win with two innings of one-run relief. Moises Morales started and allowed one earned run over five innings. Louis Marinaro tossed a perfect ninth for his fifth save.

Jay Allmer (1-4) took the loss. Angel Arredondo homered for Hickory. The Crawdads improved to 26-19, while Salem fell to 21-26. Attendance was 1,092, and the game lasted 2 hours, 26 minutes.