MiLB

Hickory 1, at Salem 5

Saturday, May 30, 2026 · Final · Carolina League (A-Adv)

Carolina League (A-Adv) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Hickory Crawdads

83-49 · L1 · #1 (1392 ELO -4)

1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 60

Salem RidgeYaks

56-75 · L1 · #101 (1255 ELO +4)

1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 5 101

Carilion Clinic Field · Salem, VA

Attendance: 4,291

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

Hickory Crawdads at Salem RidgeYaks

SALEM, Va. (Interstat) — Starlyn Nunez launched two home runs and Leighton Finley struck out seven over five innings to lead the Salem RidgeYaks to a 5-1 victory over the Hickory Crawdads on Saturday, May 30, 2026, at Carilion Clinic Field. The RidgeYaks snapped a four-game losing streak against the Crawdads, who had won the previous three meetings in the series by a combined 20-8 margin. Salem improved to 22-28, while Hickory dropped to 28-20. Attendance was 4,291, and the game lasted 2 hours, 21 minutes. Nunez, the Salem center fielder, went 3-for-4 with two home runs, two RBIs and… Read more...

Top Statlines

Starlyn Nunez SAL 3/4 2hr 2rbi
Leighton Finley SAL 5.0ip 4h 1er 7k
Joey Gartrell SAL 3.0ip 2h 0er 2k

Forecasting

ELO Probability HIC 58.5%

Projected Score HIC 7 SAL 3