SALEM, Va. (Interstat) — Starlyn Nunez went 3-for-4 with two home runs and two RBIs to lead the Salem RidgeYaks to a 5-1 victory over the Hickory Crawdads on Saturday, May 30, at Carilion Clinic Field.

Salem snapped a four-game losing streak against Hickory, improving to 22-28, while the Crawdads fell to 28-20. The game drew 4,291 fans and lasted 2 hours, 21 minutes.

Hickory scored first in the opening inning on Josh Springer’s RBI single. Springer finished 3-for-4. Salem answered in the bottom of the first on an Avinson Pinto run, then took the lead in the second on Ilan Fernandez’s RBI single.

The RidgeYaks added single runs in the fourth, fifth and seventh innings. Givian Sirvania and Adonys Guzman each drove in a run. Leighton Finley (3-1) earned the win, allowing one earned run on four hits over five innings with seven strikeouts. Joey Gartrell threw three scoreless innings of relief.

AJ Russell (1-1) took the loss for Hickory, giving up two earned runs in 2 1/3 innings.