HICKORY, N.C. (Interstat) — The Hickory Crawdads defeated the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 6-3 on Tuesday at L.P. Frans Stadium. Hickory improved to 29-21, while Kannapolis fell to 26-26.

The Cannon Ballers jumped ahead in the first inning on a two-run homer by Javier Mogollon, his seventh of the season. The Crawdads answered in the bottom half on a two-run shot from Hector Osorio, his 11th. Kannapolis added a run in the third on a sacrifice fly, but Hickory tied the game in the bottom of the inning when Angel Arredondo was hit by a pitch with the bases loaded.

Hickory took the lead in the fifth on a groundout by Curley Martha and a single by Paulino Santana. Josh Springer’s double in the sixth made it 6-3.

Louis Marinaro earned the win with two scoreless innings, striking out five. Geury Rodriguez recorded the save with two innings of one-hit ball and three strikeouts. Anthony Patterson III took the loss for Kannapolis. Attendance was 1,743. The game lasted 3:07.