HICKORY, N.C. (Interstat) — Aidan Deakins pitched five innings of one-run ball and Hector Osorio drove in three runs as the Hickory Crawdads defeated the Kannapolis Cannon Ballers 5-2 on Friday at L.P. Frans Stadium.

Deakins (5-0) allowed three hits and struck out seven. Louis Marinaro, Luimy Munoz and Carlton Perkins combined for four scoreless innings of relief. Osorio went 3-for-4 with a home run and three RBIs, and Angel Arredondo added a solo homer.

Kannapolis scored in the fourth on Abraham Nunez’s solo homer and in the ninth on a double-play groundout by Alexander Albertus that scored Stiven Flores. The double play turned by Arredondo, Marcos Torres and Yolfran Castillo ended the inning. Hickory answered with two runs in the fourth, two in the fifth and one in the sixth. Nick Weyrich tossed two scoreless innings for Kannapolis.

Riley Eikhoff (4-5) took the loss, surrendering eight hits and five earned runs over five innings with eight strikeouts. Hickory outhit Kannapolis 10-5. The Crawdads improved to 30-23; the Cannon Ballers fell to 28-27. Attendance was 2,303, and the game lasted 2 hours, 15 minutes. Hickory snapped a two-game losing streak in the series.