HICKORY, N.C. (Interstat) — The Kannapolis Cannon Ballers snapped a two-game skid Sunday afternoon, defeating the Hickory Crawdads 5-3 at L.P. Frans Stadium. Kannapolis scored single runs in the first and second innings, then added two in the eighth and one in the ninth. Hickory answered with a run in the fourth and two in the fifth. Jaden Fauske drove in two runs for Kannapolis, including a ground-rule double in the first scoring Javier Mogollon, and a run-scoring single in the eighth. Adrian Gil homered. Marco Barrios earned the win with one inning of relief, allowing one hit. Landen Payne notched his third save with two scoreless innings, striking out two. For Hickory, Hector Osorio went 3-for-5 with a two-run homer. Evan Siary started, allowing two earned runs over five innings with four strikeouts. Michael Trausch took the loss. The Cannon Ballers improved to 29-28, the Crawdads fell to 32-24. Attendance was 1,977. Time of game was 2:43.