CHARLESTON, S.C. (Interstat) — The Hickory Crawdads erupted for five runs in the first inning and never trailed, beating the Charleston RiverDogs 10-6 on Sunday at Joseph Riley Ballpark. Hickory (33-28) added three runs in the fifth and two in the ninth. Charleston (36-27) scored one in the third, four in the fourth and one in the sixth.

Hickory sent nine batters to the plate in the first, with Yolfran Castillo scoring on a single by Angel Arredondo. Daniel Flames later singled in two runs, and Luis Marquez added a two-run single. Arredondo tripled in two runs in the fifth and scored on Cal Stark’s sacrifice fly.

Charleston’s J.D. Gonzalez went 3-for-4 with a home run and an RBI. Brendan Summerhill doubled in a run. Tom Poole hit a three-run homer in the fourth.

Luimy Munoz (2-0) earned the win, allowing six runs on 11 hits. Alex Wallace (0-4) took the loss. Geury Rodriguez recorded the save, his second. Attendance was 3,689. Time of game was 2:43. Hickory managed eight hits to Charleston’s 11.