MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (Interstat) — Moises Morales pitched five innings of two-hit shutout ball to lead the Hickory Crawdads to a 6-2 victory over the Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Wednesday, July 1, at TicketReturn.com Field at Pelican Park.

Morales (6-2) struck out five and allowed no earned runs, lowering his ERA. Hickory scored all its runs in the first three innings. Paulino Santana singled in a run in the first, Braylin Morel hit a two-run homer in the second, and Marco Argudin added an RBI single in the same frame. Marcos Torres and Deward Tovar drove in runs in the third.

Myrtle Beach scored both its runs in the ninth. Jairo Diaz doubled home a run, and Edward Vargas grounded out to plate another.

Pelicans starter David Bracho (1-2) took the loss. Anhuar Garcia and Yoendris Gonzalez each pitched three scoreless innings with five strikeouts for Myrtle Beach.

Hickory improved to 44-31, while Myrtle Beach fell to 31-44. Attendance was 3,307, and the game lasted 2 hours, 37 minutes.