Crawdads top Pelicans 7‑4 behind Nivar’s relief
MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. (Interstat) — Jormy Nivar pitched four scoreless innings of relief and earned his fourth win as the Hickory Crawdads beat the Myrtle Beach Pelicans 7-4 on Saturday at TicketReturn.com Field at Pelican Park.
Nivar, who improved to 4-0, allowed four hits and struck out three before 5,369 fans in a game lasting 2:51.
Hickory struck first when Angel Arredondo’s single scored Marco Argudin in the first inning. Alexey Lumpuy answered for Myrtle Beach with a solo home run in the third. The Pelicans took a 4-1 lead in the fourth on Jose Silva’s two-run single and Lumpuy’s RBI single.
The Crawdads tied it in the sixth on a sacrifice fly and a fielding error, then added two runs in the seventh on another sacrifice fly. Marcos Torres doubled and scored on a sacrifice fly in the eighth to seal the win.
Luimy Munoz and Aidan Deakins also pitched for Hickory. Brody McCullough struck out five in five innings for Myrtle Beach. Henry Cone took the loss, falling to 1-2.
Hickory improved to 45-33, while Myrtle Beach dropped to 33-45.