CLEARWATER, S.C. (Interstat) — The Hickory Crawdads snapped a four-game losing streak Friday night, defeating the Augusta Greenjackets 8-7 at SRP Park.

Daniel Keaney (2-1) earned the win, allowing seven hits and five earned runs over five innings with three strikeouts. Landon Beidelschies (2-9) took the loss, giving up three hits and one earned run in 2 2/3 innings. J.D. McReynolds recorded his fifth save, working two innings and allowing one hit and two earned runs.

Hickory struck first in the opening inning on Paulino Santana’s RBI single. The Crawdads added three runs in the third, capitalizing on a fielding error, then scored four more in the fourth behind Angel Arredondo’s two-run double and Pablo Guerrero’s RBI single. Augusta answered with two runs in the third on Cooper McMurray’s triple and Luis Guanipa’s groundout. McMurray homered with two on in the fourth, trimming the deficit to 8-5.

The Greenjackets rallied in the ninth, scoring twice on Alex Lodise’s single, but McReynolds secured the final out. McMurray went 2-for-3 with a home run and four RBIs. Yolfran Castillo was 3-for-4 and scored three times for Hickory.

Hickory improved to 47-36; Augusta fell to 48-37. The teams meet again Saturday.