LILLINGTON, N.C. (Interstat) — Rafael Ramirez Jr. hit two home runs and drove in six runs, and the Fredricksburg Nationals defeated the Fayetteville Woodpeckers 11-2 on Sunday, Aug. 16, at Jim Perry Stadium.

Fredricksburg, which had lost five straight, took control with Ramirez’s tying homer in the second and never trailed after Cristhian Vaquero’s two-run homer in the third. Ramirez added a two-run homer in the fourth, and his two-run single in the fifth made it 8-1. Jordan Williams homered in the eighth, and Ramirez added a sacrifice fly in the ninth.

Fayetteville scored in the first on Ben Tryon’s RBI double and in the sixth on Jadyn Fielder’s sacrifice fly.

Fredricksburg collected 11 hits and two sacrifice flies. Fayetteville had seven hits. Leodarlyn Colon earned the win in relief, improving to 1-0, pitching 2 1/3 scoreless innings and allowing two hits. Landon Harmon struck out three over three scoreless innings. Jank Pichardo took the loss. Vaquero finished with three RBIs. Williams had three hits.

Fredricksburg improved to 68-46. Fayetteville fell to 58-52. Attendance was 1,921. Time of game was 3:02.