ZEBULON, N.C. (Interstat) — Louis Marinaro pitched two scoreless innings of relief, and the Hickory Crawdads defeated the Wilson Warbirds 8-5 on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, at Five County Stadium.

Marinaro allowed no hits and struck out two to improve to 8-2. Joey Broughton took the loss, falling to 0-5.

Hickory scored twice in the first, fourth, fifth and seventh innings. Seong-Jun Kim doubled in two runs in the fifth, Paulino Santana drove in two with a first-inning single, and Sebastian Baquera added a two-run single in the seventh. Connor O’Hara pitched four innings and allowed three earned runs.

Wilson scored single runs in the second, fourth and fifth innings and two in the seventh. Carsten Sabathia III homered in the fourth, and Kyle Jones had an RBI single in the seventh. Frederi Montero added two hits.

Hickory outhit Wilson 7-6 and improved to 74-48. Wilson dropped to 63-54. Attendance was 1,604, and the game lasted 2:15.