ZEBULON, N.C. (Interstat) — Marco Argudin homered and drove in three runs as the Hickory Crawdads beat the Wilson Warbirds 8-3 on Wednesday at Five County Stadium.

Hickory trailed 3-0 after three innings and scored three in the eighth and five in the ninth. Argudin had three hits, including a two-run homer. Yolfran Castillo homered, and Curley Martha drove in two runs. Hickory had 11 hits and grounded into two double plays; Wilson had three.

Will Whelan pitched two scoreless innings, striking out two, to earn the win, improving to 1-0. Andrew Gaines took the loss, falling to 0-1. William Privette struck out four over two innings, and Seong-Jun Kim struck out two in two innings. Jake Barbee allowed three earned runs in three innings. Miqueas Mercedes gave up no earned runs over seven innings with three strikeouts. Kyle Jones drove in a run for Wilson, and Brailyn Antunez had two RBIs. Attendance was 1,298. The game lasted 2:31. Hickory improved to 75-48; Wilson fell to 63-55.