ZEBULON, N.C. (Interstat) — Kaden Carpenter and Kolby Branch homered as the Hickory Crawdads defeated the Wilson Warbirds 10-7 on Saturday at Five County Stadium.

Hickory scored one run in the second, three in the third, four in the fourth, one in the fifth and one in the seventh. Wilson answered with one in the second, three in the third, one in the fourth, one in the sixth and one in the ninth.

Carpenter went 3 for 5 with a home run and two RBIs. Branch went 1 for 2 with a three-run homer. Curley Martha drove in two runs. Rylan Mills went 2 for 4 with a home run and three RBIs for Wilson.

Will Whelan (2-0) earned the win in relief. Enderson Mercado (5-8) took the loss. Hickory had 11 hits; Wilson had 10. Wilson grounded into two double plays.

The Crawdads improved to 79-48. The Warbirds fell to 63-59. Attendance was 4,256, and the game lasted 3 hours, 30 minutes.