Comeback Goes for Naught in Extra Inning Loss

Travs rally from four down, fall in 11

Darin Gillies pitched 2.1 scoreless innings. (Charlie Blalock)

April 15, 2018

Corpus Christi, TX-Yordan Alvarez hit a 3-run walk off homer in the bottom of the 11th inning to propel the Corpus Christi Hooks to 10-7 win over the Arkansas Travelers in the opener of a three game series on Sunday afternoon. Arkansas rallied from down four runs early eventually tying

Corpus Christi, TX-Yordan Alvarez hit a 3-run walk off homer in the bottom of the 11^th inning to propel the Corpus Christi Hooks to 10-7 win over the Arkansas Travelers in the opener of a three game series on Sunday afternoon. Arkansas rallied from down four runs early eventually tying the game in the 8^th. Both teams tallied once in the 10^th before Arkansas retook the lead in the 11^th before Corpus Christi put together the winning rally in the bottom of that inning. Neither team's starter was able to go five innings with Andrew Moore for the Travs lasting four and two-thirds while striking out nine. Arkansas had numerous opportunities to add extra runs throughout the game as they were an astounding 9-24 with runners in scoring position and stranded 14 men on base including leaving the bases loaded on three different occasions.
Moments That Mattered

Dario Pizzano's RBI double and Joseph Odom's RBI single tied the game at five in the 8^th inning.
Pizzano lined out to end the top of the 9^th with the bases loaded.
After scoring in the 10^th on an RBI hit from Odom, the Travs again left the bases loaded.
Chris Mariscal knocked home another go-ahead run in the 11^th but a double play ball ended the threat for more.
In the bottom of the 11^th, Corpus Christi was left with a runner at first base and two out when back-to-back singles got the runner around to tie the score. They were the first hits for the Hooks since the 5^th inning. That got Alvarez to the plate for the winning homer.

Notable Travs Performances

1B Joey Curletta: 2-4, run, 2 BB, 2 2B
2B Chris Mariscal: 2-4, 2 BB, 2 RBI
3B Adam Law: 2-4, run, BB, SH
C Joseph Odom: 2-4, run, BB, 2 RBI
SS Yonathan Mendoza: 2-4, run, BB, RBI
Darin Gillies: 2.1 IP, BB, K, stranded 2 inherited runners

Up Next
The Travs and Hooks play the middle game of this three game series on Monday night with a 7:05 first pitch. Lefty Spencer Herrmann (1-0, 10.38) starts for Arkansas against lefty Cionel Pérez (0-1, 9.00). The game will be broadcast on the Sports Animal 920, the First Pitch App, TuneIn radio and milb.tv.