Amarillo Takes Rubber Match
AMARILLO - Jorge Oña belted two home runs and Reggie Lawson fired five innings of one-run ball as the Sod Poodles bested Corpus Christi, 6-3, before 7,067 fans Saturday night at Hodgetown.Despite the series setback, the Hooks (8-9) have won five of their last seven games.
AMARILLO -
Despite the series setback, the Hooks (8-9) have won five of their last seven games.
Ona erased a 1-0 Corpus Christi lead by lifting a three-run home run off the batter's eye in the second.
Lawson (1-1), who labored through the first two innings, dispatched 10 of the final 11 men he faced. He struck out seven and walk two while scattering four hits.
Facing Jose Urquidy, the Sod Poodles (7-10) made it a 5-1 contest in the sixth as doubles by
Corpus Christi answered with a pair of markers in the seventh against
Urquidy ran into two-out trouble in the home half with Ona going deep for the second time, a solo shot to left field.
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Corpus Christi stranded nine on the night, going 1-for-12 with men in scoring position.
The Hooks are off Sunday before beginning an eight-game homestand Monday night. Lefty