Bukauskas Strong as Hooks Win Opener

No. 5 prospect goes 6.0 innings vs. Amarillo in 3-1 win

Houston's No. 5 prospect struck out five in picking up a no-decision in Thursday's win over Amarillo (Olivia Rook/Corpus Christi Hooks)

By Dan Reiner

June 6, 2019

CORPUS CHRISTI - The Hooks snagged a 3-1 win Thursday behind a solid outing behind highly-touted Astros prospect J.B. Bukauskas against the visiting Amarillo Sod Poodles.Bukauskas tossed 6.0 innings of one-run ball, fanning five while allowing five hits and two walks.

CORPUS CHRISTI - The Hooks snagged a 3-1 win Thursday behind a solid outing behind highly-touted Astros prospect J.B. Bukauskas against the visiting Amarillo Sod Poodles.
Bukauskas tossed 6.0 innings of one-run ball, fanning five while allowing five hits and two walks.

He wiggled out of a first-inning, bases-loaded jam caused by a single, a walk and a fielding error. But he got Kyle Overstreet to fly out to end the threat.
Corpus Christi got on the board in the second on a moonshot homer from Granden Goetzman, his Texas League-leading 13th of the season.

This Granden Goetzman blast had such a high launch angle, it didn't even register in our tracking system. 👀🚀

It also gave the Hooks a 1-0 lead over Amarillo! pic.twitter.com/JCeozjAkM4
— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) June 7, 2019

Amarillo tied the score in the fifth on an Edward Olivares RBI single off Bukauskas.
Chas McCormick delivered the go-ahead RBI with a single in the bottom of the seventh against David Bednar (L, 0-5) that scored Ramiro Rodriguez, making his Double-A debut. Javier Bermudez, also playing in his first Double-A game, scored on a wild pitch to add an insurance run.

There are baseball skies, and there are South Texas Baseball Skies™ 😍😍😍 pic.twitter.com/yr0ItD2n0J
— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) June 7, 2019

Layne Henderson (W, 1-1) and Nick Hernandez (S, 1) combined for 3.0 shutout innings to secure the win.