CC Stands Tall in Extras

FRISCO - A late surge with the sticks and gritty relief work carried the Hooks Friday night, as Corpus Christi rallied to win a back-and-forth bout, 6-5, in 11 innings at Riders Field.

With the Hooks trailing 2-0 in the sixth, Pedro Leon accounted for the first CC knock - a towering clout that cleared the pavilion down the left-field line. Leon's first stateside home run, a two-run shot, followed a walk by Marty Costes, who was initially down in the count, 1-2.

Frisco quickly erased the stalemate with a two-out RBI single by Melvin Novoa off Tommy DeJuneas in the home half.

DeJuneas rebounded by retiring nine of the next 11 hitters, resulting in a career-best four innings of work.

Costes made it a 3-3 game in the eighth by reaching via a lead-off double, and later scoring on a passed ball.

The first Hooks lead came in the 10th when Costes, placed at second to start the frame, scampered home on a base hit by David Hensley. Colton Shaver provided insurance in the next at-bat, serving a single into right-center.

The Riders responded in the home half thanks to an opposite-field two-run home run by Steele Walker, who finished the night with three extra-base hits.

Willy Collado would also allow the next two men to reach, before recording three consecutive outs to force the 11th.

Nine-hole hitter Ross Adolph

Ross Adolph capitalized on the opportunity, sending an 0-2 pitch into center, enabling Norel Gonzalez to score the game-winning run.

All three of the Hooks' extra-inning hits came with two outs.

After falling behind Walker, 3-0, in the 11th, Collado battled back to strike out the two-hole hitter, looking, to nail down Corpus Christi's first extra-inning win.

The Hooks look to make it three in a row Saturday night with Cesar Rosado on the mound. Frisco is countering with Tim Brennan. First pitch 7:05.