Down by Seven, CC Rallies for Walk-Off

Bryan Arias connects with game-winning hit Saturday night. (Ben Zaragosa)

May 29, 2022

CORPUS CHRISTI - The Blue Ghosts fought back from an 11-4 fourth-inning deficit to beat Wichita, 14-13, before 5,856 fans Saturday night at Whataburger Field. Corpus Christi has won three of the first five in the six-game set, snapping the Wind Surge's run of six consecutive winning series. The Hooks,

CORPUS CHRISTI - The Blue Ghosts fought back from an 11-4 fourth-inning deficit to beat Wichita, 14-13, before 5,856 fans Saturday night at Whataburger Field.

Corpus Christi has won three of the first five in the six-game set, snapping the Wind Surge's run of six consecutive winning series.

The Hooks, defending Whataburger Field as the Corpus Christi Blue Ghosts this weekend in honor of the USS Lexington, sent nine men to the plate in a five-run fourth. Doubles by Luke Berryhill, Enmanuel Valdez, and Justin Dirden fueled the frame.

Corpus Christi then mustered three in the seventh to take a brief 12-11 lead. Berryhill 's second double of the day was one of three Blue Ghosts knocks in the rally. Yainer Diaz provided the go-ahead single with a two-out infield smash to short.

Wichita answered with a pair against Chandler Casey and Devin Conn in the eighth. Dennis Ortega opened the inning with a long ball to left and DaShawn Keirsey provided a two-out RBI single.

Trailing 13-12, Wilyer Abreu coaxed his Texas League leading 41st walk from Argenis Angulo to begin the ninth. Berryhill was next and floated a single into right-center, staging runners at the corners. Valdez, 3-for-3 with two runs, two doubles, three walks and four RBIs on the day, crushed a two-bagger to the wall in right-center to level the score. One out later, Justin Dirden was walked intentionally to load the bases for Bryan Arias. Arias worked the count to 3-2 before lining the game-winning hit to left.

TIED IN THE NINTH!! pic.twitter.com/yquDW422Xv
— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) May 29, 2022

WALK IT OFF BRYAN ARIAS!!!

After being down seven runs, the Blue Ghosts rally all the way back for a 14-13 win over the Wind Surge! pic.twitter.com/mxt8v4vkjP
— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) May 29, 2022

Arias has finished both of Corpus Christi's walk-off wins in 2022.

Grae Kessinger, who has five hits in his last 12 at-bats, launched a two-run home run in the second.

The Blue Ghosts take aim at a series win with Adrian Chaidez on the hill Sunday night. First pitch 6:05.