Hooks Rally with Six-Run Sixth

Yamal Encarnacion, who went 3-for-4 with a double and a two-out RBI Sunday, ranks 2nd on CC in batting (.318) and RBIs (9). (Viannah Gomes)

By Corpus Christi Hooks

April 20, 2026

Box Score CORPUS CHRISTI - The Hooks completed a five-win week by battling back to beat Northwest Arkansas, 7-3, before 2,137 fans on a cold and wet Sunday afternoon at Whataburger Field. Corpus Christi is 9-6 on the season, with its nine wins coming in the past 12 games. Yamal

Box Score

CORPUS CHRISTI - The Hooks completed a five-win week by battling back to beat Northwest Arkansas, 7-3, before 2,137 fans on a cold and wet Sunday afternoon at Whataburger Field.

Corpus Christi is 9-6 on the season, with its nine wins coming in the past 12 games.

Yamal Encarnacion collected three of the six Hooks hits Sunday, including a lead-off double that blossomed into a second-inning run. Luis Baez cashed in the marker with the first of his two sac flies on the day.

The Naturals pulled ahead by plating a pair in the third but were shut down as Hooks hurlers permitted only one hit the rest of the way.

Julio Rodriguez worked two innings of relief in his season debut and Nic Swanson retired seven of the eight men he faced.

Corpus Christi rewarded the effort by sending 12 men to the plate in the sixth. Encarnacion had two hits in the frame with Will Bush adding an RBI single. Of the six runs, five came with two out.

The Hooks gain 6 runs in the 6th! Hooks are up going into the 7th! pic.twitter.com/Utk7vgKnl9
— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) April 19, 2026

Bush, 2-for-4 on the day, is batting .324 on the year with a .510 on-base average which ranks second in the Texas League.

The Hooks outscored Northwest Arkansas, 48-29, in their second consecutive series win.