Hooks Strike Early Saturday Night
MIDLAND - Seth Beer and Chas McCormick belted home runs while Carson LaRue fired five innings of one-run ball Saturday night as the Hooks bested the RockHounds, 9-6, before 6,038 fans at Security Bank Ballpark.Corpus Christi (21-20) has won seven of its last 10 games.
MIDLAND -
Corpus Christi (21-20) has won seven of its last 10 games.
After being set down 1-2-3 in the opening frame by
Beer, who debuted with the Hooks Friday night, clubbed a two-run home run to straightaway center field in the third for his first Double-A dinger. His 10th clout of the season made it 5-1 Corpus Christi.
With two away in the fourth, Josh Rojas cracked a triple off the wall in right-center and was promptly plated thanks to a single up the middle by
Beer finished his night by going 3-for-4 with three runs scored and a walk.
LaRue (1-1) picked up his first Double-A win by scattering three hits and one walk over five innings of work. He threw 35 of 55 pitches for strikes. After surrendering a lead-off double in the first, LaRue faced just two over the minimum the rest of the way, thanks in part to a pair of double plays.
The Hounds (20-21) made it a three-run game after scoring five times in the seventh and eighth against
Lefty
Corpus Christi shoots for a series win Sunday afternoon with