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Spence & Brutcher Stay Hot, SA Rallies

Lucas Spence, who notched his first pro multi-homer game Thursday, is batting .447 with five doubles, one triple, four home runs, and 19 RBIs over a team-best, 11-game hit streak. (Kyra Blundell)
June 19, 2026

Box Score CORPUS CHRISTI - The Missions belted three home runs in come-from-behind fashion Thursday night, knocking off the Hooks, 11-7, before 5,170 fans at Whataburger Field. Corpus Christi, fueled by two home runs from Lucas Spence and another Drew Brutcher blast, held a 5-3 lead after four but the

Box Score

CORPUS CHRISTI - The Missions belted three home runs in come-from-behind fashion Thursday night, knocking off the Hooks, 11-7, before 5,170 fans at Whataburger Field.

Corpus Christi, fueled by two home runs from Lucas Spence and another Drew Brutcher blast, held a 5-3 lead after four but the Missions scored in five of the final six innings to improve to 2-1 in the series.

Spence, riding the crest of a team-best, 11-game hitting streak, opened the first with a 407-foot laser off the batter's eye in center field.

Yamal Encarnacion doubled to start the third and rode home when Spence followed with an opposite-field poke to left-center for his first professional two-homer game. The lefty-hitting outfielder from Beecher, Illinois notched an run-scoring single in the seventh for his second four-RBI game in a week-long span.

During this 11-game surge, Spence is batting .447 with five doubles, one triple, four home runs, and 19 RBIs.

Brutcher, the reigning Texas League Player of the Week, reached base all four times while plating a pair of runs, including his fourth Double-A homer in the third, blasting a breaking pitch to straightaway center with an exit velocity of 104 MPH.

With multiple hits in four of his last six games, Brutcher is batting .393 with 11 extra-base hits, 25 RBIs, and 13 walks in 17 Corpus Christi contests for a 1.221 OPS.