CORPUS CHRISTI - A dominant start by Brandon Bailey bolstered by a seven-run cushion carried the Hooks to a 7-3 victory over the Frisco RoughRiders Wednesday at Whataburger Field.It was Corpus Christi's fourth consecutive win, earning them a tie of first place in the tight Texas League South Division race

CORPUS CHRISTI - Three Hooks home runs carried the team to a 6-2 win over the Frisco RoughRiders Tuesday night at Whataburger Field.Jonathan Arauz (2), Colton Shaver (13) and Jake Adams (3) each went deep between the fourth and fifth innings to ambush Frisco and starter Tyler Phillips (L, 5-9)

With the space created from multiple trade deadline moves by the Major League club on Wednesday, the Houston Astros have promoted Woodpecker infielders Jake Adams and Jonathan Arauz to Double-A Corpus Christi. The pair are the 12th and 13th Woodpeckers promoted to Double-A this season.

Jake Adams described his 2017 stint in the New York-Penn League as "preschool." For the Astros' sixth-round selection that year, his 48 games with Tri-City were an introduction to life in the professional ranks.Those games in Class A Short Season also proved to be beneficial for Adams in becoming an

The Fayetteville Woodpeckers came to play in Wednesday nights doubleheader versus the Lynchburg Hillcats, walking-off the Hillcats in game one and silencing Lynchburg in game two. The first matchup saw the top prospect in the Astros system Forrest Whitley take the mound for Fayetteville, while a Woodpeckers vet Michael Papierski

The Fayetteville Woodpeckers and the Salem Red Sox were both scoreless until the bottom of the fourth when Jake Adams smashed a solo shot to finally put Fayetteville on the board. That would be the only score the Woodpeckers all night as Salem tacked on two runs against Shawn Dubin

The Fayetteville Woodpeckers salvaged the series with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans, avoiding a sweep in an 8-4 victory at Segra Stadium. The Woodpeckers took a 3-0 lead early thanks to back-to-back sacrifice flies in the first, followed by a home run from Jonathan Arauz in the next frame. However Myrtle

Despite a key impact on the offensive performance of their fellow South Division All-Stars on Tuesday night, representatives from the Fayetteville Woodpeckers, and the Carolina League South Division, just fell short of thrilling victory over the North at Nymeo Field in Frederick at the Carolina League All-Star Classic. Leading 5-0

The Fayetteville Woodpeckers found themselves down three runs to the Potomac Nationals going into the bottom of the fifth inning at Segra Stadium. The Woodpeckers loaded the bases for Jake Adams, who smoked his second grand slam of the year to give Fayetteville a lead it would not surrender. Shawn

The Carolina League has announced the official roster for the 2019 Carolina League All-Star Classic at Nymeo Field at Harry Grove Stadium in Frederick, Maryland on June 18th, and the Fayetteville Woodpeckers will honor seven total players, five position players and two pitchers, as mid-season all-stars. Due to player moves

The Fayetteville Woodpeckers rallied early to open their final homestand of the first half and knocked off the Myrtle Beach Pelicans on Monday night 8-4. Fayetteville smacked another pair of home runs, scored in five separate innings, and had a strong outing from Nivaldo Rodriguez to knock off their South

For the first time in over a month, the Fayetteville Woodpeckers won the first game of a series, as they handily knocked off the Wilmington Blue Rocks on Thursday night with an 8-1 thumping in Wilmington. While the game has no meaning in a first half that Fayetteville has already

For the second consecutive game, The Fayetteville Woodpeckers surrendered a lead after the sixth inning and were eventually walked off in extra innings, once again by a 4-3 final on Thursday night against the Winston-Salem Dash. The sixth time that Fayetteville has been served a walk off loss, it is

The Woodpeckers offense returned to their power-packed roots on Wednesday afternoon, but a poor day from the pitching staff ultimately cost Fayetteville the middle game of their series with Carolina, dropping the Education Day contest, 10-7. Fayetteville knocked two more home runs on the day, and racked up another 13

With one month of the season now logged in the slim pages of a new franchise's history book, the Fayetteville Woodpeckers have still chronicled plenty of memories and new records that may stand for years to come. Through those first 26 games in their inaugural season, it was the very

While the Fayetteville Woodpeckers have had their fair share of big innings in 2019, their ninth inning rally fell short by just one run on Tuesday against the Carolina Mudcats. Trailing by four runs and down to their final out, Fayetteville put the pressure on by scoring three times and

Another night of offensive prowess helped the Fayetteville Woodpeckers down Los Pelícanos de Myrtle Beach on Sunday night. The Woodpeckers had their first multi-homer game of the season, including the team's third grand slam in route to the 9-4 win. Fayetteville was aided by a season high nine walks at

Picking up where they left off in Frederick, the Fayetteville Woodpeckers took the first of a four-game series against Myrtle Beach, 3-2 on Thursday night. For the third time in four games, Fayetteville was tied with their opponent heading into the ninth inning. The Woodpeckers have now won all three

The Fayetteville Woodpeckers did not make any friends in their Carolina League debut on Thursday night, clobbering the Potomac Nationals 15-0 in Woodbridge. The evening featured multiple diverging storylines, including a seven-RBI performance from first baseman Jake Adams, an eight run fourth inning, and a combined one-hitter from the pitching

The Fayetteville Woodpeckers' first game couldn't have played out much better than it did, and Jake Adams was a big reason why.The Astros first-base prospect went 4-for-6 with a grand slam and a career-high seven RBIs as Class A Advanced Fayetteville rolled to a season-opening 15-0 romp over Potomac at

The champions have been crowned. The trophies have been hoisted. Every league has a winner, all because of team efforts. But now, it's time to focus on the individuals.The 2018 Minor League postseason was full of memorable moments, from a no-hitter to a crazy comeback to a walk-off hit from

Jake Adams had his ups and downs in his first Carolina League stint but started to turn a corner during the final month of the regular season. He carried that momentum into his first postseason action on the circuit.The Astros prospect cracked two doubles and drove in a run to