Hooks Defeat RockHounds on Walk-Off Grand Slam
Corpus Christi Hooks 6, RockHounds 2Sunday, July 7, 2019Whataburger Field Corpus Christi, TXThe Corpus Christi Hooks defeated the RockHounds, 6-2, Sunday evening at Whataburger Field on Lorenzo Quintana's walk-off grand slam, but the most pivotal play in the game may have been an ejection. In the last of the
Corpus Christi Hooks 6, RockHounds 2
Sunday, July 7, 2019
Whataburger Field Corpus Christi, TX
The Corpus Christi Hooks defeated the RockHounds, 6-2, Sunday evening at Whataburger Field on
In the last of the fifth, with the game still scoreless, Hooks catcher
The 'Hounds broke the scoreless tie in the sixth.
After
Leading off the eighth, Quintana fell behind
The RockHounds put two men with on base with one out but could not convert.
With the dramatic victory, the Hooks won the series, 3-games-to-1, and moved to within two games of the 'Hounds in the Texas League South (see below).
Good News / Bad News: The RockHounds have won 7-of-their-last-11 games but have also dropped 4-of-their-last-5.
Texas League South
The Sod Poodles also won their series, taking 3-of-4 from Frisco, capped by an 9-7 win Sunday evening in Amarillo.
The RockHounds (10-7) lead Corpus Christi and Amarillo (both 8-9) by two games and Frisco (5-11) by 4½ games.
Notable
The Hooks hit a grand slam home run in each of the last two games of the series.
Corpus Christi scored 39 runs in the four-game series (38 of them in the three wins) and the Hooks have scored 60 runs in their last six games (they are 3-3 in those games).
Brallan Perez broke out of an 0-for-13 (four games) stretch, going 3-for-4.
Next Game
Monday, July 8 vs. Amarillo Sod Poodles
Security Bank Ballpark 6:30 p.m. (Gates open 6:00)
Two-Dollar Monday
- First of a three-game series and of a seven-game homestand
- Radio: NewsTalk 550 with Bob Hards ... airtime 6:15 p.m.
Probable Starters
AMA: Jesse Scholtens (RH, 3-3, 5.04)
RH: Daulton Jefferies (RH, 0-1, 3.38) tandem with
Next at Security Ballpark
The RockHounds return Monday to open a seven-game homestand:
Amarillo Sod Poodles (July 8-9-10) and the Corpus Christi Hooks (July 11-12-13-14)
Wednesday - Matamoscas take the diamond … Fedora Hats for the first 1,000 fans
Thirsty Thursday
Friday - Adult Jersey Night
Saturday - Postgame Fireworks