MIDLAND - Matt Ruppenthal, Chandler Casey and Joe Record teamed to blank the RockHounds over eight innings, sending Corpus Christi to a 3-1 victory Wednesday night at Momentum Bank Ballpark.
The Hooks (12-17) have won three of their last five games.
Jaime Melendez exited a 1-1 affair following two innings
MIDLAND - Matt Ruppenthal, Chandler Casey and Joe Record teamed to blank the RockHounds over eight innings, sending Corpus Christi to a 3-1 victory Wednesday night at Momentum Bank Ballpark.
The Hooks (12-17) have won three of their last five games.
Jaime Melendez exited a 1-1 affair following two innings of work. Ruppenthal, who improved to 2-0 with a 2.55 ERA in 10 outings, proceeded to strike out six against two singles and two hit batsmen in 2 2/3 innings.
Casey, pitching 120 miles south of his hometown Lubbock, entered with two on in the fifth and induced a ground ball to end the frame, holding the line for a 2-1 Hooks lead.
Record picked up his fourth save after coaxing double plays in the eighth and ninth. The sinkerballer is averaging better than three groundouts per fly out.
Catcher Luke Berryhill contributed with a pair of two-out RBI knocks, double to left-center in the first and single up the middle in the seventh.
Yainer Diaz, Cesar Salazar and Bryan Arias also cracked two-baggers on the day. Diaz notched a pair, with Salazar and Arias striking in the second for the club's second run.
Corpus Christi plans to send Misael Tamarez to the hill in Game 3. Jack Cushing is set to start for the 14-15 RockHounds. Thursday's first pitch is 7 PM.
