CC Surges Late for Friday Night Win
Box Score CORPUS CHRISTI - Home runs by Austin Deming and Rolando Espinosa spearheaded a four-run seventh inning Friday night as the Hooks knocked off Wichita, 4-1, before 4,577 fans at Whataburger Field. Corpus Christi has won two in a row and four of its last six games. Jose Fleury
CORPUS CHRISTI - Home runs by Austin Deming and Rolando Espinosa spearheaded a four-run seventh inning Friday night as the Hooks knocked off Wichita, 4-1, before 4,577 fans at Whataburger Field.
Corpus Christi has won two in a row and four of its last six games.
Jose Fleury held the Wind Surge to two singles and one walk while striking out four over five innings of work.
Joey Mancini stranded a pair in the sixth before surrendering a marker in the seventh.
The 1-0 Wichita lead was short-lived as Deming opened the home seventh with his first Double-A homer. Two batters later, Espinosa launched a big fly to left for his sixth home run of the season and a 2-1 Hooks edge.
Espinosa won the game for CC on Thursday with a ninth-inning, walk-off single.
The first Deming Dinger at Whataburger Field! pic.twitter.com/02r3JWmb1l
— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) August 10, 2024
Rolando Espinosa, ladies and gents. pic.twitter.com/N4VUwr8NMx
— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) August 10, 2024
Tommy Sacco Jr. and Miguel Palma continued the seventh-inning rally with base hits. Jeremy Arocho cashed them in with a two-out, two-run knock to right.
Mancini retired six in a row to finish his night, with Alejandro Torres pitching a scoreless ninth for his second Double-A save.