Fast Start Carries Hounds
Box Score MIDLAND - The RockHounds scored four runs over the first two innings en route to a 5-1 victory over the Hooks before 3,146 fans Thursday night at Momentum Bank Ballpark. A's top prospect Jacob Wilson opened the proceedings with a double into left field. Cooper Bowman then worked
MIDLAND - The RockHounds scored four runs over the first two innings en route to a 5-1 victory over the Hooks before 3,146 fans Thursday night at Momentum Bank Ballpark.
A's top prospect Jacob Wilson opened the proceedings with a double into left field. Cooper Bowman then worked a walk before Colby Thomas dumped an RBI single into shallow right. The early traffic translated into a 38-pitch first inning by Jose Fleury.
After allowing a marker in the second, Fleury would bounce back by recording five consecutive strikeouts to finish his 3 2/3-inning outing.
Carlos Betancourt shined on the hill for Corpus Christi, retiring eight of the nine men he faced.
The Hooks were held to four singles, with Tommy Sacco, Jr., C.J. Stubbs, Rolando Espinosa, and Jeremy Arocho accounting for the hits.
Corpus Christi's lone run scored via a bases-loaded walk by Stubbs in the fourth inning.
Right-fielder Jacob Melton saved at least two runs as he made a terrific diving catch with the bases loaded in the sixth.