Matthews & Espinosa Power Hooks over Amarillo
Box Score CORPUS CHRISTI - Brice Matthews and Rolando Espinosa belted home runs Saturday night as the Hooks rolled to a 9-5 triumph against Amarillo before 5,335 fans at Whataburger Field. Matthews connected on his 12th long ball of the season, a two-run tater off the batter's eye in the
CORPUS CHRISTI - Brice Matthews and Rolando Espinosa belted home runs Saturday night as the Hooks rolled to a 9-5 triumph against Amarillo before 5,335 fans at Whataburger Field.
Matthews connected on his 12th long ball of the season, a two-run tater off the batter's eye in the third. Of his six Double-A homers, five have been hit in the last 15 games.
shoutout @HuskerBaseball
— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) August 4, 2024
BRICE MATTHEWS JUST HOMERED pic.twitter.com/PIVShmJkPN
Espinosa went deep in the sixth as his three-run homer put the Hooks up, 5-0. The 23-year-old from Cuba went 2-for-3 on the night with four RBIs.
ROLANDOOOOOOOOOOOOOO pic.twitter.com/UJZRM7T8oo
— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) August 4, 2024
Hooks starter Joey Mancini struck out seven against one walk and two hits over 4 1/3 scoreless innings. Mancini, who retired the first 10 in order Saturday night, has permitted only one earned run over his last four appearances, covering 19.1 frames.
Joey The Mancini 🔥
— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) August 4, 2024
4.1IP | 2H | 0R | 1BB | 7K pic.twitter.com/SunHvkuxN3
Jose Fleury earned his first Double-A win by breezing nine batters over the final four innings. Fleury and Mancini teamed to strike out 16, matching the Hooks single-game standard.
After Amarillo cut it to a 5-3 contest, the Hooks sent nine to bat while scoring four runs in the seventh. Colin Barber notched the key swing, a two-run single into right field.
All nine of Corpus Christi's runs were scored with two outs.
CLUTCH COLIN pic.twitter.com/QQ117qxIr7
— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) August 4, 2024