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Cy Sneed Young

August 25, 2016 - Texas League (TL1)
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Cy Sneed Young
Cy Sneed Young
(Midland RockHounds)

When he left Wednesday night's game at Whataburger Field, the Hooks' right-hander had a touch of Cy Young in him, departing with a 3-1 lead, having allowed just three hits, with no walks and four strikeouts. Kevin Comer went the last 2.1 innings for the save as Corpus Christi won its second consecutive game in the series, 4-1.

Garrett Sneed led a 12-hit Hooks attack, going 3-for-3 with a triple and a walk, scoring three runs and adding a stolen base.

Mott Hyde led off the third inning with a double down the right field line against 'Hounds starter Ben Bracewell, advancing on Bobby Boyd's sacrifice bunt and scoring on a sac fly from Houston Astros' outfielder Preston Tucker, who is with Corpus Christi on a rehab assignment. Stubbs rekindled the rally with a triple into the right field corner, very narrowly beating the relay throw from second baseman Joe Bennie.

J.D. Davis' double off the wall in left field, which gave the Hooks a 2-0 lead, would prove to be the eventual game-winning hit.

Yairo Munoz cut the lead to 2-1 with the RockHounds' first hit off Sneed, a solo home run to left field on the first pitch of the fifth inning. Stubbs then singled and scored the game's final two runs in the fifth (on Ramon Laureano's double) and seventh (on Conrad Gregor's single).

The RockHounds

... are 37-21 in the second half and 70-58 overall ... have lost two straight and are 3-5 in their last eight ... are 36-28 at Security Bank Ballpark and 34-30 on the road ... have dropped the first two of a four-game series at Corpus Christi ... are 17-13 in the season series with Corpus Christi (9-7 at Security Bank Ballpark and 8-6 at Whataburger Field) ... are 41-39 vs. the South Division.

... saw their lead over San Antonio in the Texas League South Division second half race cut to six games with 12 games remaining. The Missions (31-27) saw Frisco rally with a two-run ninth to send the game at Nelson Wolff Stadium into extra innings before San Antonio came back for a 4-3 win in 10 innings. The first half champion Corpus Christi Hooks (30-28) are now seven games back.

... continue their four-game series against the Hooks on Thursday and Friday evenings at Whataburger Field at 7:05 p.m. each night. The 'Hounds then return to Security Bank Ballpark for the final homestand of the regular season (Saturday, August 27-Friday, September 2).

- The RockHounds' magic number to clinch the second half title remains eight ('Hounds wins and/or San Antonio losses). There are 12 games remaining in the 2016 Texas League regular season. RockHounds -- vs. Corpus Christi (2), Frisco (6) & San Antonio (4).

Kibbles & Bits

STAT of the DAY: In his last two starts, Ben Bracewell has allowed eight runs (seven earned) on 11 hits in seven innings (0-2, 9.00). In his previous nine starts, he went 31 innings, allowing two earned runs on 20 hits, going 4-0 with a 0.58 ERA. Corey Walter allowed two runs in three innings on Wednesday after giving up six runs over 45 innings (1.20 ERA) in his previous 13 games.

SICK BAY: Beau Taylor sat out on Wednesday night after suffering a bruised left thumb (glove hand) on a foul tip in Tuesday's game and outfielder James Harris remains sidelined by a mild (left) hamstring strain sustained on August 19.

- Franklin Barreto (0-for-4) saw an 11-game hit streak snapped. The RockHounds shortstop hit .400 (18-for-45) in that span.

- Andy Paz (1-for-4) has hits in 12 of his last 13 games (19-for-46, .413) and is hitting .389 (21-for-54) since rejoining the club (from Beloit) on July 15. This story was not subject to the approval of the National Association of Professional Baseball Leagues or its clubs.

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