Midland Completes Sweep
April 29, 2016 - Texas League (TL1)
Corpus Christi Hooks News Release
Chase McDonald of the Corpus Christi Hooks
(Corpus Christi Hooks)
CORPUS CHRISTI - Dylan Covey allowed one run and three hits over six innings and Beau Taylor doubled twice and drove in two runs as Midland thumped Corpus Christi 8-1 Thursday at Whataburger Field before 4,009.
Covey (1-1) walked and struck out five, facing three over the minimum in frames two through six. Fifty-seven of his 94 pitches were strikes.
Chase McDonald's two-out, two-strike single to center plated Teoscar Hernandez from third and gave the Hooks (9-10) a 1-0 first-inning edge. Midland (12-8) responded right away, Jaycob Brugman's opening double blossoming into the first RockHounds run. Taylor moved Brugman home by bouncing out to the right side.
The visitors tallied an unearned run in the third. Franklin Barreto singled into left-center and took second on a James Ramsay error. Danny Oh sacrificed Barreto to third and he crossed when Ryon Healy grounded out to shortstop.
Midland added another in the fourth off Kyle Smith, Taylor's double over the head of Ramsay sending Yairo Munoz (one-out walk) home.
Aaron West cleared up Smith's trouble during the fifth, retiring three straight with runners at second and third. Smith (0-3) was responsible for two earned runs, seven hits, two walks, and three strikeouts.
The next inning, West's 1-1 curveball to lead-off man Munoz left the yard. Midland was just getting started, as the RockHounds struck three more times with RBIs from J.P. Sportman (single), Oh (fielder's choice), and Healy (sacrifice fly). Taylor and Wade Kirkland scored after doubling and singling, respectively.
Matt Chapman's Texas League-leading sixth home run in the ninth off Reymin Guduan closed the scoring. It was the first run off Guduan in 2016, a span of eight appearances and 11 2/3 innings.
Covey, Ben Bracewell, and Ryan Doolittle teamed to hold Corpus Christi hitless over the final eight innings.
Barreto owns a six-game hitting streak.
The Hooks spend the next eight days in Frisco and Midland, playing four-game series with both the RoughRiders and RockHounds. Catch all the action on NewsRadio 1360 KKTX, Michael Coffin and Kevin Piel on the call.
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