Eight-Run First Foils Hooks
May 4, 2018 - Texas League (TL1)
Corpus Christi Hooks News Release
MIDLAND - RockHounds third baseman Eli White went 5-for-5 Thursday night, leading an 18-hit attack as Midland doubled up Corpus Christi, 12-6, at Security Bank Ballpark.
The Hounds (15-12) sent 12 men to bat in the first, scoring eight runs on eight hits. Texas A&M product Corbin Martin, making his Double-A debut, managed to record only one out.
Corpus Christi (16-11) cut the deficit in half in the next frame. Taylor Jones was the first of nine Hooks to bat in the inning, and Jones launched a home run onto the berm in straightaway center field. Carmen Benedetti followed with a double and back-to-back singles by Nick Tanielu and Josh Rojas made it 8-2.
Kyle Friedrichs ended the hit parade by coaxing a 6-4-3 double play. Alex De Goti then doubled to left, driving in Tanielu. Ryne Birk capped the barrage with an RBI single.
Midland answered in the home half when Seth Brown, who also doubled and homered, sent a two-out RBI single into center off lefty Chris Nunn.
White made it 10-4 with a home run to left field in the third.
Friedrichs scattered three singles from the third through the fifth but surrendered a Tanielu solo dinger in the sixth.
The Hooks' final run came in the eighth against lefty Cody Stull. Benedetti opened with his second double of the day, and then came home on Rojas' single into center.
Erasmo Pinales was the only Corpus Christi pitcher to keep the Hounds off the board, spinning three frames of shutout relief.
The Hooks shoot for a series split Friday night with lefty Cionel Perez (1-1, 2.16) on the hill. First pitch 7 p.m.
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