TL1 Corpus Christi Hooks

Hooks Top Riders 6-5

Published on August 27, 2008 under Texas League (TL1)
Corpus Christi Hooks News Release


FRISCO, Texas - With Monday's record loss to San Antonio a memory, the Hooks went into the house of the best team in the league Tuesday night - and won.

Ole Sheldon and Drew Sutton clubbed home runs, and Chris Blazek tossed three innings of relief to nail down his second save as the Hooks edged Frisco 6-5 in the opener of this four-game series.

Sheldon staked the Hooks to a 3-0 lead with a line-drive three-run homer to left in the top of the first. Sheldon's blast, his 13th of the year, gives him three homers and nine RBI's in the last three games.

Up 3-2 entering the sixth, the Hooks scored three times, with Sutton delivering the key blow - a two-run home run to the berm in right-center to give Corpus Christi a 5-2 lead. Later in the frame, a double by Eli Iorg and a single by Sheldon put runners at the corners with one out for Brian Bogusevic, who beat out a potential inning-ending double play for a fielder's choice RBI and a 6-2 score.

The RoughRiders rebounded with two runs in the sixth and a run in the seventh on a home run to right by Dustin Majewski to pull to within a run at 6-5.

Blazek, who entered the game in the seventh and served up the Majewski dinger, got tough the rest of the way and did not allow a runner past first after the home run ball. He retired seven of the last eight men he faced and finished with a run allowed on two hits and a walk while striking out two.

Blazek saved the game for starter Casey Hudspeth, who carried a shutout into the fifth. Hudspeth (4-4) finished with four runs allowed on eight hits and four walks over six innings. He struck out three.

Sutton had a 2-for-4 night with two runs and two RBI's. His two runs give him a league-best 98 for the year and the Hooks' new single-season record for runs, passing Hunter Pence, who scored 97 runs during the title run in 2006. The two RBI's vaulted Sutton past Mark Saccomanno as the club's career leader in RBI's with 115. Saccomanno had 114 RBI's with the Hooks in 2005 and 2006.

Bogusevic went 2-for-5 with an RBI to extend his hitting streak to six games. Bogusevic is 12-for-23 during the streak and has raised his average to .369.

While the Hooks improved to 52-81 overall and the RoughRiders fell to 82-52, Tuesday's result brings Corpus Christi to within a game of Frisco in the season series between the two clubs. The Hooks are 14-15 against the RoughRiders; 5-8 at Dr Pepper Ballpark.

Lefty Polin Trinidad (5-5) is on tap for the Hooks in Wednesday night's 7 o'clock start. He'll be opposed by Jared Hyatt (4-3).

Check out the Corpus Christi Hooks Statistics

Share: Facebook | Twitter/X | LinkedIn | Reddit | Email



Texas League Stories from August 27, 2008


The opinions expressed in this release are those of the organization issuing it, and do not necessarily reflect the thoughts or opinions of OurSports Central or its staff.

OurSports Central