TL1 Corpus Christi Hooks

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Published on July 28, 2015 under Texas League (TL1)
Corpus Christi Hooks News Release


CORPUS CHRISTI - Griff Erickson, Luis Domoromo, and Yeison Asencio homered as San Antonio rolled Corpus Christi 13-7 Monday at Whataburger Field before 5,390.

The Missions rallied from a 4-0 deficit by posting eight runs in the fourth and benefited from a solid bullpen as Bryce Morrow, Eury De La Rosa, and Adam Cimber permitted one earned run over the last six innings. Morrow (2-2) worked 3 1/3, striking out five.

Monday's contest featured some sloppy play (five combined errors; four wild pitches) and 29 total hits, 17 by the visitors.

San Antonio (12-19; 43-58) wasted a prime opportunity against Brian Holmes in the first. Domoromo pushed a lead-off double down the left-field line and advanced to third on an error. Holmes retired Benji Gonzalez on an infield fly before fanning Alberth Martinez and Hunter Renfroe.

The Hooks (16-15; 64-37) then nicked Justin Hancock for a pair. Brett Phillips doubled to left-center and Teoscar Hernandez slapped an infield single to deep short. After Hancock struck rehabbing Jed Lowrie with a pitch, A.J. Reed bounced into a bases-loaded, run-scoring double play. Colin Moran's double plated Hernandez.

The lead was extended to 3-0 an inning later, Roberto Pena's lead-off walk parlayed into a run via Phillips' second hit and a Lowrie two-out RBI single.

Corpus Christi ran its left-on-base total to seven while adding another tally during the third. Four straight Hooks reached with two away, Jon Kemmer (single) crossing on a single from Chan-Jong Moon. Hancock issued two free passes in the frame.

Then the wheels came off for Holmes (4-5). The first six Missions reached and scored, Erickson's three-run homer to left the exclamation point. Asencio (double), Duanel Jones (single), and Diego Goris (single) also collected RBIs. Domoromo added a one-out solo bomb as Holmes' last hitter.

Enter Aaron West, greeted by a Gonzalez double and Martinez single. Renfroe followed by lifting a sacrifice fly to right for an 8-4 Missions advantage.

In all, San Antonio sent 12 men to the plate in an eight-hit, one-walk uprising. Holmes' line: seven runs, seven hits, two walks and five strikeouts over 3 1/3. His pitch count was 75 (49).

The Hooks countered off Morrow, Reed's fourth Double-A and MiLB-leading 27th home run making it 8-5 after four. The Missions responded in kind, Tyson Gillies' two-out single enabling Jones (lead-off single) to score. They added on in the sixth off Reymin Guduan, Asencio's two-out, two-run blast clearing the left-field berm.

Domoromo, Jones, and Erickson finished with three hits.

Hernandez has an 11-game hitting streak, Moran a 10-gamer.

The Hooks pitch Adrian Houser (0-2) against Casey Kelly (1-5) Tuesday at 7:05. Gates open 5:30.

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