Travs Take Thursday for 2-1 Series Lead
Published on June 15, 2023 under Texas League (TL)
Corpus Christi Hooks News Release
NORTH LITTLE ROCK - Arkansas scored twice in the eighth to knock off the Hooks, 3-1, before 5,054 fans Thursday night at Dickey-Stephens Park.
Corpus Christi's lone marker came on a home run by Colin Barber in the fourth, his fifth Double-A home run and his second dinger in as many games.
Aaron Brown and Julio Robaina stranded eight Travelers over the first seven innings. An eighth-inning triple by Robert Perez Jr. snapped a stretch of nine consecutive outs by Robaina. Perez scored the winning run via a groundout. Patrick Frick cashed in an insurance run with a two-out RBI single.
Robaina, who worked five innings of two-run ball for the second consecutive outing, struck out six in the hard-fought loss.
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