CORPUS CHRISTI (CC HOOKS) - Ryan McCurdy and Jon Singleton homered and drove in four runs each
as Corpus Christi cruised past Arkansas 13-4 Thursday night at
Whataburger Field before 5,614.
The Hooks are 21-25 and have won three straight. Arkansas slips to 19-27.
McCurdy's first professional homer - a grand slam - punctuated
Corpus Christi's nine-run third. Singleton finished with four hits.
Arkansas' 2-3-4 hitters - Renny Osuna, Casey Haerther and Roberto
Lopez - pushed one-out singles into right field to set the stage for
the game's first run. It crossed the plate when Jarred Cosart struck
Carlos Ramirez with a 97-mile per hour fastball.
Jacob Goebbert's two-out RBI double capped a three-run first for the
Hooks. Singleton extended his hitting streak to eight games with an
RBI single and Brandon Barnes lifted a sacrifice fly to left field.
The Travelers immediately equalized. Consecutive one-out doubles
from Jimmy Swift and Rian Kiniry produced their second run before
Osuna's sacrifice fly scored Kiniry to make it 3-3.
It wasn't that way for long. An inning later, McCurdy blasted Corpus
Christi's first bases-loaded round-tripper of 2012, providing a
five-run cushion for Cosart at 8-3. Jose Martinez' double to left began
the home third and Singleton provided another RBI hit.
The Hooks continued to feast on Arkansas starter Eddie McKiernan
(3-3). Martinez lashed a two-run double and Singleton blasted his sixth
home run - a two-run shot - into the visitors' bullpen. McKiernan was
pulled before he could finish Corpus Christi's most productive inning
of the season after 12 runs (9 earned), 11 hits, a walk and three
strikeouts.
The Hooks' nine-run outburst tied a franchise record and was more
than enough support for Cosart (3-2), who worked seven frames. He
permitted 12 hits, four runs, two walks and struck out six.
Martinez, who added a solo bomb to left in the eighth off Christian Scholl, has hit safely in eight straight.
Corpus Christi's Ross Seaton (3-3) takes the ball Friday at 7:05
against A.J. Schugel (2-4). Fans enjoy Friday Fireworks postgame,
presented by Bud Light.
--Courtesy CCHooks.com
