SAN ANTONIO - James Hicks struck out seven while firing six-innings of two-run ball Sunday evening, helping the Hooks to a 4-3 triumph over the Missions at Wolff Stadium.
In picking up back-to-back victories, Corpus Christi secured the three-game series, as well as winning the season set opposite San Antonio with an 11-10 record.
Yamal Encarnacion recorded the first five-hit game by a Hooks player since 2024, going 5-for-5 from the lead-off spot. Encarnacion tripled in the first before recording singles in each of his remaining plate appearances. The switching-hitting speedster accounted for three of the four Hooks runs, scoring twice while plating another.
Hicks, who won with five shutout innings last week vs. Frisco, turned in his third quality start of the season, at one point setting down 12 Missions in a row.
Railin Perez relieved Hicks by blanking San Antonio in the seventh. Hudson Leach held the home club to an unearned marker in the eighth before Jose Guedez spun a 1-2-3 ninth for his first Double-A save.