Holy & Call Help Hooks Break Through in Ninth

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Zach Daudet, who walked twice Friday night, scores in the ninth on a two-run double by Chase Call
Zach Daudet, who walked twice Friday night, scores in the ninth on a two-run double by Chase CallConor Lacefield

MIDLAND - The Hooks plated four runs in the ninth inning Friday night to push past the RockHounds, 5-2, before 3,829 fans at Momentum Bank Ballpark.

In taking three of the first four of the series, Corpus Christi is 7-3 on the season in the Permian Basin.

With the game level at 1 and one away in the ninth, Tyler Whitaker went first-to-third on a base hit by Hector Salas. Max Holy, who notched a two-out RBI single in the fourth, snapped the stalemate by notching a base hit to right.

Following a wild pitch and a walk, Chase Call stroked a two-run double to right to put the Hooks up, 5-1. 

Call, with 21 home runs and 23 steals on the year, ranks second in the Astros system with 77 RBIs.

Hooks starter Nolan DeVos held Midland to one run over 4 1/3 innings. 

Jose Guedez permitted only one walk over 2 2/3 shutout innings, and Ramsey David penned a 1-2-3 eighth for his fourth win.

Amilcar Chirinos survived three walks in the ninth by notching a strikeout to end the game with the tying run at the plate. 

Holy, 2-for-4 Friday night, notched an RBI single Wednesday in his return from a two-week stay on the IL.