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Hooks Snap Slide, Halt Riders

James Hicks fanned five and held Frisco to two baserunners over five scoreless innings Friday. (Kyra Blundell )
July 11, 2026

Box Score CORPUS CHRISTI - James Hicks, Railin Perez, Hudson Leach, and Amilcar Chirinos held Frisco to three hits Friday night as the Hooks dispatched the RoughRiders, 6-1, before 5,527 fans at Whataburger Field. Hicks permitted two baserunners over five shutout innings, striking out five against one hit. The Hooks

Box Score

CORPUS CHRISTI - James Hicks, Railin Perez, Hudson Leach, and Amilcar Chirinos held Frisco to three hits Friday night as the Hooks dispatched the RoughRiders, 6-1, before 5,527 fans at Whataburger Field.

Hicks permitted two baserunners over five shutout innings, striking out five against one hit.

The Hooks scratched the scoreboard in the third thanks to a Max Holy single and Jax Biggers walk. Holy used nifty baserunning to race home from third on a swinging bunt by Yamal Encarnacion for the initial marker.

Tyler Whitaker opened the fifth with his fifth home run of the season, whipping a line drive down the left-field line at 102 MPH.

Will Bush, hitting .385 with four extra-base hits and five RBIs in the series, led off the sixth by bouncing a double into the left-field bullpen, setting the stage for a Joseph Sullivan sac fly.

After the RoughRiders had rallied for decisive leads in the eighth in each of the first three games, Friday's eighth inning was won by CC as the club salted the contest with a three-spot. A Bush lead-off free pass was followed by back-to-back doubles from Jason Schiavone and Cameron Sisneros, with Sisneros plating a pair.

Holy capped the eighth via a sac fly to right.

Perez headlined Hooks relief with three Ks in two perfect innings. Leach fanned two in a scoreless eighth and Chirinos combated a couple hits in the ninth by striking out two in a row to finish the 6-1 triumph.

The mound work was aided by excellent defense, including highlight-reel catches by Sullivan and Encarnacion, as well as a caught stealing by Bush in the eighth.