Hooks Pitch Gem to Top Hounds

Box Score

MIDLAND - Following five strong innings by Trey Dombroski, Alimber Santa and Michael Knorr teamed for perfect relief as the Hooks beat the RockHounds, 3-2, Friday night before 5,091 fans at Momentum Bank Ballpark.

Bryan Lavastida went 3-for-5 with two steals out of the lead-off spot to pace the offense. Lavastida and Logan Cerny had back-to-back RBI singles with two out in the first as Corpus Christi staked itself to a 2-0 lead. John Garcia and Austin Deming scored in the frame after reaching via base hits to left and center, respectively.

Cerny, who singled in his first two at-bats, is 5-for-9 with a pair of doubles over his last three games.

Dombroski held Midland to one hit and two walks over the first four frames until the Hounds evened the game with a pair in the fifth.

Trevor Austin, now hitting .280 in eight Texas League games, doubled twice in his final two at-bats, including a lead-off knock in the seventh. One out later, Lavastida lined a single into right for a 3-2 Hooks edge.

Lavastida hits and breaks the tie! the Hooks are up! pic.twitter.com/X5egOqoJKJ

— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) May 31, 2025

With his three-hit effort on Friday, Lavastida is batting .405 with 11 runs scored and six RBIs over his last 11 games.

Dombroski, who struck out a season-high six batters for a third straight start, yielded three hits and two walks while lowering his ERA to 3.32 in 10 assignments this year.

Trey Dombroski matching the season high tonight with 6 Ks for a third straight start pic.twitter.com/fRk8yvSBXh

— Corpus Christi Hooks (@cchooks) May 31, 2025

Santa, boasting a 1.05 ERA in 16 games on the year, was perfect from the sixth through the eighth, breezing three batters to pick up his first Double-A win.

Toting a 2.38 ERA over his last 16 appearances, Knorr struck out the side in a 1-2-3 ninth for his second save.