Great Night for CC Hooks Fans

Jose Valverde and Kazuo Matsui were on rehab assignments tonight in Corpus Christi, but even they might not have been the biggest attraction.  Tonight, Jason Castro caught his first game in AA.  He got his first AA hit, too, in his second at-bat.  Batting sixth in the order, and leading off the fourth inning, he got a single to right field.  His other three AB were two ground outs to second, and one reach-on-error by the second baseman (I guess he wore that 2B out with all the other hits in his direction).  He would later come around to score after the ROE on a homer from Colin DeLome.

The game also featured a notable pitching performance by (one of my personal faves) Polin Trinidad.  He stretched a one-hitter out over 7 innings and racked up 5 strikeouts along the way.  I hope this game is a testament both to Trinidad's pitching ability and to Castro's game-calling ability.  

Matsui was 1-for-2 with a walk.  Valverde pitched a scoreless 8th inning, with 2 Ks. 

Final Score:  8-1, Hooks Win.  Box Score.  Game Log.

And remember, if you can't be there in person, you can watch Hooks home games here (it only works with Internet Explorer as far as I can tell):

http://b2cabletv.com/index.asp?bid=1&networksid=13&channelsid=74