SA Missions vs CC Hooks on FSN

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As soon at the Rangers can hurry up and wrap up thier game against Boston. Bottom of the 8th, Rangers up 12-6.

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I just sat down with my Whataburger Thick n Hearty Meal and I want to watch the freakin Hooks!!!

Top of the 9th and they are not moving fast enough.

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Rangers up 13-6 now going into the bottom of the 9th. Hurry up and win already!!!

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Rangers wine 13-6 :clap: :clap: :clap:

HOOKS TIME!!!:clap:

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Bottom of the 2nd

Hooks 1
Missons 0

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Hooks up 1-0 going into bottom of the 3rd

Clemens has faced 9 batters and struckout 7.

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The Hooks get two runners on base but can't bring them in. Clemens has thrown 32 pitches so far.

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Clemens struck out 2 more in the top of 4th. Hooks have a lead off double in the bottom of the 4th.

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Hooks have runners on the corners with no outs.

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Next batter hit by pitch. Bases loaded.

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Next batter walks. 2-0 Hooks. :clap:

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Next batter SO. Following batter sac fly. Hooks up 3-0 with 2outs. Runner on 1st and 2nd.

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Missions strike out last batter. Clemens coming back to the mound. Hooks 3-0 going into the 5th.

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Clemens

12 balls

33 strikes

45 pitches

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Ground out to first. 1 out

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Clemens gives up his first hit, a single.

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Third batter pop out to right field. 2 outs runner on 1st

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Runner steals 2nd. 0-2 count

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Clemens strike him out. Missions leave one runner on and get their first hit of the game.

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Hooks go 3up 3down. Clemens returning to the mound.

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Clemens 60 pitches

17 balls
43 strikes
10so

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Clemens gives up 2nd hit. Line drive to center for single.

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Hooks turn double play. 2 outs.

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Clemens stikes out 11 batter to end the bottom of the 6th, and that will do it for the Rocket. Great game.:clap: :clap: :clap:

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SA strikes out first batter. Hooks come back with 2 hits. Runners on 2nd and 3rd with 1 out

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Great game for the Rocket and it sure looks like the folks in CC are having a great time as well!! Lots of good cold beverages being consumed from what I saw...

I can't imagine why ABILENE :rolleyes: :rolleyes: can't keep a baseball...or hockey ...or...

Y'all enjoy while we have to watch it on tv...:mad: :mad: :mad:

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Hooks score on wild pitch. runner advances to 3rd. 4-0

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SA stikes out batter. 2 outs

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Originally posted by GetRDoneStangs
Great game for the Rocket and it sure looks like the folks in CC are having a great time as well!! Lots of good cold beverages being consumed from what I saw...

I can't imagine why ABILENE :rolleyes: :rolleyes: can't keep a baseball...or hockey ...or...

Y'all enjoy while we have to watch it on tv...:mad: :mad: :mad:


Whataburger field looks packed and I've noticed all of the extra security they have tonight. CC has been very suprotive and very fortunate with the Hooks, Hammerheads(arena football), and the Ice Rayz(hockey).

Anderson with a RBI single. Hooks up lead 5-0

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SA walks Zobrist. Runners on 1st and 2nd

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Hunter Pence pops out. End of the 7th Hooks up 5-0. New pitcher coming in for the Hooks.

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Mitch Talbot pitching for Hooks. First batter ground out. Second batter singles to center. 1 out

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Whataburger field looks packed and I've noticed all of the extra security they have tonight. CC has been very suprotive and very fortunate with the Hooks, Hammerheads(arena football), and the Ice Rayz(hockey).

HELLO ABILENE.... can u see what is going on here????..

I honestly don't think they will...

You see ABILENE will NOT allow ALCOHOL at any (very few) events..

OK so lets look at this...

Never mind.. I am not going to beat a dead horse.. if u live out here u know what I mean....
:mad: :doh: :doh:

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Next batter singles. Runners on the corners.

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SA scores on wild pitch. Runner advances to 2nd. 5-1 with 1 out.

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2 outs. Pop out to right field.

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Talbot strikes out last batter.

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Clemens ended the night with 73 pitches. 21 balls and 52 stikes with 11 so. He is the player of the game.


Hooks first batter grounds out to first. Second batter gets a double to center. 1out

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SA takes care of the next 2 batters. Hooks up 5-1 going into the 8th.

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Talbot strikes out 2. 3up 3down and the Hooks are up to bat in the bottom of the 8th.

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Hooks get two hits and runs at the bottom of the 8th. Last bat for SA. First batter grounds out.

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Second batter tagged out at second.

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Third batter singles to left field. 2 outs

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Next batter hits a ground ball to right field. The ball gets past 3 Hooks gloves. Runners on 2nd and 3rd.

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Next batter grounds out. HOOKS WIN 5-1!!!

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Whataburger Field looked so nice on tv. The crowd was huge, the weather looked great, and the Rocket stole the show. Hunter Pence made an awesome defensive play in the 9th. After dropping a line drive to right field, sitting on his butt he gunned down the runner at 2nd to get the 2nd out of the inning. The runner has this surprised look when he saw the ball reach the 2nd baseman. The Hooks looked great.

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Clemens overpowers in second start

By CHRIS DUNCAN, AP Sports Writer

AP - Jun 11, 11:13 pm EDT


CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (AP) -- Chalk up another record for Roger Clemens, who looks as dominant as ever less than two weeks from his scheduled return to the majors.

The seven-time Cy Young Award winner struck out 11 and allowed two hits in six innings for Double-A Corpus Christi on Sunday night in his second minor league start.

Clemens tied the Hooks' single-game record for strikeouts, set last year by Jason Hirsh. He threw 73 pitches -- 52 for strikes -- in his second tuneup for his scheduled June 22 return for the Houston Astros.

"I was able to stay under control, attack the strike zone," Clemens said. "It was great. The dugout was alive -- maybe a little more tonight for obvious reasons."

Mixing breaking balls with fastballs that often topped 90 mph, Clemens fanned nine of the first 12 San Antonio batters he faced and didn't allow a hit until Erick Monzon's line drive to right with one out in the fifth.

When he left after the sixth inning, Clemens waved his gloved hand to the fans and tipped his cap before stepping down into the dugout to chat with Astros minor league pitching coordinator Dewey Robinson.

Clemens said he's not concerned about strikeouts leading up to his first Astros start.

"Strikeouts on the major league level are great when I've got one out and a man on third and it's a necessity," Clemens said. "Here, I'm sure the kids -- I'm kind of interrupting their world a little bit. Strikeouts are meaningless right now."

Not that he needed one, but Clemens had an edge over the hitters he faced before the game even started.

The Astros got permission from the Texas League for Clemens to use major league balls in Corpus Christi. The balls have a different coating than minor league balls.

"There is just a small difference. To me, there's a big difference," he said. "Having that ball in my hand and working out there, I was able to maneuver the ball around the strike zone the way I wanted to."

Clemens struck out the first two batters he faced before Missions shortstop Jesse Guzman grounded out to end the inning. Clemens struck out the side in the second and added two more strikeouts in the third and the fourth.

"I felt fatigued, basically, after my warmups, when I went out for my very first inning," Clemens said. "I got what would amount to a second wind and I was on my way."

Bryan LaHair grounded out leading off the fifth before Monzon lined a 1-1 pitch to right, drawing boos from the record crowd of 9,022 at Whataburger Field, a picturesque ballpark adjacent to Corpus Christi Bay.

Wladimir Balentien lined out in the fifth before Clemens struck out Ismael Castro. His 10th strikeout earned free tacos for the fans, a giveaway whenever a Hooks pitcher reaches the mark.

Luis Oliveros singled in the sixth before Oswaldo Navarro grounded into a double play. Clemens struck out Sebastian Boucher to end his start.

Since signing a $22 million contract with the Astros on May 31, Clemens said he's had no recurrence of the back and hamstring problems that plagued him late last season, though he expected to be sore on Monday.

"I'm sure I found some new, old muscles again," Clemens said. "I came out of it, body-wise, fairly clean. I'm not there yet, but I'm one step closer."

Clemens made his first minor league start last Tuesday in Lexington, Ky., throwing 62 pitches -- 40 for strikes. He gave up a homer, but struck out six in three innings.

He'll pitch again Friday in Round Rock, the Astros' Triple-A affiliate, before making his first major league start against the Minnesota Twins at Minute Maid Park.

The standing-room only crowd in Corpus Christi was just one of the signs that this was no ordinary minor-league game:

-- The Hooks issued a record 130 media credentials.

-- A Houston Astros' logo was stamped on the pitcher's mound and behind home plate.

-- A plane circled overhead before the game, towing a message from a local radio station welcoming Clemens.

For all the buzz, Clemens wasn't even the guy in the stadium with the most strikeouts. Nolan Ryan, the only man ahead of Clemens on the all-time list, watched the Rocket from a private suite.

Ryan, with 5,714 career strikeouts, co-owns the Hooks and the Astros' Triple-A affiliate in Round Rock. Clemens is a minority shareholder for both teams.

"He's very good about sharing his thoughts with other players," Ryan said. "Roger likes being in a position to be a mentor to these players. Those are fringe benefits the Astros are getting by having him.

"This type of farewell tour has never been done before, if that's what it is."

Clemens joked that Ryan should've finished Sunday's game.

"I saw him earlier," Clemens joked, "and I thought he could do it."