{"id":298747,"date":"2026-05-18T21:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/298747\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T21:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T21:59:08","slug":"kris-6-hooks-kid-reporter-jaxton-gonzalez-interviews-pitcher-alex-santos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/298747\/","title":{"rendered":"KRIS 6 Hooks Kid Reporter Jaxton Gonzalez interviews pitcher Alex Santos"},"content":{"rendered":"

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 One of our KRIS 6 Hooks Kid Reporters of the 2026 season, Jaxton Gonzalez, sat down with Hooks pitcher Alex Santos<\/a>. If you would like to sign up you’re 6-13 year-old to be the next Kid Reporter, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Last week the Hooks (17-22) hosted the Amarillo Sod Poodles, and Corpus Christi came up short winning 2 of their 6 games. The Hooks stayed in Corpus Christi for another 6-game series, this time against the league-best Midland RockHounds (20-18). The series starts Thursday at 6:35 p.m. at Whataburger Field. Thursday is Star Wars night before Blue Ghosts Weekend<\/a>.<\/p>\n

JAXTON GONZALEZ: What’s your favorite snack for baseball?<\/p>\n

ALEX SANTOS: I’m gonna have to say Gushers. Do you like Gushers? Those are my favorite. What’s yours?<\/p>\n

GONZALEZ: I like seeds.<\/p>\n

SANTOS: Oh yeah, I would say gum or seeds. So what’s your favorite snack off the field, like when you’re at home?<\/p>\n

GONZALEZ: Chips and cheese.<\/p>\n

SANTOS: Off the field, like I said, I like Gushers, and every once in a while, I like, I can’t go wrong with a peanut butter and jelly.<\/p>\n

GONZALEZ: Do you like cats or dogs?<\/p>\n

SANTOS: I like cats, but my girlfriend’s going to hate me saying that because she’s a cat girl.<\/p>\n

GONZALEZ: Well, I’m gonna get a dog and I’m going to get a Golden Doodle.<\/p>\n

GONZALEZ: What’s your favorite movie?<\/p>\n

SANTOS: My favorite movie is going to be Fast and Furious. I like cars.<\/p>\n

GONZALEZ: What about baseball movie?<\/p>\n

SANTOS: I would say Benchwarmers. You’ve got to watch Benchwarmers, that’s a good movie.<\/p>\n

GONZALEZ: I would say sandlot.<\/p>\n

Part 2: KRIS 6 Hooks Kid Reporter Jaxton Gonzalez interviews pitcher Alex Santos<\/p>\n

SANTOS: What’s my favorite baseball team? The Houston Astros. Only one.<\/p>\n

GONZALEZ: Yeah I was going to say the Astros and the Hooks.<\/p>\n

GONZALEZ: What food do you like for dinner?<\/p>\n

SANTOS: Well, when I’m at home and I got my mom she’ll cook me some food. I like rice and chicken.<\/p>\n

GONZALEZ: Mine is like chicken, pizza and burgers.<\/p>\n

GONZALEZ: What’s your favorite store around here?<\/p>\n

SANTOS: just because we’re in a Whataburger field, we gotta go with Whataburger.<\/p>\n

GONZALEZ: Do you like cookies?<\/p>\n

SANTOS: Yeah, I like cookies, but I like cinnamon buns better.<\/p>\n

GONZALEZ: But what kind of cookie do you like?<\/p>\n

SANTOS: I like chocolate chip.<\/p>\n

BLUE GHOSTS WEEKEND PROMO SCHEDULE:
Friday, May 22 \u2014 7:05 p.m. The first 2,000 fans receive an Americana-Themed Hooks Short-Sleeve Hoodie, presented by Flint Hills Resources. The night concludes with Bud Light Friday Fireworks.
Saturday, May 23 \u2014 7:05 p.m. The first 2,000 fans receive a Josh Hader Global Series Hooks Jersey, presented by CITGO.
Sunday, May 24 \u2014 6:35 p.m. Fans receive a Hooks Mint Ice Cream Youth Jersey, presented by Sunnyside Pediatrics PLLC & Sunnyside Pharmacy. The weekend closes with Memorial Day Weekend Fireworks.<\/p>\n

Tickets are available at www.milb.com\/corpus-christi<\/a>. The Blue Ghosts Collection is available at hooks.milbstore.com.<\/p>\n

Upcoming May Hooks Games on KDF-TV (airtime)
Thu, May 21 vs. Midland at 6:30 p.m.
Sat, May 23 vs. Midland at 6:30 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas \u2014 One of our KRIS 6 Hooks Kid Reporters of the 2026 season, Jaxton Gonzalez,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":298748,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[108648,1816,7256,155,157,156,54259,108649,84991,6658,91579],"class_list":["post-298747","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-corpus-christi","tag-alex-santos","tag-baseball","tag-coastal-bend","tag-corpus-christi","tag-corpus-christi-headlines","tag-corpus-christi-news","tag-hooks","tag-jaxton-gonzalez","tag-kid-reporter","tag-kris-6","tag-kris-6-hooks-kid-reporter"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298747","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=298747"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/298747\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/298748"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=298747"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=298747"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=298747"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}