Amarillo walks off Frisco in game five of the series
AMARILLO, Texas (July 12, 2025) - The Frisco RoughRiders fell on a walk-off home run to the Amarillo Sod Poodles 5-3 on Saturday night from HODGETOWN. Box Score With the game tied at 3-3 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Sod Poodles (10-7, 42-44) nine-hole hitter Jean Walters cracked
AMARILLO, Texas (July 12, 2025) - The Frisco RoughRiders fell on a walk-off home run to the Amarillo Sod Poodles 5-3 on Saturday night from HODGETOWN.
With the game tied at 3-3 in the bottom of the ninth inning, Sod Poodles (10-7, 42-44) nine-hole hitter Jean Walters cracked a two-run walk-off home run against RoughRiders (6-11, 44-41) reliever Josh Mollerus (1-2).
Amarillo reliever Jhosmer Alvarez (4-2) took home the win, throwing three shutout innings from the bullpen.
The RoughRiders initially grabbed the lead in the second when Frainyer Chavez clubbed a two-run homer to make it 2-0. It was Chavez's third long ball of the season and his second in Amarillo this year.
The Sod Poodles answered back in the bottom of the third when Manuel Peña cracked a three-run go-ahead shot against Mitch Bratt to push themselves ahead 3-2.
Bratt threw five innings, allowing three runs on eight hits while striking out seven and walking one in his start.
Frisco struck back in the sixth inning when Abimelec Ortiz scored on a throwing error in the top of the sixth to tie the game at 3-3 before the eventual walk-off loss.
Notes to Know:
-With the walk-off loss, four of the five games in the series were decided in the winning teams' final at-bat. Frisco is 2-3 in the series.
-Keyber Rodriguez collected the only multi-hit game for the RoughRiders, going 2-for-3 with a walk and two singles.
-Frisco has now homered in six of their last seven games and all five games in the series.
The RoughRiders and Sod Poodles meet for the finale of the series at 6:05 p.m. on Saturday, July 12th from HODGETOWN. Frisco LHP Mitch Bratt (5-2, 2.55) takes the ball against Amarillo RHP Jose Cabrera (4-3, 5.64).
For tickets and more information about the Frisco RoughRiders, visit RidersBaseball.com or call 972.731.9200.
About the RoughRiders
The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and the 2022 Texas League champions. In 2023, the team celebrated its 20th anniversary and has consistently finished in the top five among all Double-A franchises in attendance yearly. In August 2014, the RoughRiders were purchased by an ownership group led by Chuck Greenberg. Since then, the new ownership group, together with the City of Frisco, has spearheaded numerous major franchise enhancements, investing over $8 million in a wide array of facility upgrades and improvements, including a state-of-the-art HD video board, sound system, Bull Moose Saloon, Bullpen Bar, Riders Outpost Team Store and the world's largest water feature in a sports facility, the massive Lazy River. These enhancements earned the Riders and the City of Frisco Ballpark Digest's prestigious "Best Ballpark Renovation" award for two consecutive years (2015 and 2016). More than 210 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Josh Jung, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].