Stephan, Hatcher steer Riders to 2-1 victory
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (June 19, 2025) - The Frisco RoughRiders edged the San Antonio Missions 2-1 on Thursday night from Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium. Box Score Frisco (37-28) starter Josh Stephan (5-2) earned the victory while pitching a career-high tying seven innings, allowing one unearned run while striking out
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (June 19, 2025) - The Frisco RoughRiders edged the San Antonio Missions 2-1 on Thursday night from Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium.
Frisco (37-28) starter Josh Stephan (5-2) earned the victory while pitching a career-high tying seven innings, allowing one unearned run while striking out five.
The RoughRiders struck first in the top of the third when Josh Hatcher muscled a two-run homer to give to grab a 2-0 lead.
San Antonio (37-29) then answered in the bottom of the fourth when Romeo Sanabria served a single, trimming Frisco's lead to 2-1.
In the bottom of the ninth, Missions designated hitter Brandon Valenzuela hit a lead-off single. RoughRiders reliever Skylar Hales then picked up a strikeout, induced a fielder's choice and another strikeout to earn the save.
Frisco reliever Travis MacGregor pitched a scoreless eighth inning to earn his 10th hold of the season, tied for the most in MiLB.
San Antonio starter Jared Kollar (0-2) picked up the loss, yielding two runs across four frames.
Notes to Know:
-Frisco is now back in first place of the Texas League South by a half game. The Riders' magic number to clinch the TL South first half title is three games with just three left to play.
-After not pitching more than six innings in his first 21 starts with Frisco, Stephan has spun a Double-A best seven innings in back-to-back starts.
-Stephan and LHP Kohl Drake are the first Frisco pitchers to post seven-inning starts in back-to-back games since 2018 when RHP Richelson Peña and three-year big leaguer Ariel Jurado accomplished the feat on May 24th and May 25th of that year.
-The left-handed Hatcher is now batting .327 against left-handed pitching, the third-highest mark in the Texas League and highest by a lefty.
Frisco and San Antonio meet again at 7:05 p.m. on Friday, June 20th from Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium. No. 28 Rangers prospect David Davalillo is expected to make his RoughRiders debut against Missions RHP Henry Baez (1-2, 2.24).
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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].