Big seventh pushes RockHounds over RoughRiders
MIDLAND, Texas (August 7, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders could not overcome a four-run seventh for the Midland RockHounds in a 4-1 loss from Momentum Bank Ballpark on Wednesday night. Box Score Frisco (21-14, 65-39) starter Dane Acker was the bright spot for the Riders, allowing just four hits over
MIDLAND, Texas (August 7, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders could not overcome a four-run seventh for the Midland RockHounds in a 4-1 loss from Momentum Bank Ballpark on Wednesday night.
Frisco (21-14, 65-39) starter Dane Acker was the bright spot for the Riders, allowing just four hits over five shutout innings while walking three and striking out eight batters.
The Riders found the scoreboard first in the top of the first inning when Max Acosta drove in Josh Hatcher to make it 1-0.
Midland (22-13, 62-42) then answered in the seventh with three-straight run-scoring doubles. Brennan Milone ripped a two-run go-ahead double to start it against Jackson Kelley (2-1) before Henry Bolte and Daniel Susac both doubled in runs of their own to balloon the lead to 4-1.
Colin Peluse (3-2) took home the win for Midland with two runless relief innings while Shohei Tomioka clamped the game down for his first save of the season.
Hatcher paced the Frisco offense with three hits, but the Riders have just scored two runs over the first two games of the series.
Next, the RoughRiders continue their six-game series against the RockHounds at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, August 8th. LHP Mitch Bratt (1-0, 0.00) is expected to start for the RoughRiders while the RockHounds will turn to RHP Chen Zhuang (0-0, 0.00).
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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 200 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].