Crim homers, Riders fall against Midland

MIDLAND, Texas (April 30, 2022) – The Frisco RoughRiders snapped their three-game winning streak with a 7-4 loss to the Midland RockHounds on Saturday night from Momentum Bank Ballpark.

Box score

The RockHounds (10-10) found the scoreboard first in the bottom of the first inning when Chase Calabuig blasted a two-run home run off of Riders (13-7) starter Jack Leiter (0-2). Leiter went three innings, allowing four runs, two earned, on three hits while striking out three and walking one.

In the second, Midland added on with two more tallies on an RBI single from Michael Guldberg and a sacrifice fly by Max Schuemann to make it 4-0. They ballooned their lead with three more runs in the fourth and took a 7-0 advantage.

The RoughRiders started the chip away at the deficit in the seventh. Blaine Crim blasted a two-run home run to right, his second of the season, to put the Riders on the board and David Garcia added an RBI single to make it 7-3.

In the eighth, Ezequiel Duran collected an RBI single as well to cut the score to 7-4, but the Riders were turned away.

Colin Peluse (3-0) went seven innings to earn the win for Midland and Garrett Acton threw a 1-2-3 ninth to capture his first save.

The RoughRiders and RockHounds conclude the six-game series on Sunday, May 1st at 1:00 p.m. from Momentum Bank Ballpark. LHP Cole Ragans (0-1, 2.13) goes for the Riders against RHP Matt Milburn (1-1, 8.36) for Midland.

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About the RoughRiders

The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers. The team was founded in 2003 and has finished first among all Double-A franchises in attendance for 15 consecutive seasons (2005-2019). 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, InTouch Grille, 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 170 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].