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Frisco crushes Amarillo to win third straight 

RoughRiders collect season-high 15 hits in 9-2 victory
July 22, 2021

AMARILLO, Texas (July 22, 2021) – The Frisco RoughRiders hammered the Amarillo Sod Poodles 9-2 on Thursday night from HODGETOWN. Frisco (42-27) drew first blood in the top of the first when Rangers rehabber Jose Trevino cracked a two-run home run. The long ball was part of a two-hit, three-RBI

AMARILLO, Texas (July 22, 2021) – The Frisco RoughRiders hammered the Amarillo Sod Poodles 9-2 on Thursday night from HODGETOWN.

Frisco (42-27) drew first blood in the top of the first when Rangers rehabber Jose Trevino cracked a two-run home run. The long ball was part of a two-hit, three-RBI day for the Texas catcher before he finished his stint in the sixth.

Trevino then made it 3-0 in the third with an RBI groundout before Sam Huff ripped an RBI single and Diosbel Arias slammed his second home run of the series, a two-run shot, to put Frisco up 6-0.

Amarillo (28-40) marked the scoreboard in the fifth when Jancarlos Cintron laced an RBI single, drawing the Sod Poodles to a 6-1 deficit.

Melvin Novoa, who replaced Trevino, tacked on in the seventh with an RBI single and Jax Biggers added an RBI single of his own in the eighth to put Frisco up 8-1.

After Buddy Kennedy hit a sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth for Amarillo, Josh Jung answered back with an RBI single in the top of the 10th to lengthen the Riders lead to 9-2.

Frisco had five players collect multiple hits in the game (Jung, who had three, J.P. Martinez, Trevino, Arias and Steele Walker) as part of a season-best 15-hit effort.

Yerry Rodriguez (1-1) captured his first win of the year, throwing five innings, allowing just one unearned run on four hits while striking out six and walking one.

Kenny Hernandez (0-1) took the loss for Amarillo, ceding six runs, three earned, over his five innings of work.

The RoughRiders and Sod Poodles continue their series on Friday, July 23rd at 7:05 p.m. Frisco will turn to RHP Cole Winn (2-3, 2.73) while Amarillo hands the ball to RHP Matt Tabor (2-4, 3.46).

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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 in each of the last 15 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 160 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball, including current Rangers players Jose Trevino, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Joey Gallo. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected]