Frisco flexes muscles in series finale win

AMARILLO, Texas (July 25, 2021) – The Frisco RoughRiders bashed four home runs en route to an 8-1 win over the Amarillo Sod Poodles on Sunday from HODGETOWN.

With the win, the RoughRiders (44-28) took the series against Amarillo (29-42) five games to one.

The Sod Poodles took an early lead on Sunday evening when Dominic Fletcher lifted a sacrifice fly in the third, making it 1-0.

From there, it was all Frisco. The Riders answered with a Melvin Novoa three-run home run in the fifth to capture a 3-1 advantage.

Novoa struck again with an RBI double in the seventh before Anderson Tejeda and Josh Jung belted solo home runs later in the inning, putting Frisco out in front 7-1.

Tejeda then smashed his second home run of the game, a solo blast, in the ninth inning to give the RoughRiders an 8-1 lead. It was his fourth career multi-home run game and his first since April 14, 2019 with the Down East Wood Ducks.

Noah Bremer (3-1) earned the win for Frisco, allowing just one hit over his three shutout innings in relief while striking out five. Cole Ragans started the game, ceding just one run with five strikeouts while Nick Snyder (1.1 innings) and Fernery Ozuna (0.2 innings) also threw scoreless outings.

In his start, Luis Frias (3-6) took the loss for Amarillo. Frias gave up six runs, five earned, over his six innings.

Following a day off on Monday, the RoughRiders travel across the state to take on the Corpus Christi Hooks on Tuesday, July 27th at 6:35 p.m. Neither team has announced a starter for the series opener.

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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]