Quesos down Diamantes, 6-1
FRISCO, Texas (May 5, 2022) – Los Quesos Frisco took the field on Cinco de Mayo against Diamantes de Arkansas and came away with a 6-1 win. The RoughRiders wore their Copa de la Diversion, or “Fun Cup”, jerseys for the first time this season. The Riders (15-9) were led
FRISCO, Texas (May 5, 2022) – Los Quesos Frisco took the field on Cinco de Mayo against Diamantes de Arkansas and came away with a 6-1 win. The RoughRiders wore their Copa de la Diversion, or “Fun Cup”, jerseys for the first time this season.
The Riders (15-9) were led by an offensive attack of four different batters finishing with two hits. Trey Hair slugged his first home run, and Ezequiel Duran reclaimed the top spot with his league-best 10th and 11th doubles of the season.
Arkansas (11-13) starter Taylor Dollard allowed his first earned run of the season in a five-inning start, finishing with three strikeouts. Arkansas reliever Jake Haberer (0-2) gave up two runs on two hits, recording only two outs in the sixth inning.
Frisco starter Justin Slaten held Arkansas off the scoreboard in his three innings with one hit allowed and finished with four strikeouts. Reliever Tai Tiedemann (3-0) gave up an unearned run in three innings in the win.
Frisco scored in the first inning for the second time this week behind a pair of doubles Justin Foscue and Duran, the second of which plated a run. Frisco held a 1-0 lead for the next four innings until the top of the sixth, when Arkansas drove in an unearned run to tie the game, 1-1.
In the bottom of the sixth, Jonathan Ornelas singled and Foscue walked to put two aboard and nobody out. Following a Dustin Harris flyout, Duran legged out a fielder’s choice to score Ornelas and give Frisco a 2-1 lead, thanks to an Arkansas throwing error. Blaine Crim added on with a base hit up the middle to score Foscue and send a 3-1 lead into the seventh.
Kellen Strahm was hit by a pitch to lead off the bottom of the seventh and put a runner aboard for Hair, who hit his first home run of the year. With Hair’s homer, everyone on the Riders’ active roster has recorded a home run.
Frisco ended the scoring and drove in their final run on a Strahm sacrifice fly in the bottom of the eighth.
The top five hitters on Frisco's lineup contributed eight of the nine-team hits (8-for-18) Thursday night.
The six-game series continues with game four of the series at 6:35 p.m. on Friday night with LHP Cody Bradford (2-1, 8.64 ERA) taking the mound for Frisco against RHP Connor Jones (0-2, 7.56 ERA).
Friday is also FC Dallas Night at Riders Field, with a postgame Fireworks Friday, sponsored by CoServ.
For tickets and more information about the Frisco RoughRiders, visit RidersBaseball.com or call 972.731.9200.
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].