Riders fall 6-2 to Travelers on Friday

FRISCO, Texas (May 6, 2022) – The Frisco RoughRiders fell to the Arkansas Travelers on Friday night at Riders Field, 6-2. Ezequiel Duran became the third Frisco batter this season to finish with a four-hit night, joining Blaine Crim and Jonathan Ornelas.

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The RoughRiders (15-10) went 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position in Friday’s game and left 11 men aboard.

Reliever Seth Nordlin did not allow an earned run in his 4.2 innings of relief. Nordlin struck out six batters after taking over in the fourth without walking a batter.

Frisco Cody Bradford (2-2) allowed five runs on seven hits in 3.1 innings and finished with no strikeouts for the first time this season. Arkansas reliever Ben Onyshko (1-0) struck out three batters and gave up one hit.

Travelers starter Connor Jones allowed two runs on seven hits in his 4.2 innings, walking seven batters. Frisco struck early in the bottom of the first inning with a Dustin Harris base hit to score Justin Foscue. With the bases loaded, Trey Hair walked to send a 2-0 game into the second.

Arkansas quickly answered with a sacrifice fly from Patrick Frick, trimming the Riders lead to 2-1.

The Travelers tallied four runs in the top of the fourth inning off Bradford with four-consecutive extra-base hits. Jake Scheiner and Zach DeLoach both homered to give Arkansas a 5-2 lead. The Travelers plated one more run in the top of the seventh to cement the 6-2 score.

This week’s series continues Saturday night at 6:35 p.m. with Kentucky Derby at the Diamond, followed by postgame fireworks with Sky-Lit Saturday. Saturday sets up a premier pitching matchup between Rangers top prospect RHP Jack Leiter (0-2, 2.84 ERA) for Frisco against George Kirby (2-0, 1.82 ERA), the Mariners top pitching prospect and 2019 first-rounder.

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].