Leiter powers Riders to first shutout win of season
FRISCO, Texas (May 7, 2022) – The Frisco RoughRiders blanked the Arkansas Travelers at Riders Field Saturday night, 5-0, for their first shutout win of the year. Jack Leiter (1-2) struck out five batters in six scoreless innings for his first career win. Blaine Crim and Ezequiel Duran both went
FRISCO, Texas (May 7, 2022) – The Frisco RoughRiders blanked the Arkansas Travelers at Riders Field Saturday night, 5-0, for their first shutout win of the year. Jack Leiter (1-2) struck out five batters in six scoreless innings for his first career win.
Blaine Crim and Ezequiel Duran both went deep, with Duran also knocking his league-best 13th double of the season. The pair of Crim and Duran scored all five Frisco runs.
The RoughRiders (15-10) went 1-for-13 with runners in scoring position in Friday’s game and left 11 men aboard. The Riders’ pitching staff did not walk a batter for the first time this season, finishing with 11 strikeouts against Arkansas (12-14).
Frisco plated the game’s first run in the bottom of the first inning with a bases-loaded sacrifice fly from Crim, scoring Jonathan Ornelas to give Frisco a 1-0 lead.
Leiter got help from his defense for the final out of the top of the fifth inning from Nash Knight, who made a sliding grab moving away from the diamond to end the frame.
In the bottom of the fifth, Duran pulled his third home run of the season over the InTouch Home Run Terrace to give the Riders a 2-0 advantage. Duran drove in another run when he doubled off the left-field wall in the bottom of the seventh to stretch the lead to 3-0. On the next pitch, Crim lifted his fourth homer of the year to end the scoring on a solo shot, finalizing Frisco’s 5-0 edge.
After six innings from Leiter, Grant Anderson struck out four batters in two scoreless innings on no walks and two hits. Lucas Jacobsen provided the final three outs and ended Saturday’s game with one of his two strikeouts.
The six-game series concludes Sunday afternoon on Mother’s Day with the Riders and Travelers scheduled for a 4:05 p.m. first pitch. Left-hander Cole Ragans (1-1, 3.00 ERA) makes his fifth start on the mound for Frisco tomorrow, as the Riders intend to force a split series against Arkansas.
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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].