Riders fall behind late RockHounds offense

MIDLAND, Texas (June 12, 2025) - The Frisco RoughRiders dropped the third game of the six-game series to the Midland RockHounds 5-3 on Thursday night from Momentum Bank Ballpark.

Box Score

The RockHounds (35-25) dealt the first run against Frisco (33-26) starter Josh Stephan in the bottom of the fourth inning on a Luke Mann RBI single to make it 1-0.

Stephan went seven innings, allowing three runs while striking out five and walking one.

After Midland starter Gage Jump sat down the first 13 batters he faced, Aaron Zavala tripled and Josh Hatcher plated him with an RBI single in the fifth to tie the game at 1-1.

Midland then took the lead in the bottom of the fifth with an RBI triple from Colby Halter and an RBI single by Euribiel Angeles, taking a 3-1 advantage.

The Riders volleyed right back in the top of the sixth when Cam Cauley hammered a two-run double down the left field line, scoring Luis Mieses and Abimelec Ortiz, to tie the score at 3-3.

That held until the bottom of the eighth inning when Mann launched a solo homer against Larson Kindreich (2-2) before Clark Elliott added a run with an RBI single to make it 5-3.

Steven Emanuels (6-1) threw two scoreless innings in relief to earn the win for Midland.

Notes to Know:

-Stephan's start marked his longest since April 20th, 2023 with High-A Hickory and was the longest start by a RoughRiders pitcher this season.

-The Riders are now 1.5 games back of Midland in the Texas League South Division with nine games remaining in the first half.

-Sebastian Walcott reached with a walk to extend his on-base streak to 13 consecutive games.

The RoughRiders look to even the series against the RockHounds at 7:00 p.m. on Friday from Momentum Bank Ballpark. Frisco RHP Ben Anderson (3-3, 4.17) faces Midland RHP Aaron Brooks (0-1, 9.00).

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About the RoughRiders

The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and the 2022 Texas League champions. In 2023, the team celebrated its 20th anniversary and has consistently finished in the top five among all Double-A franchises in attendance yearly. 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, Bullpen Bar, 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 210 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Josh Jung, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].