Frisco secures sole possession of first place in the Texas League South

FRISCO, Texas (June 7, 2026) - The Frisco RoughRiders swept the Springfield Cardinals in their Sunday doubleheader, winning the series four games to two behind a pair of 6-4 wins at Riders Field.

Game One Box Score

Game Two Box Score

In game one, Springfield (25-31) scored on a Ryan Campos single, but Frisco (30-25) responded and tied the game at one with a leadoff solo shot from rehabbing Josh Smith.

After two runs in the Springfield second, the RoughRiders evened the score again in the third with a Dylan Dreiling RBI single and a Keith Jones II fielder’s choice.

Tied 4-4 going into the fifth, Josh Trentadue (2-2) pitched a scoreless inning in relief and Rafe Perich broke the tie with a soaring home run off Jack Findlay (3-1). After a Dreiling sacrifice fly made it 6-4, Wilian Bormie locked down the win with his third save of the season.

The Riders scored in the first inning again in game two, as Perich drove a single into left field to plate Smith for a 1-0 lead. The Cardinals tied things 1-1 in the third on a bases-loaded walk by Trey Paige.

The score stayed that way until the sixth inning with a scoreless fifth from Austin Roberts (2-2), before Frisco broke it open against Hunter Hayes (4-2). Just like he did in game one, Perich gave the Riders a late lead, hammering his second home run of the day – a two-run shot that made it 3-1. Just a few batters later, Ian Moller towered a two-run homer of his own that extended the advantage to 5-1. After an Orlando Martinez RBI double, Frisco led 6-1.

Springfield hit three solo home runs in the top of the seventh, but Janser Lara recorded the final three outs to secure the win, the doubleheader sweep and the series win.

Notes to Know:

• Across the two games – his first two rehabbing with Frisco – Smith was 2-for-4 with the home run, two RBI and two walks.

• Perich now has four home runs in his first nine games with Frisco and 15 total on the season, still the most for any Rangers minor leaguer this season.

• With the two wins, Frisco now has sole possession of first place in the Texas League South with two weeks to play in the first half. The Riders are 1.5 games up on second-place Midland and 3.5 games up on third-place Amarillo.

In the penultimate week of the half, Frisco heads to face the San Antonio Missions on the road for the first time this season, with game one of the series starting at 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday.

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 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 225 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Jack Leiter, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].