Big seventh dooms Riders in series finale

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (August 24, 2025) – The Frisco RoughRiders fell to the Corpus Christi Hooks 12-5 from Whataburger Field on Sunday evening.

Box Score

Frisco (24-27, 62-57) scored first in the first inning on an RBI double from Luis Mieses, but Corpus Christi (20-31, 41-78) immediately responded with four runs in the bottom of the first inning against starter Jose Gonzalez (1-2). Zach Cole plated a run with an RBI double before Luis Baez drove three more in with a double to center, making the score 4-1.

In the second, rehabbing Yordan Alvarez pasted an RBI single to left, pushing the lead to 5-1.

Keith Jones II then laced an RBI single in the top of the fourth for the Riders and Jax Biggers added an RBI single of his own in the top of the sixth to draw to 5-3.

In the seventh inning, the Hooks blew the game open with seven runs. Alvarez cracked a two-run double, Wes Clark added an RBI double and Baez blooped an RBI single into center before three bases-loaded walks touched up the score to 12-3.

Jones then knocked in his second run of the game for Frisco with an RBI double in the eighth and Biggers followed with an RBI single, marking the final score at 12-5.

Alonzo Tredwell (2-0) earned the victory for the Hooks, allowing two runs over five innings in his start.

Notes to know

-Sebastian Walcott collected three singles in the loss for Frisco.

-Over a five-game hitting streak, Jones II is batting .350 (7-for-20)/.409/.450/.859.

-The Riders split the series 3-3.

After a day off, the RoughRiders meet with the San Antonio Missions (Padres affiliate) at 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday, August 26th for game one of the six-game series.

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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].