Drake spins seven-inning gem, Riders walked off by Missions
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (June 18, 2025) - The Frisco RoughRiders fell to the San Antonio Missions 1-0 on a walk-off single on Wednesday night from Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium. Box Score Frisco (36-28) starter Kohl Drake delivered a career-high seven shutout innings, surrendering just one hit while walking two
SAN ANTONIO, Texas (June 18, 2025) - The Frisco RoughRiders fell to the San Antonio Missions 1-0 on a walk-off single on Wednesday night from Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium.
Frisco (36-28) starter Kohl Drake delivered a career-high seven shutout innings, surrendering just one hit while walking two and striking out six. He earned his second quality start of the season, both at the Wolff.
After Drake exited, San Antonio (37-28) threatened against reliever Aidan Anderson when Anthony Vilar clipped a lead-off double in the bottom of the eighth. Anderson then induced a lineout and a pair of groundouts with Vilar on third to keep the game scoreless.
In the bottom of the ninth, Francisco Acuña was hit by a pitch, Ripken Reyes sac bunted him to second and Brandon Valenzuela hit a walk-off single off shortstop Sebastian Walcott's glove to give the Missions a 1-0 win.
San Antonio reliever Tyson Neighbors (1-0) earned the win after pitching a scoreless ninth inning. Missions starter Braden Nett tossed 5.2 shutout frames.
Frisco reliever Gavin Collyer (4-3) took the loss, allowing the walk-off single.
Notes to Know:
-The RoughRiders and Midland RockHounds now trail the Missions by a half game in the Texas League South standings with four games left in the first half.
-In two starts at San Antonio this season, Drake has pitched 13-straight shutout frames, yielding just one hit while whiffing 12 and walking four.
-The RoughRiders struck out 19 times, a new franchise record for a nine-inning game.
Frisco and San Antonio meet again at 7:05 p.m. on Thursday, June 19th from Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium in San Antonio, Texas. RoughRiders RHP Josh Stephan (4-2, 5.44) takes the hill against Missions RHP Jared Kollar (0-1, 10.13).
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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].