Frisco finds offense in 9-7 win over Tulsa

FRISCO, Texas (April 24, 2026) - The Frisco RoughRiders beat the Tulsa Drillers 9-7 behind an early offensive flurry at Riders Field on Friday night to win the first game of the series.

Box Score

After Leandro Lopez gave up a first-inning run, Frisco (9-10) responded with four of their own off of Tulsa (14-5) starter Payton Martin (0-2). Julian Brock singled in Frainyer Chavez and Dylan Dreiling, before Keith Jones II and Keyber Rodriguez picked up RBIs for a 4-1 lead.

Tulsa scored two more in the second, though the Riders' offense launched another four-run rally. Marcus Lee Sang and Corey Joyce started the inning off with hits and got knocked in on a Chavez single and Dreiling sacrifice fly. Brock then singled home another run and Rodriguez doubled in the eighth of the night.

From there, Frisco’s bullpen shut things down as Eric Loomis pitched a scoreless fifth and Ryan Lobus (2-1) spun three perfect innings with four strikeouts.

Off the back of a Joyce solo home run in the fifth, Frisco carried a 9-6 lead into the ninth and Ricardo Velez picked up his first save of the season, working around two two-out hits.

Notes to Know:

• Joyce reached in each of his first three plate appearances in his Riders Field debut. The former Tigers and Pirates farmhand doubled and homered and also drew a walk. Frisco’s second baseman is now 12-for-25 to start his Riders career with three home runs after he hit just two home runs all of last season.

• Eight of Frisco’s nine starters had hits after the offense had just one hit in Thursday night’s game.

• Frisco pitching struck out a season-high 13 for the second consecutive night.

• Between Loomis, Lobus and Velez, the Riders’ bullpen retired 14 Drillers in a row between the fifth and ninth innings.

Frisco seeks its second straight win on Saturday night, giving the ball to LHP Dylan MacLean (1-0, 4.61) against Tulsa LHP Wyatt Crowell (1-1, 3.60) in a 7:05 p.m. start at Riders Field.

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].