Hernandez guides Riders to series victory

FRISCO, Texas (July 14, 2018) - Led by an excellent start from Jonathan Hernández, the Frisco RoughRiders, the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, sealed a series victory over San Antonio with a 8-4 win over the Missions Saturday in front of nearly 10,000 fans at Dr Pepper Ballpark.
BIG MOMENTS
* Hernandez tossed five scoreless frames, yielding just three hits while striking out six to earn his second win.
* The Riders blew the game open early, scoring four runs in the third and three in the fourth. The big innings featured homers from Luis Yander La O and Destin Hood .
* Preston Beck continued his recent surge, going 4-for-4 with an RBI double.

KEY RIDERS PERFORMERS
* Jonathan Hernandez: 5 IP, 3 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 6 K (W)
* Preston Beck: 4-for-4, 2B, RBI, R
* Luis Yander La O: 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI
* Destin Hood: 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI
NEWS AND NOTES
* With six strikeouts Saturday, Hernandez reached 100 punchouts for the year, tops in the Rangers organization.
* Beck's four-hit game was his third this year. He's hitting .360 (36-for-100) in his last 25 games.
* Hood has four homers in his last eight games after going homerless in his first 24 contests with the Riders.
WHAT'S NEXT
Riders at Corpus Christi, Sunday, 6:05 p.m.
Probables: RHP Pedro Payano (3-7, 6.69) vs. RHP Corbin Martin (6-1, 2.33)
Video: MiLB.tv
Audio: RidersBaseball.com, TuneIn Radio, First Pitch App
About the RoughRiders 
The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and play their games at beautiful Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, Texas. The team was founded in 2003 and has finished first among all Double-A franchises in attendance in each of the last 13 seasons (2005-2017). 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, InTouch Grille, Riders Outpost Team Store and the world's largest water feature in a sports facility, the massive Choctaw 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 140 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball, including All-Stars Chris Davis , Adrián González , Ian Kinsler and Neftalí Feliz , as well as current Rangers stars Elvis Andrus , Rougned Odor and Nomar Mazara . For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders and Dr Pepper Ballpark, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact Ryan Rouillard at [email protected].