Hood drives in five but Cardinals rally for 9-8 win

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (July 6, 2018) - Despite a five-RBI night from Destin Hood, the Frisco RoughRiders, the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, fell 9-8 to the Springfield Cardinals Friday at Hammons Field.
BIG MOMENTS
* Hood hit a three-run homer in the fourth and added a two-run double in the sixth, falling one shy of his career-high in RBIs.
* Michael De Leon put the Riders ahead 4-3 with a solo homer in the fifth.
* Springfield's Johan Mieses hit a go-ahead, two-run homer in the eighth to put the Cardinals ahead for good.
KEY RIDERS PERFORMERS
* Destin Hood: 2-for-4, 2B, HR, 5 RBI
* Michael De Leon: 2-for-4, HR, RBI, BB
* Luis Yander La O: 2-for-2, 2 BB, 2 R

NEWS AND NOTES
* De Leon's homer was his third of the year, surpassing his total from all of last year (2).
* Reliever Ryne Slack recorded his 100^th-career appearance with the Riders Friday, fourth-most in team history.
WHAT'S NEXT
Riders at Tulsa, Saturday, 7:05 p.m.
Probables: RHP Jonathan Hernández (1-3, 6.53) vs. RHP Andrew Sopko (3-0, 3.13)
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].