Pitching battles but Midland walks off with win

MIDLAND, Texas (June 7, 2019) - Despite some strong pitching performances Friday night fell 3-2 in walk-0ff fashion to Midlannd.
SYNOPSIS
* With the game tied 2-2 in the eighth, Yoel Espinal entered with the bases loaded and nobody out, and proceeded to escape the jam to keep the tie intact.
* Reliever Demarcus Evans recorded all six of his outs via strikeout in two scoreless innings.
* In his Riders debut, starter Ronald Herrera fired five strong innings, allowing just two runs on five hits.
* Andretty Cordero whacked his team-best eighth homer in the fourth to get the Riders on the board.
KEY RIDERS PERFORMERS
* Ronald Herrera: 5 IP, 5 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 2 K
* Demarcus Evans: 2 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Andretty Cordero: 1-for-4, HR, RBI
NEWS AND NOTES
The Riders remain atop the Texas League South Division, holding a 1.5-game lead with nine games left in the first half.
WHAT'S NEXT
Riders at Midland, Saturday, 7:00 p.m.
RHP Tyler Phillips (0-3, 9.19) vs. RHP Matt Milburn (2-4, 5.40)
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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 14 seasons (2005-2018). 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 150 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball, including All-Stars Chris Davis, Adrian Gonzalez, Ian Kinsler and Neftalí Feliz, as well as current Rangers stars Elvis Andrus, Joey Gallo, Isiah Kiner-Falefa and Rougned Odor. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders and Dr Pepper Ballpark, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact Ryan Rouillard at [email protected].