Riders bash three homers to win debut in Amarillo

AMARILLO, Texas (June 3, 2019) - Behind three homers and a huge night from Christian Lopes, the RoughRiders won their debut game in Amarillo with an 8-5 victory over the Sod Poodles.
SYNOPSIS
* Lopes crushed the second pitch of the game over the left field fence to build an early lead. Charles Leblanc added a solo shot in the second, and Andretty Cordero crushed a tie-breaking homer in the fifth to put the Riders ahead for good.
* The Riders padded their 6-5 lead in the eighth with RBI singles from Lopes and Eliezer Álvarez .
* Four Riders relievers combined for 5 2/3 scoreless innings, allowing just two hits. Locke St. John sealed the victory with a four-out save.
KEY RIDERS PERFORMERS
* Christian Lopes: 4-for-5, 2B, HR, 3 RBI, 2 R
* Andretty Cordero: 3-for-4, HR, 2 RBI, R
* James Jones: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 3 K
* Locke St. John: 1 1/3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 3 K (S)
NEWS AND NOTES
* Monday's win broke the Riders out of a first-place tie with Amarillo in the first-half standings. Frisco has a half-game lead on Corpus Christi with 13 games to play in the half.
* Frisco's 14 hits were a new season-high, topping the previous mark of 13.
* All nine Riders batters collected a hit in Monday's contest.
WHAT'S NEXT
Riders at Amarillo, Tuesday, 7:05 p.m.
RHP Richelson Peña (0-1, 6.75) vs. RHP Emmanuel Ramirez (4-4, 4.50)
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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 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].