Riders beat Hooks 5-2 for first win of the season
FRISCO, Texas (April 5, 2025) – The Frisco RoughRiders earned their first win of the 2025 season with a 5-2 win over the Corpus Christi Hooks on Saturday night from Riders Field. Box Score The Riders (1-1) scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning off Hooks (1-1)
FRISCO, Texas (April 5, 2025) – The Frisco RoughRiders earned their first win of the 2025 season with a 5-2 win over the Corpus Christi Hooks on Saturday night from Riders Field.
The Riders (1-1) scored four runs in the bottom of the second inning off Hooks (1-1) starter Lance McCullers Jr. (0-1), who was on rehab assignment for the Astros. Luis Mieses started the offense by hitting a two-run home run and Rangers rehabber Josh Jung ripped a two-run single. Jung went 1-for-3 to start his rehab assignment.
The Hooks then responded when Colin Barber led off the top of the third with a solo home run, drawing the score to 4-1.
In the top of the fifth, John Garcia hit a sacrifice fly for Corpus before Riders reliever Steven Jennings (1-0) induced an inning-ending groundout to hold a 4-2 lead. Jennings earned the victory, pitching 1.1 innings..
In the bottom of the sixth, Mieses struck again with an RBI single for the game's final run.
Jennings, Peyton Gray, Robby Ahlstrom and Skylar Hales combined to allow just one unearned run and total nine strikeouts. Ahlstrom fanned four while Hales pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his first save of the campaign.
Notes to Know:
-Luis Mieses drove in three runs for the third time in 34 games as a RoughRider.
-With five hits, Josh Hatcher is tied with Carter Jensen (Northwest Arkansas) for the most hits in the Texas League.
-Four of Frisco's five runs were plated with two outs.
The RoughRiders and Hooks are back in action for game three of the series at 4:05 p.m. on Sunday, April 6th. The Riders are expected to turn to RHP Trey Supak (0-0, -.--) against RHP Jose Fleury (0-0, -.--).
Kids Sunday Funday presented by Raising Cane’s returns to Riders Field on Sunday with pregame catch on the field. Have your dog join the fun with Bark in the Park, where dogs get in free with a ticketed human. The final day of the weekend will also include Mascot Mayhem, during which local mascots will flock to Riders Field! Mascots include Biscuit (Allen Americans), Walnut and Rufus (Play Frisco), Boots (Trinity FC) and Lightning (Dallas Wings).
Season and single-game tickets for the 2025 season are already on sale. For tickets and more information about the Frisco RoughRiders, visit RidersBaseball.com or call 972.731.9200.
About the RoughRiders
The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the 2023 World Series champion 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 190 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Josh Jung, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].