Riders hold on late for one-run win in Amarillo

AMARILLO, Texas (April 18, 2026) - The Frisco RoughRiders prevailed late in a 5-4 win over the Amarillo Sod Poodles on Saturday night from HODGETOWN.

Box Score

Frisco (8-6) starter Dylan MacLean dazzled across five strong innings, allowing just five hits and one earned run, while striking out six. The left-hander went nine up, nine down in the first three innings against Amarillo (4-10) and rolled a double play to finish the fifth and end his night.

The Riders took the game’s first lead in the top of the fifth, when Corey Joyce blasted a three-run bomb over the left-field bar and out of the ballpark. The home run soured the night for Amarillo starter Jose Cabrera, who had faced the minimum over the first four innings.

After a couple of mid-inning Amarillo runs, the RoughRiders extended their lead in the eighth to 4-2 off of a two-out RBI double from Orlando Martinez. The Sod Poodles came back to tie the game in the bottom half on a two-run home run from Jansel Luis.

With the bases loaded in the ninth, Joyce bounded a ball over the head of the third baseman, Manuel Pena, to score the game’s deciding run off of Alec Baker (0-1). Wilian Bormie (4-0) shut the game down for the win in the bottom of the ninth, stranding two.

Notes to Know:

• In his first week with the RoughRiders, Joyce has hit two three-run home runs and is 8-for-17 with 8 RBI and a 1.382 OPS.

• Bormie has made five relief appearances and has already accumulated four wins to lead all Texas Leaguers.

• Frisco now owns the series lead three games to two and can win their first six-game series of the season with a win on Sunday.

Frisco will hand the ball to RHP David Davalillo (0-1, 1.74) against LHP Avery Short (0-0, 6.43) in a 1:05 p.m. start from HODGETOWN on Sunday.

About the RoughRiders

The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the 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 225 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Jack Leiter, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].