RoughRiders fall in eleven innings to RockHounds

FRISCO, Texas (April 11, 2026) - The Frisco RoughRiders fell just short in eleven innings, losing 7-6 to the Midland RockHounds on Saturday night at Riders Field.

Box Score

Frisco (5-3) scored in the first inning for the third-straight night with an RBI groundout from John Taylor for a 1-0 lead. Behind two big innings, Midland (6-2) grabbed a 5-1 lead against Riders starter Dylan MacLean, who could not finish the fourth. Joshua Kuroda-Grauer, Leo De Vries and Tommy White combined for six hits against Frisco’s lefty.

It took until the late innings, but the RoughRiders worked their way back on two big home runs. Ian Moller mashed a three-run bomb over the left-center field wall in the seventh inning and John Taylor tied the game at five as the first batter in the bottom of the ninth. Taylor’s homer was the first of his Double-A career.

After the two teams traded single runs in the tenth, with Frisco’s coming on an RBI single from Dylan Dreiling off Shohei Tomioka (1-0), the game went to eleven. Midland scored a run on a bloop from Brennan Milone against Eric Loomis (0-1) and Stevie Emanuels earned his second save by stranding Frisco’s potential tying run at third.

Notes to Know:

• Dreiling had his second three-hit game of the series and now has eight total in the five games. It was his third multi-hit game of the week.

• Danyer Cueva entered the game for Keyber Rodriguez, who left with an apparent injury, and the 21-year-old had the first two hits of his Double-A career.

• Both Jonathan Brand (2.1 IP) and Austin Roberts (2.2 IP) provided valuable length out of the Riders' bullpen and neither allowed an earned run.

The RoughRiders will hand the ball to RHP David Davalillo (0-0, 0.00) on Sunday at 4:05 p.m., looking to salvage a series split against Midland RHP Chen Zhong-Ao Zhuang (0-0, -.--).

It will be the first of three Throwback Sundays of the year, where the Riders will wear retro jerseys on the field and hand out an Elvis Andrus Bobblehead Giveaway presented by Classic Chevrolet of Grapevine.

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].