RoughRiders fall on the wrong side of an Amarillo comeback

AMARILLO, Texas (April 16, 2026) - The Frisco RoughRiders fell 13-12 in 10 innings to the Amarillo Sod Poodles on Thursday night from HODGETOWN.

Box Score

Frisco (7-5) fell behind early as Amarillo (3-9) tagged Riders starter Winston Santos for six earned runs in his second start of the season. With a three-run second inning and a three-run home run from Frainyer Chavez in the fourth, the Riders tied it up 6-6.

The RoughRiders then jumped ahead 10-6 in the fifth inning when Marcus Lee Sang lasered a line drive home run onto the berm in right-center field to drive in three. Frisco got an RBI double from Keyber Rodriguez in the sixth and another Lee Sang dinger in the seventh – a solo shot that traveled 466 feet over the batter’s eye and planted the Riders in front 12-7.

As the Riders went scoreless over the eighth and ninth innings, Amarillo came back to tie the game, including a three-run double from Ben McLaughlin against Austin Roberts (0-1) with two outs that knotted the game at 12. Casey Anderson (1-1) held Frisco scoreless in the tenth and Angel Ortiz provided Amarillo with an RBI fielder’s choice to walk it off in the bottom half.

Notes to Know:

• Lee Sang’s home runs were his first two as a RoughRider and the 466-foot shot was the longest by a Rider so far in 2026. The former Phillies farmhand set a career-high with 5 RBI.

• Chavez has now homered in four of his last six games after hitting just five Double-A home runs in 2025. It took the switch-hitter 34 games to hit his first home run last year.

• Ben Anderson did not factor into the decision, but gave Frisco one of its best pitching performances of the young season. In his season debut, the right-hander tossed five innings out of the bullpen and surrendered just three runs.

The RoughRiders will look to avenge the loss with their Opening Day starter, RHP Leandro Lopez (0-0, 0.00), on the mound against RHP Ashton Izzi (0-0, 2.25) in a 7:05 p.m. start from Hodgetown on Friday night.

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].