Acker strong, Riders shut out Travs
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (April 19, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders tossed their first shutout of the season in a 4-0 win over the Arkansas Travelers from Dickey-Stephens Park on Friday night. Box Score The Riders (8-5) carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning and were paced by starter Dane
NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (April 19, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders tossed their first shutout of the season in a 4-0 win over the Arkansas Travelers from Dickey-Stephens Park on Friday night.
The Riders (8-5) carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning and were paced by starter Dane Acker, who tossed 4.2 hitless frames with two walks and seven strikeouts to tie a career best. Robby Ahlstrom followed with 2.1 innings featuring four strikeouts before both Seth Clark and Steven Jennings tossed clean frames to finish the shutout.
On the offensive side, Frisco found the scoreboard in the top of the third when Aaron Zavala ripped an RBI single up the middle to make it 1-0. The next batter, Abimelec Ortiz, then plated the second tally of the inning with an RBI ground out to first.
In the fifth, the Riders added on with an Ortiz sacrifice fly and put the finishing touches on the scoring when Geisel Cepeda crossed the plate in the ninth to push the advantage to 4-0.
In his start, Danny Wirchansky (1-2) was saddled with the loss for Arkansas (8-5), allowing two runs over his four frames.
Kellen Strahm and Cepeda both tallied multiple hits on the day as Frisco snapped their three-game skid.
The RoughRiders and Travelers will meet for game five of the six-game set at 4:05 p.m. on Saturday, April 20th. The RoughRiders are slated to have RHP Emiliano Teodo (0-1, 6.75) start against RHP Juan Mercedes (0-0, 2.00) for the Travelers.
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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 200 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].