Rehabbing Josh Sborz strikes out two, Riders fall in series opener
FRISCO, Texas (April 23, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders were defeated by the Amarillo Sod Poodles 12-7 on Tuesday evening from Riders Field. Box Score Major League rehabber Josh Sborz faced three batters in the seventh inning for the RoughRiders (9-7), striking out two and surrendering a base hit. He
FRISCO, Texas (April 23, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders were defeated by the Amarillo Sod Poodles 12-7 on Tuesday evening from Riders Field.
Major League rehabber Josh Sborz faced three batters in the seventh inning for the RoughRiders (9-7), striking out two and surrendering a base hit. He was charged with a run after leaving the game.
In the bottom of the first, Frisco started the scoring when Kellen Strahm mashed a 429-foot homer to center on the first pitch that Amarillo (6-10) starter Yu-Min Lin (1-1) threw.
RoughRiders starter Ryan Garcia (0-2) cruised through his three innings, preserving the 1-0 lead until the fourth inning in which the Sod Poodles pushed across four runs. Garcia finished with a final line of 4.1 innings, allowing 6 runs on 6 hits and 3 walks while punching out four.
Amarillo scored at least two runs in four consecutive innings, plating 12 total. The Riders offense tried to keep pace, scoring three in the fifth on a Geisel Cepeda double, a Cooper Johnson RBI groundout.
The Sod Poodles responded with four runs in the top of the sixth, highlighted by a three-run homer by Ivan Melendez. Frisco answered with three runs in the home half of the frame with a double by Cody Freeman and a two-run single from Johnson.
The Frisco lineup tallied 11 hits, but ultimately fell short. Freeman led the offensive attack for the Riders, going 3-for-4 with a double and a pair of singles. Alex De Goti, Maximo Acosta and Strahm each recorded multi-hit performances.
Next, the RoughRiders continue a six-game series with the Arizona Diamondbacks affiliated Amarillo Sod Poodles at 6:35 p.m. on Wednesday, April 24th. RHP Ben Anderson (0-0, 2.08) will take the mound for Frisco. Amarillo has yet to announce a starter. 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 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 Leody Taveras. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].