Riders hold Naturals to two hits, earn 6-1 win in series opener
SPRINGDALE, Arkansas (August 27, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders defeated the Northwest Arkansas Naturals 6-1 on Tuesday evening from Arvest Ballpark. Box Score Frisco (29-23, 73-48) opened the scoring against Northwest Arkansas (25-26, 60-60) starter Cruz Noriega (6-3) when Abimelec Ortiz clubbed his 12th homer of the season, a solo
SPRINGDALE, Arkansas (August 27, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders defeated the Northwest Arkansas Naturals 6-1 on Tuesday evening from Arvest Ballpark.
Frisco (29-23, 73-48) opened the scoring against Northwest Arkansas (25-26, 60-60) starter Cruz Noriega (6-3) when Abimelec Ortiz clubbed his 12th homer of the season, a solo shot to right center to give the Riders a 1-1 lead in the top of the second.
In the home half of the second inning, Luca Tresh evened the game with a solo homer to left against Ben Anderson (6-7).
The RoughRiders regained the lead with two runs in the top of the fifth. Daniel Mateo doubled, driving in Aaron Zavala to break the tie. Alejandro Osuna pushed Mateo across the plate with an RBI single, giving the Riders a 3-1 advantage.
Anderson finished after 5.0 innings, allowing just one run on one hit and three walks while fanning five.
Larson Kindreich and Andy Rodriguez combined to allow just one hit across 3.0 scoreless innings.
In the top of the eighth inning, Cody Freeman padded the Riders lead with an RBI single that plated Maximo Acosta to push the Frisco lead to 4-1.
In the top of the ninth, Acosta gave the RoughRiders some breathing room with a two-run double that brought Cooper Johnson and Mateo across home to make it a 6-1 game.
Skylar Hales took the mound in the bottom of the ninth inning, striking out two of the three batters he faced to seal the win for Frisco.
Offensively, the Riders collected nine hits as the top three in the order in Osuna, Acosta and Freeman each snagged two hit nights.
The RoughRiders continue a six-game set on the road against the Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Kansas City Royals affiliate) at 7:05 p.m. on Wednesday, August 27th. The Riders will turn to RHP Winston Santos (3-3, 5.23) against RHP William Fleming (4-4, 6.85) for the Naturals.
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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]**.