Alejandro Osuna’s five RBI night lifts Frisco over Arkansas, 8-1
FRISCO, Texas (July 5, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders defeated the Arkansas Travelers 8-2 on Friday evening from Riders Field. Box Score Frisco (7-4, 51-29) opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning against Arkansas (6-5, 42-37) starter Michael Morales (0-1). Cody Freeman led off the frame with
FRISCO, Texas (July 5, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders defeated the Arkansas Travelers 8-2 on Friday evening from Riders Field.
Frisco (7-4, 51-29) opened the scoring in the bottom of the second inning against Arkansas (6-5, 42-37) starter Michael Morales (0-1). Cody Freeman led off the frame with a double and later scored on a sacrifice fly by Aaron Zavala. Geisel Cepeda drove in Abimelec Ortiz with a double to left to give the Riders a 2-0 lead.
Arkansas tightened the score after Hogan Windish provided a two-out double, later scoring on a wild pitch.
In the bottom of the fourth, Ortiz, Cepeda and Frainyer Chavez worked walks to load the bases. Alejandro Osuna then clobbered a bases-clearing triple to right field, giving Frisco a 5-0 advantage.
The Rangers No. 15 ranked prospect, Winston Santos (1-0) spun five innings of two-hit ball, allowing just one unearned run with seven punchouts in his first career Double-A win.
Frisco added to their lead on Osuna’s two-run homer in the bottom of the sixth inning, giving the Riders an 8-1 lead.
Ricky DeVito worked two scoreless and hitless frames with two walks and two strikeouts before handing the ball to Bryan Chi. Chi worked a scoreless eighth but allowed a solo homer to Brock Rodden in the ninth.
Osuna, Freeman and Ortiz each logged two hit nights as Osuna drove in five for the Riders in the 8-2 win.
The RoughRiders finish their six-game home-and-home split series against the Arkansas Travelers (Seattle Mariners) at 7:05 p.m. on Saturday, July 6th. RHP Emiliano Teodo (4-2, 1.87) will take the mound for the Riders against RHP Juan Mercedes (3-3, 2.85) for the Travelers.
The series wraps up with Stars & Stripes Weekend presented by Leaderboard Signs & Graphics on Saturday. Following the game, kids can run the bases just like the Riders, presented by our friends at Raising Cane’s. Once the kids finish running the bases, our final postgame fireworks show of the weekend will light up the sky.
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].