Six doubles, Garcia lead Frisco to victory in Midland

MIDLAND, Texas (June 19, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders dropped the Midland RockHounds 6-2 on Wednesday night from Momentum Bank Ballpark.

Box Score

Frisco (44-21) found the scoreboard first on Wednesday night, with a Geisel Cepeda RBI double in the top of the second inning against Midland (36-29) starter Ryan Cusick (1-1).

They then increased their lead in the fourth with a Maximo Acosta sacrifice fly and another run scoring on an error to push the lead to 3-0.

Midland made it a 3-2 game in the sixth with a two-run single from Jeisson Rosario on the final pitch that Frisco starter Ryan Garcia (5-3) threw. Garcia poured in his first quality start of the year, yielding two runs on four hits over six innings while striking out seven and walking two.

The Riders struck right back in the top of the seventh on a Cody Freeman RBI double and plated two more runs in the top of the eighth on RBI doubles from Cooper Johnson and Kellen Strahm. Overall, the Riders collected six doubles on the night. Both Strahm and Cepeda doubled twice.

Steven Jennings whiffed four batters over his two innings on the mound for the Riders and Tyler Owens threw a 1-2-3 ninth in his lone inning as well.

Next, the RoughRiders continue their six-game series with the RockHounds at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday, June 20th. RHP Ben Anderson (4-2, 4.28) gets the ball for the Riders against LHP James Gonzalez (2-2, 4.46).

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]**.