Riders best Missions 6-3, earn series win over San Antonio
FRISCO, Texas (August 25, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders defeated the San Antonio Missions 6-3 on Sunday evening from Riders Field. Box Score Frisco (28-23, 72-48) used a two-run homer by Abimelec Ortiz in the home half of the fourth inning against San Antonio (23-27, 54-64) starter Henry Baez (3-1)
FRISCO, Texas (August 25, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders defeated the San Antonio Missions 6-3 on Sunday evening from Riders Field.
Frisco (28-23, 72-48) used a two-run homer by Abimelec Ortiz in the home half of the fourth inning against San Antonio (23-27, 54-64) starter Henry Baez (3-1) to break the scoreless tie.
Kohl Drake (1-1), making his second career Double-A start and his first at Riders Field, was dominant as he turned in 6.1 innings of scoreless, one-hit baseball. The lefty walked just one while fanning six.
In the bottom of the sixth, Maximo Acosta and Cody Freeman executed a double steal that allowed Acosta to score. Ortiz capped off the frame with an RBI double that pushed the Frisco lead to 4-0.
San Antonio picked up a pair of runs in the top of the seventh against Dane Acker to make it a 4-2 game. Lucas Dunn provided a bases-loaded, two-run single to open the scoring for the Missions.
Frisco responded in the bottom of the eighth inning, using a walk by Cooper Johnson and an RBI single from Keyber Rodriguez to push the lead back to four at 6-2.
Acker tossed a scoreless eighth inning and handed the ball to Skylar Hales. The righty allowed a run on back-to-back doubles from Robert Perez Jr. and Joshua Mears in the top of the ninth, but picked up a groundout to clinch the 6-3 win.
Offensively, Ortiz paced the RoughRiders with three hits and three RBI. Freeman also collected a two-hit night.
The RoughRiders begin a six-game set on the road against the Northwest Arkansas Naturals (Kansas City Royals affiliate) at 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday, August 27th.
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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 Leody Taveras. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].