Frisco loses second-straight game in Midland

MIDLAND, Texas (June 21, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders dropped their second-straight game to the Midland RockHounds 2-1 on Friday night from Momentum Bank Ballpark.

Box Score

Midland (38-29) scored first in the fifth inning on an RBI ground out from Jeisson Rosario, plating Denzel Clarke to make it 1-0 against Frisco (44-23) starter Nick Krauth (5-3). Krauth allowed just two runs over six innings while striking out four and walking two in his team-best fifth quality start of the year.

Krauth returned to the hill in the seventh, but allowed three-straight hits, including an RBI single from Clarke, before being replaced by Ricky DeVito. DeVito went two scoreless innings in his outing.

Offensively, Josh Hatcher scored Frisco's only run in the ninth inning on a wild pitch, avoiding being shut out for the second game in a row. Liam Hicks led the Riders with three hits while Hatcher, Alex De Goti and Maximo Acosta all contributed hits as well.

Gunnar Hoglund (7-4) out-dueled Krauth, throwing 5.2 scoreless innings to earn the win while Austin Briggs recorded the final five outs from Midland to capture his first save of the season.

Across the first four games of the series, the Riders have been outscored 11-8.

Next, the RoughRiders continue their six-game series with the RockHounds at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, June 22nd. RHP Dane Acker (3-2, 2.81) gets the ball for the Riders while Midland has not announced 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].