Teodo strikes out eight, Riders drop finale in Midland
MIDLAND, Texas (June 23, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders lost their fourth game in a row on Sunday afternoon, falling 4-1 to the Midland RockHounds from Momentum Bank Ballpark. Box Score Frisco (44-25), who lost the series 5-1, found the scoreboard first in the top of the first inning on
MIDLAND, Texas (June 23, 2024) – The Frisco RoughRiders lost their fourth game in a row on Sunday afternoon, falling 4-1 to the Midland RockHounds from Momentum Bank Ballpark.
Frisco (44-25), who lost the series 5-1, found the scoreboard first in the top of the first inning on a Cody Freeman solo home run off of Midland (40-29) starter Blake Beers (5-5). It was his team-best seventh of the season and the Riders' second of the series.
The RockHounds then struck back in the bottom of the first against Emiliano Teodo, plating a the tying run on a sacrifice fly from Brennan Milone. Teodo allowed two runs over his four innings while striking out eight and walking three.
Denzel Clarke then took over with an RBI single in the fourth and two solo home runs in the sixth and eighth innings to make it 4-1.
The Riders outhit the RockHounds 9-7 and received two-hit games from both Josh Hatcher and Keyber Rodriguez.
Abimelec Ortiz (arguing safe/out call at second) and Dane Acker (arguing check swing call from the dugout) were both ejected in the game for Frisco.
Danis Correa threw the last two innings for the Hounds, earning his fourth save of the season.
Next, the RoughRiders return home to start their six-game series with the Corpus Christi Hooks (Houston Astros) at 7:05 p.m. on Tuesday, June 25th. RHP Josh Stephan (2-4, 5.06) gets the ball for the Riders while the Hooks have not announced a starter.
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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].