Late Homer Lifts Frisco

Box Score

FRISCO - Cody Freeman's solo home run to center field in the eighth inning Tuesday was the difference in the RoughRiders' 3-2 win over Corpus Christi at Riders Field.

Jacob Melton scored both Hooks runs in the second-half opener, going 2-for-4 with a double and two stolen bases.

Collin Price plated Melton in the fourth with a two-strike single into left field. Jordan Brewer reached base three times, thanks to singles in the second and fourth, as well as being hit by a pitch in the sixth.

In his second Double-A start, Joey Mancini struck out four and spread four hits and two walks over five innings. Both of the Riders runs against him came with two outs. Mancini now sports a 2.21 ERA in five games for Corpus Christi.

Cole McDonald retired six of the seven men he faced, blanking Frisco in the sixth and seventh.