Profar and Beck stay hot in loss to Tulsa

Riders rally late but win streak ends at six

Preston Beck sent a grand slam in the 9th to cut Tulsa's lead 9-7 (Caitlyn Epes/Frisco RoughRiders)

July 3, 2018

FRISCO, Texas (July 3, 2018) - Big nights from Juremi Profar and Preston Beck weren't enough for the Frisco RoughRiders, the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, who fell to the Tulsa Drillers 9-7 in Tuesday's series finale at Dr Pepper Ballpark.BIG MOMENTS* Trailing 9-1 in the middle of the eighth,

FRISCO, Texas (July 3, 2018) - Big nights from Juremi Profar and Preston Beck weren't enough for the Frisco RoughRiders, the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, who fell to the Tulsa Drillers 9-7 in Tuesday's series finale at Dr Pepper Ballpark.
BIG MOMENTS
* Trailing 9-1 in the middle of the eighth, the Riders made a furious rally, scoring twice in the eighth on a single from Profar and four times in the ninth on a grand slam from Beck.

* Profar knocked a home run in the second inning - his second in as many days - to cut the Drillers lead to 3-1.

* Infielder Luis Mendez made his second pitching appearance of the season and worked a perfect ninth inning.

KEY RIDERS PERFORMERS
* Preston Beck: 3-for-5, 2B, HR, 4 RBI, 2 R
* Juremi Profar: 2-for-4, HR, 3 RBI, R
* Luis Mendez: 1 IP, 0 H, 0 R, 0 BB, K

NEWS AND NOTES
* The loss snaps the Riders season-long winning streak at six games.
* Beck has hit safely in 11 of his last 13 games, recording multiple hits in seven.

WHAT'S NEXT
Riders at Springfield, Wednesday, 6:30 p.m.
Probables: RHP Ariel Jurado (2-3, 3.93) vs. RHP Mike O'Reilly (2-2, 4.00)
Video: MiLB.tv
Audio: RidersBaseball.com, TuneIn Radio, First Pitch App
About the RoughRiders
The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and play their games at beautiful Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, Texas. The team was founded in 2003 and has finished first among all Double-A franchises in attendance in each of the last 13 seasons (2005-2017). 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, InTouch Grille, Riders Outpost Team Store and the world's largest water feature in a sports facility, the massive Choctaw 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 140 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball, including All-Stars Chris Davis , Adrián González , Ian Kinsler and Neftalí Feliz , as well as current Rangers stars Elvis Andrus , Rougned Odor and Nomar Mazara . For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders and Dr Pepper Ballpark, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact Ryan Rouillard at [email protected].
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