Profar's big night leads Riders to sweep in Springdale

Profar collects four hits and four RBIs in 5-3 win over Naturals

(Dennis Hubbard/MiLB)

May 25, 2017

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (May 25, 2017) -Juremi Profar went 4-4 and drove in four runs, as the Frisco RoughRiders, the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, swept the Northwest Arkansas Naturals with a 5-3 win in Thursday's series finale at Arvest Ballpark.BIG MOMENTS Juremi Profar tied career-highs with four hits and

SPRINGDALE, Ark. (May 25, 2017) -Juremi Profar went 4-4 and drove in four runs, as the Frisco RoughRiders, the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, swept the Northwest Arkansas Naturals with a 5-3 win in Thursday's series finale at Arvest Ballpark.
BIG MOMENTS

Juremi Profar tied career-highs with four hits and four RBIs Thursday. His solo home run in the eighth capped a monster night at the plate, giving the Riders a 4-2 lead. He also drove in Jose Cardona from third on an RBI single in the first, and plated a pair with an RBI double in the fifth.
Ariel Jurado earned his fifth win of the season, and fourth consecutive, firing six innings of four-hit ball, allowing a pair of runs and a walk with five strikeouts.
Ruben Sosa Jr. tied the score at 1-1 with a home run in the bottom of the first inning for the Naturals. Northwest Arkansas cut the deficit to 3-2 on Mauricio Ramos' run-scoring single in the bottom of the sixth.

KEY RIDERS PERFORMERS

Juremi Profar: 4-4, double, home run, four RBIs, run
Ariel Jurado: W, 6 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 5 K
Jose Trevino : 3-4
Scott Heineman : 2-5, two runs

NEWS AND NOTES

The Riders earned their first sweep of the season and the first since May 16-19, 2016 at Midland.
Frisco's three-game winning streak is the team's first since winning four in a row April 25-28.
Riders relievers finished the three-game series at Northwest Arkansas without allowing an earned run in 11 2/3 innings.

WHAT'S NEXT
RoughRiders at Arkansas, Friday, 7:05 p.m.
Probables: RHP David Ledbetter (1-1, 4.07 ERA) vs. LHP James Paxton (MLB rehab)
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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 12 seasons (2005-2016). In August 2014, the RoughRiders were purchased by an ownership group led by Chuck Greenberg. The new ownership group, together with the city of Frisco, has spearheaded numerous major franchise improvements over the past two seasons, investing nearly $8 million in a wide array of facility upgrades and improvements, including a new state-of-the-art HD video board, sound system, Bull Moose Saloon, InTouch Grille, Riders Outpost Team Store, and the newest and biggest creation, the 174-foot Choctaw Lazy River. The upgrades made prior to the 2015 season earned the Riders and the City of Frisco "Best Ballpark Renovation" of 2015 by Ballpark Digest. The same publication also honored the Choctaw Lazy River as the best ballpark improvement over $1 million for the 2016 season. More than 140 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball, including All-Stars Chris Davis, Adrián González, Ian Kinsler, and Nelson Cruz, 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 Art Garcia at [email protected] or Ryan Rouillard at [email protected].
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