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Another Walk-Off Gives 'Hounds Sixth Straight Win

May 7, 2017 - Texas League (TL1)
Midland RockHounds News Release

Granted, it's easier to say when the "home team" wins, but the first two games of the season series between the RockHounds and Frisco RoughRiders have been outstanding Texas League baseball games.

On the heels of a walk-off win on Andy Paz 's ninth-inning single Saturday night, the RockHounds walked off again, this time on a bases-loaded drive to right-center from Max Schrock in the last of the ninth for a 2-1 victory on Sunday afternoon at Security Bank Ballpark.

The clubs each scored a single run in the second inning and the game remained tied until Schrock's walk-off, which gave the RockHounds their sixth consecutive win, all within the current homestand (the 'Hounds swept four games from Corpus Christi before taking the first two from the RoughRiders).

The RoughRiders' run was manufactured, almost single-handedly, by Isiah Kiner-Falefa, who led off the second with his second "hustle double" in as many nights, then alertly broke for third on a pitch in the dirt. The ball was

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