Frisco Falls in Barnburner
Published on August 13, 2023 under Texas League (TL)
Frisco RoughRiders News Release
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - The Frisco RoughRiders fell 11-9 in a back-and-forth affair to the Corpus Christi Hooks, despite four hits and a home run from Keyber Rodriguez at Whataburger Field on Sunday.
Rodriguez went 4-for-5 including a double and a go-ahead three run home run in the fifth inning. He also stole two bases and went 4-for-4 in steal attempts on the week. His four hits were a season-high in his 12th game played with Frisco this year.
The Riders (22-17, 53-54) held three leads on Sunday but Corpus Christi (21-18, 54-54) took the lead for good in the sixth inning.
Frisco had allowed just five runs through the first five games of the series but gave up 11 runs on 18 hits in the finale. Frisco totaled 12 hits.
The first 10 pitchers of the game between the two clubs each allowed at least one run, until Matt Bush threw a scoreless eighth inning for Frisco and Jacob Delabio earned the save with a scoreless ninth for Corpus Christi.
Triston Polley (2-2) took the loss, allowing two earned runs without an out in the sixth inning.
Frisco had not scored on Saturday but pushed across a run in the first inning on Sunday. Evan Carter walked with one out in the first inning and later scored on Kellen Strahm's two-out, two-strike base hit.
Rodriguez led off the second inning with a double and came home on David Garcia's RBI single.
After the Hooks matched Frisco's runs in the first and second innings, the Riders put two runs on the board in the fourth. Jayce Easley collected an RBI fielder's choice, and Frisco scored another run on a 4-6-3-5 triple play.
Carter doubled in the sixth inning off the left center wall to score Easley from first base and make the lead 8-6.
Easley doubled to lead off the eighth inning, his first hit in Double-A, and scored on Aaron Zavala's double. He also singled in the ninth inning and was the tying run at first base but was stranded to end the game.
Corpus Christi finally put together productive at-bats against Frisco's bullpen, which had limited the Hooks to one run this series over 19.2 innings until Sunday. In the finale, Corpus Christi scored eight earned runs off Frisco's relievers.
Frisco travels back to Riders Field and begins a series against the Tulsa Drillers on Tuesday, August 15th at 7:05 p.m. Get your tickets now at RidersBaseball.com or call 972.731.9200.
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