Frisco Holds off Tulsa
August 17, 2023 - Texas League (TL)
Frisco RoughRiders News Release
FRISCO, Texas - The Frisco RoughRiders gained a lead in the third inning after Evan Carter's triple and held on for a 3-2 win over the Tulsa Drillers on Thursday at Riders Field.
Carter tripled on the first pitch of the third inning and scored on the next delivery due to a wild pitch. Frisco (23-19, 54-56) took its first lead at 2-1. Tulsa (15-27, 56-55) took the lead on a solo home run in the second inning but did not score again until the ninth.
Frainyer Chavez had the game-tying RBI on a groundout the previous inning and then added an RBI single in the eighth to make it 3-1.
Chavez was the third batter to single in the eighth, joining Liam Hicks and Kellen Strahm, to provide an insurance run. Antoine Kelly used that insurance when he allowed one run in the ninth. He struck out two and still collected the save.
Hicks reached all four plate appearances on Thursday with a double, a single, a walk and a hit by pitch. He has reached base in all 28 home games this year and 23 of his last 26 games overall.
Dane Acker pitched into the fifth inning in his start for Frisco. He allowed one run on three hits in 4.1 innings. Grant Wolfram (8-0) collected the win, taking care of 1.2 innings without a run. Justin Slaten added two hitless innings for Frisco.
Kendall Williams (1-1) was tagged with the loss, giving up two runs over 4.2 innings.
Strahm went 2-for-4 in the ballgame as Frisco got its first win of the series.
The Riders wasted little time turning their league-leading 99th and 100th double plays on Thursday. After a leadoff walk to open the ballgame, Acker induced a ground ball that Chavez, Keyber Rodriguez and Trevor Hauver turned for two outs. In the fifth, Wolfram exited a jam with another twin killing from Chavez to Rodriguez to Hauver.
The series heads to game four of the six-game set in Frisco, on Friday, August 18th at 7:05 p.m. with RHP Seth Nordlin (1-4, 5.44 ERA) going for Frisco and River Ryan (1-5, 3.08 ERA) starting on the mound for Tulsa.
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