Payano Puzzles Hooks But Riders Drop Series Opener
April 15, 2019 - Texas League (TL1)
Frisco RoughRiders News Release
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas - A great pitching performance from Pedro Payano fell short Monday night in Corpus Christi, as the RoughRiders fell 6-4 in walk-off fashion to the Hooks.
SYNOPSIS
* Payano logged 6 1/3 innings, yielding two runs on three hits. He opened the night with six scoreless innings and faced the minimum in that span.
* The Riders took a 2-0 lead in the fourth and broke a 2-2 tie with a pair of runs in the eighth, but Corpus Christi scored four runs in the final two frames, capped by a walk-off homer from Chuckie Robinson in the ninth, to take the series opener.
NOTABLE RIDERS PERFORMERS
* Pedro Payano: 6 1/3 IP, 3 H, 2 ER, 3 BB, 4 K
* Christian Lopes: 3-for-5, 2B
* Andretty Cordero: 1-for-4, 2 RBI, R
NEWS AND NOTES
* With two RBIs Monday, Andretty Cordero brought his season total to 14, which moves him into a tie for the league lead.
* Christian Lopes has seven hits in his last three games.
WHAT'S NEXT
Riders at Corpus Christi, Tuesday, 6:15 pm
LHP Brock Burke (0-1, 0.00) vs. RHP Carson LaRue (0-0, 3.86)
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