Riders Can't Hold Early Lead in 7-4 Loss

Published on August 1, 2019 under Texas League (TL1)
Frisco RoughRiders News Release

Andretty Cordero of the Frisco RoughRiders
(Frisco RoughRiders)

AMARILLO, Texas - The RoughRiders weren't able to hang on to an early 3-0 lead, losing 7-4 to Amarillo in Thursday's series opener.

SYNOPSIS

* Frisco led 3-0 after three and a half innings thanks to RBIs from Andretty Cordero and Michael De Leon and a solo home run from Charles Leblanc (4).

* Cordero cut the Amarillo lead to three with his team-best 12th home run in the sixth inning.

* Walker Weickel and Jake Lemoine combined to toss a perfect final 3 1/3 innings.

KEY RIDERS PERFORMERS

* Andretty Cordero: 2-for-4, HR, 2 RBI

* Charles Leblanc: 2-for-4, HR

* Jake Lemoine: 2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB

NEWS AND NOTES

* With his two perfect innings Thursday, Lemoine extended his scoreless innings streak to 19 1/3 for the Riders.

* With Thursday's performance, Cordero has a team-leading 65 RBIs.

WHAT'S NEXT

Riders at Amarillo, Friday, 7:05 pm

LHP Brock Burke (2-5, 3.43) vs. LHP MacKenzie Gore (2-0, 4.30)

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