Riders Venture to Extras for First Time in 2018, Fall 4-3 in 11
April 13, 2018 - Texas League (TL1)
Frisco RoughRiders News Release
TULSA, Okla. - The Frisco RoughRiders, Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, voyaged to extra innings for the first time this season Thursday in Tulsa, falling 4-3 to the Drillers in 11 innings.
BIG MOMENTS
Tulsa's D.J. Peters drew a bases-loaded walk in the bottom of the 11th inning to close out the win for the Drillers.
Trailing 2-1 in the fifth, the Riders grabbed a 3-2 lead on a pair of passed balls.
Tulsa tied the game in the bottom of the seventh on an RBI groundout but reliever Brady Feigl stranded the potential go-ahead run at third base to keep the game tied and eventually force extras.
KEY RIDERS PERFORMERS
Scott Heineman: 3-4, 2B, BB, R
Collin Wiles: 5 2/3 IP, 8 H, 2 ER, 1 BB, 6 K
Brady Feigl: 1 2/3 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K
NEWS AND NOTES
Thursday's game marked the first time the Riders played under Minor League Baseball's new extra-inning rules (enacted prior to this season), featuring a runner starting at second base to begin each inning.
Scott Heineman reached his first four times at the plate Thursday, compiling a streak of reaching safely in eight straight plate appearances for the second time in the young season.
Heineman is batting .632 (12-19) on his current six-game hitting streak.
WHAT'S NEXT
Riders at Tulsa, Friday, 7:05 p.m.
Probables: LHP Wes Benjamin (0-1, 4.50) vs. RHP Justin De Fratus (1-0, 0.00 ERA)
Video: MiLB.tv
Audio: RidersBaseball.com, TuneIn Radio, First Pitch App
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