Saggese Power, Acuña Speed Push Frisco to Victory
July 2, 2023 - Texas League (TL)
Frisco RoughRiders News Release
SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Luisangel Acuña scored the go-ahead run on a passed ball in the ninth inning and the Frisco RoughRiders claimed a 6-4 win over the San Antonio Missions on Sunday at Nelson W. Wolff Municipal Stadium.
Thomas Saggese slammed a two-run home run in the fifth inning to tie the game and make it a three-RBI night for the 21-year-old.
Frisco (2-3, 34-39) came back from a 4-1 deficit and did not allow a run to San Antonio (3-2, 40-34) after Daniel Johnson's go-ahead three-run home run in the third inning.
Grant Wolfram (4-0) pitched the final two innings without a hit to collect the win for Frisco. James Bourque (0-1) allowed an earned run and an unearned run in the ninth to suffer the loss.
Jose Leclerc began his rehab assignment with the RoughRiders on Sunday and pitched a perfect fifth inning, inducing two groundouts and a flyout.
Back in the first inning, Acuña led off with an infield single and came home on Saggese's base hit to left field to lead 1-0.
Down 4-1 in the fourth, the comeback began with a two-out rally when Aaron Zavala singled and Kellen Strahm brought him around on a double off the center field wall.
Saggese then erased the rest of the deficit in the fifth inning on his two-run homer, blasting a ball to left field for his team-leading 11th long ball. That made it a 4-4 score, which remained unchanged until the ninth.
Acuña walked with one out, got to third base on Evan Carter's double, and sprinted home on a passed ball. Carter also touched home moments later when Trevor Hauver grounded a ball through the right side. Hauver pushed his hitting streak to 12 games by going 1-for-4 with a walk.
After Leclerc pitched the fifth inning, Michael Brewer held San Antonio scoreless in the sixth. Juan Mejia delivered a hitless seventh inning and Wolfram went 1-2-3 in the eighth when the score was still tied. He did the same in the ninth once Frisco provided him a two-run cushion.
Zavala went 2-for-4 and has reached base six out of nine times in his last two games in San Antonio.
The series concludes on Monday, July 3rd at 6:05 p.m. in San Antonio. Frisco has not announced a starting pitcher, while San Antonio will put RHP Efrain Contreras (4-5, 4.91 ERA) on the hill.
Frisco returns home next week for a six-game series against the Midland RockHounds that starts at 7:05 on Tuesday, July 4th for Stars & Stripes Night, presented by Rhythm Energy. Get your tickets now for the game and the double fireworks show at RidersBaseball.com or call 972.731.9200.
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