Frisco beaten by Midland in bullpen game

RoughRiders drop game three 10-4 to RockHounds

3:54 AM UTC

FRISCO, Texas (July 2, 2026) - In a bullpen game, the Frisco RoughRiders were beaten 10-4 by the Midland RockHounds on Thursday night at Riders Field.

Midland (7-2, 39-38) scored twice against Joey Danielson (1-1) on three straight hits to begin the ballgame. The RockHounds scored three more times in the third inning and led 6-3 after the fourth. Corey Avant (2-5) held Frisco (4-5, 43-34) scoreless across six innings of one-hit ball. 

In the seventh, Keith Jones II plated a run with an RBI single and Marcus Lee Sang drove in two with a triple in the eighth inning. Lee Sang scored on a wild pitch to make it 6-4, but Midland responded with four runs in the top of the ninth.

Jared Johnson retired Frisco in order to stamp his first save of the season.

Notes to Know:

  • Frisco used six pitchers: Danielson, Bryan Magdaleno, Anthony Susac, Janser Lara, Josh Trentadue and Cole Stasio.
  • Lara fired 2.1 perfect innings, retiring all seven batters he faced.

On Friday, Frisco will throw LHP Dalton Pence (2-2, 2.95) against RHP Jack Finley (0-0, 3.05) in a 7:05 p.m. start at Riders Field.

For tickets and more information about the Frisco RoughRiders, visit RidersBaseball.com or call 972.731.9200.

About the RoughRiders

The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and the 2022 Texas League champions. In 2023, the team celebrated its 20th anniversary and has consistently finished in the top five among all Double-A franchises in attendance yearly. In August 2014, the RoughRiders were purchased by an ownership group led by Chuck Greenberg. Since then, the new ownership group, together with the City of Frisco, has spearheaded numerous major franchise enhancements, investing over $8 million in a wide array of facility upgrades and improvements, including a state-of-the-art HD video board, sound system, Bull Moose Saloon, Bullpen Bar, Riders Outpost Team Store and the world's largest water feature in a sports facility, the massive Lazy River. These enhancements earned the Riders and the City of Frisco Ballpark Digest's prestigious "Best Ballpark Renovation" award for two consecutive years (2015 and 2016). More than 225 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Jack Leiter, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact zbigley@ridersbaseball.com.