MIDLAND, Texas (May 15, 2026) - Behind four hits from “The Buffalo,” Arturo Disla, the Frisco RoughRiders trampled the Midland Rockhounds in a 15-4 win on Friday night at Momentum Bank Ballpark to even the road series at two games apiece.
Frisco (18-18) jumped on the board first when Disla drove a double off of Corey Avant (0-2) to drive in Dylan Dreiling in the first inning for a 1-0 lead. Midland (22-14) evened the score after Cole Conn doubled in a run against Winston Santos in the bottom of the first.
Following a John Taylor RBI double in the third inning, Disla was right back at it. Batting directly after Taylor, he demolished a hanging curveball over the tall left field wall for his first career Double-A home run, a three-run laser that punctuated a four-run inning for Frisco’s 5-1 lead.
Taylor matched an inning later with an opposite-field home run tucked inside the left field foul pole to give the RoughRiders a 7-2 lead. Santos surrendered another run in the fourth, finishing his night with three earned runs allowed, but six strikeouts in four innings.
In the sixth, Marcus Lee Sang and Keith Jones II rifled base hits to reach for the top of the order and were driven in on a sacrifice fly from Taylor and a single from Disla. Keyber Rodriguez doubled in Dreiling to make it 10-4. Jonathan Brand (1-2) held the RockHounds off the scoreboard over two relief innings.
In the eighth, Taylor led off the inning with a walk and Disla pounded a single through the middle of the infield for his fourth hit of the night. They’d both score as Frisco scored five more times in the final two innings behind three more doubles, two of which came from Ian Moller.
Notes to Know:
- Disla’s four-hit night marked his third game with at least four hits in the Minor Leagues this season, the previous two coming with A+ Hub City. Through three games in Double-A, Disla has at least one hit and one RBI in each, with seven total hits and seven total RBI.
- Taylor finished the night with a career-high four RBI, combining with Disla to drive in nine of the 15 Frisco runs.
- Eight of the nine RoughRiders starters had at least one hit and the top six in the batting order all had multi-hit games.
- The Riders set single-game season highs with eight doubles on offense and 15 strikeouts as a team on the pitching side. They tied their season high for runs in a game.
With the series tied, Frisco sets its sights on a series lead Saturday night, pitting RHP Leandro Lopez (0-1, 7.11) against RHP Mitch Myers (0-1, 7.53) in a 7:00 p.m. start at Momentum Bank Ballpark.
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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.