NORTH LITTLE ROCK, Arkansas (May 30, 2026) - The Frisco RoughRiders fell to the Arkansas Travelers 7-3 on Saturday night from Dickey-Stephens Park.
Arkansas (30-19) stole the spotlight with an incredible pitching performance from Ryan Sloan (1-2), who threw 6.0 perfect innings with 11 strikeouts in his start. The Travelers then owned a perfect game through eight innings, leading 7-0, before a Corey Joyce leadoff walk in the 9th broke it up for Frisco (25-23) and a Frainyer Chavez RBI double snapped the no-hitter.
Dylan Dreiling then added an RBI single in the ninth and Rafe Perich plated a run on a fielder's choice, but Frisco dropped it 7-3.
In the second, the Travelers jumped on starter Austin Bergner (0-1), scoring three times to take a 3-0 lead. They added on with three in the fourth and another run in the fifth on a Caleb Cali solo home run to take their 7-0 lead.
Notes to Know:
- Dreiling's RBI single in the ninth extended his hitting streak to 11 games and his on-base streak to 19 contests.
- Josh Trentadue (1.0 inning) and Janser Lara (2.0 innings) both threw scoreless baseball out of the bullpen.
- Because the Travelers could not complete the perfect game, the RoughRiders maintain the last two perfect games in the Texas League, on April 19th, 2011 by Martin Perez (5 innings) and a combined, nine-inning perfect game on July 28th, 2005 at Corpus Christi by A.J. Murray, Steve Karsay and Scott Feldman.
The Riders will meet the Travelers for the finale of the five-game series at 1:35 p.m. on Sunday, May 31st. LHP Dylan MacLean (4-0, 4.46) will take the ball against RHP Adam Leverett (1-1, 4.63).
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.