AMARILLO, Texas (June 24, 2026) - The Frisco RoughRiders fell 7-6 to the Amarillo Sod Poodles, who walked it off in ten innings for their first win of the second half on Wednesday night from HODGETOWN.
Frisco (1-1, 40-30) took the game’s first lead on a Max Wagner walk with the bases loaded against Amarillo (1-1, 37-33) starter Adonys Perez in the second inning. In the bottom of the third though, Demetrio Crisantes sent a three-run home run out of the park off Blake Townsend for a 3-1 Sod Poodles lead.
After the RoughRiders tied the game back up with RBI hits from Keith Jones II and Frainyer Chavez in the top of the fourth, Matt O’Neill lifted a solo shot off Townsend to jump Amarillo back up 4-3.
Down 5-3 into the seventh, the Riders tied the game with a Malcolm Moore two-run bomb and took the lead in the eighth on an Arturo Disla sacrifice fly, 6-5.
Amarillo didn’t turn away though, tying the game 6-6 in the bottom of the ninth and winning on a Alberto Barriga walk-off single in the tenth.
Notes to Know:
- Moore has now homered in back-to-back games – his first two Double-A home runs – and is up to 12 on the season between High-A Hub City and Frisco.
- Jones II reached base four times with two hits and two walks. Chavez and Marcus Lee Sang joined him with multi-hit games.
With the series tied at a game apiece, the two teams will meet for game three on Thursday night in a 7:05 start. RHP Ashton Izzi (3-2, 4.20) starts for Amarillo. Frisco has yet to announce a probable starter.
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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.