FRISCO, Texas (July 4, 2026) - In front of a record-setting crowd at Riders Field, the Frisco RoughRiders were outslugged by the Midland RockHounds 8-2 Saturday night.
Against Ben Anderson (0-2) in the first inning, Midland (8-3, 40-39) got back-to-back home runs from Devin Taylor and Leo De Vries in a three-run frame before Henry Baez struck out the side against Frisco (5-6, 44-35) in the bottom of the first.
After two more RockHound runs in the second inning, Taylor swatted his second home run of the game to make it 6-0 in the fourth. The Riders registered their first hit in the fifth on a Malcolm Moore leadoff double and he would score the first of two runs in the inning on wild pitches to draw the deficit to 6-2.
Jake Garland (4-0) pitched two scoreless innings to bridge Midland to a win with help from two seventh-inning runs scored by the RockHounds.
Notes to Know:
- Frisco set a franchise attendance record with 12,198 fans at Riders Field, beating the record previously set on July 3, 2025.
- Cole Stasio struck out three of the four batters he faced across 1.1 scoreless innings.
Seeking a series split on Sunday, the RoughRiders send LHP Dylan MacLean (5-1, 4.29) to the mound facing RHP Kenya Huggins (1-3, 5.56) 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.