CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas (July 8, 2026) - The Frisco RoughRiders exploded in the eighth inning to down the Corpus Christi Hooks 8-3 on Wednesday night from Whataburger Field.
Corpus Christi (7-7, 39-44) plated the first run of the game in the bottom of the first inning when Will Bush doubled in Trevor Austin against Frisco (8-6, 47-35) starter Blake Townsend to make it 1-0. Townsend struck out a career-best eight batters over 4.2 innings.
In the top of the second, Malcolm Moore blasted a solo home run to tie the game at 1-1, but the Hooks took the lead back and added on with runs in the fifth and sixth innings to lead 3-1.
Rafe Perich began the monster eighth inning with an opposite-field homer to right, his eighth in Double-A, to pull within 3-2. After Julian Brock tied the game with an RBI single, Marcus Lee Sang knocked in two more with a base hit and Max Wagner put an exclamation point on the inning with a three-run homer to push the lead to 8-3.
Bryan Magdaleno (2-1) took home the win for the Riders, throwing a scoreless inning from the bullpen while Jack Dashwood (0-1) was saddled with the loss for the Hooks.
Notes to Know:
- Perich's home run was his 19th of the season combined between Frisco and High-A Hub City, the most in the Rangers organization. The Riders are 8-0 when Perich homers.
- The RoughRiders are now 8-3 in Corpus Christi.
- A night after Frisco pitching struck out 18 Hooks, the Riders whiffed 15 more on Wednesday night. In their last eight games, the Riders lead all of Minor League Baseball with 106 strikeouts on the mound.
The RoughRiders meet with Corpus Christi for game three of the series at 6:35 p.m. on Thursday, July 9th. LHP Dalton Pence (2-2, 2.61) takes the ball for Frisco against RHP Cole Hertzler (1-0, 1.56).
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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.