Frisco Rough Riders Move Record to 16-8 in The Month of May After 3-0 Win Over Northwest Arkansas
The Frisco Rough Riders shutout Northwest Arkansas 3-0 Thursday evening at Dr Pepper Ballpark to even up their series at a game apiece.
Not only did it help the RoughRiders even the three game series at a game apiece heading into tonight's rubber match, the win moved Frisco's record for the month of May to an impressive 16-8.
Frisco starting pitcher Martin Perez turned in a solid outing with his seven scoreless innings of work. He struck out five and scattered five hits while walking just two. Ben Snyder took over for Perez to start the seventh inning and pitched a scoreless inning and Fabio Castillo came on to earn the save with his scoreless inning of work in the ninth inning.
Davis Stoneburner helped get Frisco on the board in the first inning when he used an RBI double to chase home Leonys Martin for a 1-0 lead.
The RoughRiders extended their lead to 2-0 in the fourth inning when catcher Robbie Diaz connected for his first home run of the year.
Frisco picked up an insurance run in the eighth inning when Mike Bianucci doubled and later came around to score on a throwing error.
The RoughRiders top part of the batting order swung the bats well as their top four hitters all had at least one hit apiece. Lead off hitter Leonys Martin had a double and Stoneburner, batting second, had two hits on the evening with one of those being a double.
Frisco will close out their three game series with Northwest Arkansas Friday evening at 7:05 p.m. with Jake Brigham taking the mound against Zach Miner.
RoughRiders Side Notes: Martin Perez has 53 strikeouts in 53 innings of work and his record is 2-0 while his ERA is an impressive 2.01. Justin Miller leads the team in wins with his 5-1 record. Mark Hamburger is the team leader in saves with four. First baseman Jose Ruiz is leading the team in batting with a .323 average. Michael Bianucci leads the team in RBIs with 32 and his 11 home runs is tops for the RoughRiders with teammate Tommy Mendonca right behind him with 10.
