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roughriders fall despite early offensive output and great night from the bullpen
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roughriders fall despite early offensive output and great night from the bullpen

The Frisco Roughriders would send Josh Stephan (5-2, 4.75) to face off against the Tulsa Drillers and Peter Huebeck (1-4, 4.34) on Thursday night to kick off the series. Things got started off early on Thursday night when Josh Stephan gave up three hits in a row culminating in a two run triple by Noah Miller making it an Early 2-0 for the Drillers. However, he would avoid further damage and escape the inning allowing only the two runs. Frisco would get one back when Drillers CF Jose Ramos mispl
Jung and Stowers homer in Riders 7-5 win
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Jung and Stowers homer in Riders 7-5 win

The Frisco RoughRiders have won their third straight game against the Hooks by a final of 7-5. With this win they move to 25-16 and hold onto first place with a two game lead over the San Antonio Missions. On the mound Right-handed pitcher, Ronny Henriquez (0-0, 12.15) got his first Double-A start. He pitched 3.2 innings and allowed five runs on six hits, including two home runs. He issued three walks and struckout three. Blake Bass (4-0, 3.05) replaced Henriquez in the bottom of the fourth.
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Frisco Looks to Right the Ship, Hunter Pence scheduled to rehab

**This post is from July 1st but was delayed from being released until today due to the passing of Angels Starting Pitcher, Tyler Skaggs.? We extend our thoughts and prayers to the Skaggs family, friends and his teammates. ** The last couple of games have been rough for the Riders. In 2 out of the last 3 games they were forced to used a position player to to eat up a few innings. Ryan Dorow pitched 3 innings over a span of 2 games and allowed 5 runs to cross the plate. This is equal to a 15 ERA
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Shakeup in the RoughRiders Lineup Wakes up the Bats

Did anyone else notice the bizarre lineup that the Riders put forward last night? It was perhaps the craziest lineup I have ever seen in my life. Completely randomized, or so it would appear. But, it is impossible to argue with the results. The Riders put up 5 runs, including 3 homers. Clearly whoever set the lineup last night needs to do it again tonight, because it paid off handsomely. And with the Riders only a half game back from 1st place and 2 games left in the half, the team desperately
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Bats Fall Quiet in Frisco

It was a rough night at the ballpark for the RoughRiders last night. The Riders are currently battling for a first place finish to the first half of the season, and last night did not help their cause. Frisco started off good, with a single by De Leon up the middle, and then an RBI double down the 3rd base line. But from there, the wheels fell off so to speak, and they were unable to score again for the remainder of the game. The production from the bottom 1/3 of the order was not particularly