Riders fall in back-and-forth affair
FRISCO, Texas (September 11, 2025) – The Frisco RoughRiders fell to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals 5-4 on Thursday night from Riders Field. Box Score Frisco (32-33, 70-63) drew first blood in the first inning when Luis Mieses clubbed an RBI single to right to make it 1-0. Northwest Arkansas (33-33,
FRISCO, Texas (September 11, 2025) – The Frisco RoughRiders fell to the Northwest Arkansas Naturals 5-4 on Thursday night from Riders Field.
Frisco (32-33, 70-63) drew first blood in the first inning when Luis Mieses clubbed an RBI single to right to make it 1-0.
Northwest Arkansas (33-33, 66-69) then countered in the top of the second with two runs on a Spencer Nivens RBI double and a Sam Ruta RBI single, pushing the Royals affiliate ahead 2-1.
In the bottom of the second, the Riders tied the game at 2-2 when Jax Biggers crushed a solo home run, his first of the season, but the Naturals took the lead in the third with a Brett Squires solo blast to advance the lead to 3-2.
That score held until the bottom of the eighth when Mieses delivered a two-run, go-ahead single with the bases loaded to springboard the Riders to a 4-3 lead.
Down to their final strike of the game in the top of the ninth, the Naturals tied it at 4-4 on a Carson Roccaforte RBI double to right off of Gerardo Carrillo (2-3) and took the lead on a Gavin Cross RBI single, winning it 5-4.
Ben Sears (2-2) captured the win for Northwest Arkansas while A.J. Causey collected his fourth Double-A save.
Notes to know
-Walcott is on a nine-game hitting streak, batting .382 (13-for-34)/.500/.529/1.029 with a triple, home run, eight RBIs and three steals.
-Frainyer Chavez is on a 10-game hitting streak, hitting .400 (16-for-40)/.479/.550/1.029.
The RoughRiders face the Naturals at 7:05 p.m. on Friday, September 12th for the fourth game of the final six-game series of the year. RHP Winston Santos (0-0, 5.06) starts for the Riders against LHP Hunter Patteson (4-0, 4.09).
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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 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 210 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Josh Jung, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact [email protected].