Sebastian Walcott walks off opener for Riders
FRISCO, Texas (September 9, 2025) – Sebastian Walcott delivered in the bottom of the ninth inning with a walk-off single, handing the Frisco RoughRiders a 4-3 win over the Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Tuesday night from Riders Field. Box Score Northwest Arkansas (32-32, 65-68) drew first blood in the first
FRISCO, Texas (September 9, 2025) – Sebastian Walcott delivered in the bottom of the ninth inning with a walk-off single, handing the Frisco RoughRiders a 4-3 win over the Northwest Arkansas Naturals on Tuesday night from Riders Field.
Northwest Arkansas (32-32, 65-68) drew first blood in the first inning on a Carson Roccaforte home run to make it 1-0.
Frisco (31-32, 69-62) then tied it in the bottom of the second on an RBI groundout from Keith Jones II before the Naturals retook the lead 2-1 in the third on a wild pitch.
Justin Johnson padded the Naturals lead in the sixth with an RBI single, but Jones II tied the game at 3-3 with an RBI double in the bottom of the eighth.
In the ninth, Frainyer Chavez doubled down the right field line against A.J. Causey (3-3), before Walcott blasted the walk-off single to left at 113 mph exit velocity.
Wilian Bormie (1-0) earned his first Double-A win, throwing a scoreless top of the ninth before the walk-off hit.
Notes to know
-Walcott is on a seven-game hitting streak, batting .393 (11-for-28)/.485/.571/1.056 with a triple, home run, seven RBIs and three steals.
-Daniel Missaki retired all seven batters he faced in relief while Ryan Lobus, Joey Danielson, Avery Weems and Bormie combined to retire the last 11 Naturals on the night.
-With an Amarillo loss, Frisco's elimination number is one with five games remaining in the second half.
The RoughRiders face the Naturals at 7:05 p.m. on Wednesday, September 10th for the second game of the final six-game series of the year. RHP Leandro Lopez (0-0, 3.45) starts for the Riders against LHP Frank Mozzicato (2-4, 7.86).
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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].