Frisco Scorched By Midland

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FRISCO, TEXAS – Frisco’s pitching suffered its worst game of the season and the Midland RockHounds cruised to a 16-4 victory on Sunday at Dr Pepper Ballpark. The RoughRiders allowed season-highs in hits, runs, walks and home runs while enduring their largest losing margin of the year.

The RockHounds (33-36) took control early thanks to a shaky Kevin Pucetas and some sloppy Frisco defense. With two on and one out, first baseman Brett Nicholas committed a throwing error to second base to allow a run to score. After a groundout brought home a second tally, Dusty Coleman blasted a three-run homer out to right field to give Midland a 5-0 lead. All five runs were unearned against Pucetas (7-6).

After the RoughRiders (38-31) could not dent RockHounds starter Sean Murphy in the bottom of the first, Midland’s offense went right back to work in the second. A wild pitch and an error allowed the visitors to score again. They added two more on a sacrifice fly and a Vinnie Catricala home run, making it 8-0 Midland.

Chih-Hsien Chiang got Frisco on the scoreboard with a two-run double in the fourth inning, but any thoughts of a RoughRiders comeback were dashed in a disastrous fifth.

With Arlett Mavare pitching, the ‘Hounds hit back-to-back-to-back home

runs. Darwin Perez hit a three-run shot while Anthony Aliotti and Jake Goebbert followed with solo homers. Midland made it 14-2 on Beau Taylor’s RBI single later in the inning, which featured 12 batters and five walks.

Both teams scored two more runs the rest of the way to account for the lopsided final score. The final run was scored when Chad Oberacker thumped a solo home run off of position player Guilder Rodriguez, who retired the three other batters he faced in his second pitching performance of the season.

Frisco’s pitching staff was tagged with ten walks and 15 hits – both season-highs – and 16 runs allowed, which eclipsed the 11 surrendered on April 27. The six home runs were the most given up by Frisco since the team allowed the same number at Midland on June 19, 2007.

Murphy (4-2) allowed four runs on seven hits in six innings to pick up his third win against the RoughRiders this season. Pucetas lost to Midland for the third time, allowing eight runs (three earned) on seven hits in four innings.

The RoughRiders have lost five of their last six games and finish the first half of the season on Monday night against the RockHounds. Nick McBride (0-2, 9.00) starts for Frisco against left-hander Carlos Hernandez (3-5, 3.39). First pitch is scheduled for 7:05 p.m. and the audio broadcast will begin at 6:40 at www.ridersbaseball.com.

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