Four home runs fuel Frisco 12-8 win in Amarillo

AMARILLO, Texas (June 25, 2026) - Behind four home runs, the Frisco RoughRiders beat the Amarillo Sod Poodles 12-8 on Thursday night in HODGETOWN.

Box Score

Frisco (2-1, 41-30) scored in the first with an Orlando Martinez RBI single off Amarillo (1-1, 37-33) starter Ashton Izzi (3-3). Anderdson Rojas hit a solo home run off of Josh Trentadue to tie the game at one in the bottom of the first.

Immediately in the top of the second, Arturo Disla hammered his first career HODGETOWN homer, planting the Riders back ahead 2-1. Then in the fourth, Frisco piled on four more runs with RBIs from Keith Jones II, Corey Joyce, Frainyer Chavez and Rafe Perich.

After Amarillo hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the fourth and drew the deficit to 7-5 going into the sixth, Dylan Dreiling launched a two-run home run in the inning and later, he and Chavez homered again in the eighth inning to take a 12-5 lead. After two scoreless innings from Cole Stasio (1-0) helped Frisco’s bullpen effort, Amarillo scored three in the ninth but fell in the end.

Notes to Know:

• Chavez and Dreiling both now have 10 home runs on the season, becoming the first RoughRider hitters to double-digit homers in 2026.

• Chavez had his fourth four-hit game of the season and extended his hitting streak to seven games. He has been on base 22 times in that span, the most in the Texas League.

• Including a three-inning start from Trentadue, Frisco used six total pitchers in their bullpen game.

Frisco now leads the series 2-1 and sends LHP Dalton Pence (2-2, 2.56) to the hill against LHP Avery Short (3-1, 2.76) in a 7:05 p.m. start from HODGETOWN.

For tickets and more information about the Frisco RoughRiders, visit RidersBaseball.com or call 972.731.9200.

About the RoughRiders

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 new 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 225 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball including current Rangers Jack Leiter, Evan Carter and Wyatt Langford. For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact zbigley@ridersbaseball.com.