MIDLAND, Texas (May 27, 2021) – The Frisco RoughRiders used just two pitchers, Cole Winn and Noah Bremer, in a nine-inning game for the first time in 2021 to drop the Midland RockHounds 3-1 from Momentum Bank Ballpark.
As it has been all season for the RoughRiders (14-6), pitching was the story on Thursday night. *Cole Winn *(1-1) was brilliant in his start for Frisco, earning the win while allowing just three baserunners (all on walks) over six innings with six strikeouts. *Noah Bremer *entered in the seventh and threw the last three innings, allowing just one run in the ninth on a fielder’s choice.
The Riders found the scoreboard first in the fourth inning when *Dio Arias *came into score on a wild pitch from Zach Reininger (1-4), who took the loss for Midland (10-11).
Frisco then brought in tallies in the fifth and sixth innings on RBI singles from J.P. Martinez Matt Whatley, respectively, to make it 3-0.
The RoughRiders and RockHounds’ six-game series with rolls along on Friday, May 28 with a 7:00 p.m. first pitch for game four. RHP Yerry Rodriguez (0-1, 5.40) starts for Frisco against Midland’s RHP Brady Feigl (0-0, 4.91).