FRISCO ROUGHRIDERS (3-0) MIDLAND ROCKHOUNDS (0-3) Texas Rangers Oakland Athletics GAME #4 • FRIDAY, MAY 7 • 7:05 P.M. Riders Field • Frisco, TX RHP Cole Winn (0-0, -.--) vs. RHP Bryce Conley (0-0, -.--) Video: MiLB.tv • Audio: RidersBaseball.com and MiLB First Pitch App THOMPSON LEADS THE WAY IN BLOWOUT WIN: Bubba Thompson slammed two home runs and knocking in five on Thursday night, propelling the Frisco RIDERS VS. ROCKHOUNDS RoughRiders to a 7-0 thumping of the Midland RockHounds. Thompson started off the scoring in the fourth with a 2021 ...................................................3-0 solo homer to make it 1-0. In the fifth, Thompson added on with a three-run double and Davis Wendzel hit his first in Frisco ....................................3-0 career Double-A home run, a two-run shot, to make it 6-0. Two frames later in the seventh, Thompson crushed a in Midland ...............................0-0 solo home run to put the Riders out in front 7-0. On the mound, Tyler Phillips (4.0 IP), Hever Bueno (W, 1.1 IP), Joe All-time ...................................225-228 Gatto (2.1 IP) and Fernerry Ozuna (1.1 IP) combined for the first Frisco shutout of the season on the mound. in Frisco ..........................115-115 ALL BUBBA, NO GUMP: in Midland .....................110-113 Bubba Thompson was a one-man wrecking crew on Thursday night, going 3-for-4 with two home runs and a RANGERS TOP 30 PROSPECTS career-best five RBIs. The centerfielder hit solo home runs in the fourth and seventh innings and had a three-run double in the fifth inning. Before last night, Thompson’s most-recent MiLB homer came on August 27, 2019, when 5. RHP Cole Winn he also hit two home runs for the Down East Wood Ducks. At the beginning of the season, the speedster has been 8. INF Davis Wendzel showing off the pop; he is hitting .462 (6-for-13)/.500/1.308 with a double, two triples, two home runs, seven RBIs 9. INF Sherten Apostel and four runs scored. Entering the season, Thompson was coming off an injury-filled season in 2019, where he hit 11. OF Steele Walker just .178/.261/.312 with Down East. 19. RHP Yerry Rodriguez SPEED KILLS: 23. RHP A.J. Alexy In Tuesday’s win, the Riders swiped six bases and they stole three more over the last two nights. The six were the According to MLB Pipeline most stolen bases in an Opening Day game in franchise history, and the Riders are second in Double-A with nine stolen bases on the young season. J.P. Martinez leds the way with three, while Matt Whatley and Steele Walker each have two as well. This figures to be a team that will be able to run wild on the basepaths with players like Bub- RECORD THROUGH 2 GAMES ba Thompson, who has stolen 49 bases in his minor league career and stole 32 in 2018 alone. 2021 ..................................................... 3-0 BACK-END BOYS: 2019 ..................................................... 2-1 Through the first three games of the season, the Riders bullpen has been a bright spot. With expanded rosters in Best record ............... (5/7) .............. 3-0 2021 at 28 members, Frisco still hasn’t seen one member of its ‘pen (Noah Bremer), but through three games, they Worst record ............ (5/7) .............. 3-0 have owned a 1.65 ERA (3 ER, 16.1 IP) with 22 strikeouts. In all three contests, the bullpen has earned the win (Sal 120-game pace ......................... 120-0 Mendez in game one, Stephen Villines in game two and Hever Bueno in game three) and the Riders overall as a staff have the best ERA in the Double-A Central (2.33). TEDDY FUN FACT OF THE DAY OFFENSIVE EXPLOSION: Roosevelt won the Medal of Honor In the first three games of the 2021 campaign, the offense has shown up right away. The RoughRiders are tops in the Double-A Central in multiple offensive categories, including runs (21), doubles (6), triples (3), RBIs (18), stolen bases posthumously in 2001 (9) and OBP (.389). Matt Whatley leads the league in batting average at .571 (4-for-7) and Bubba Thompson is tops in the league, and second in Double-A, in OPS (1.808). IBAÑEZ TO THE BIGS: The RoughRiders had gone a month without a former player making their Major League Baseball debut, but that changed on Tuesday night, when Andy Ibañez collected a pinch-hit single for the Rangers in a 6-3 win over Min- COMMUNICATIONS nesota. The Cuba native played for the RoughRiders in 2017, batting .265/.323/.400 over 82 games with eight home Compiled by Zach Bigley runs, 29 RBIs and six stolen bases. Ibañez is the 167th former RoughRiders player to make his major league debut after playing in Frisco. For credentials, game notes, media guides and more, visit RidersBaseball.com/Media UPCOMING PITCHING PROBABLES or email [email protected] DATE TIME OPPONENT RIDERS STARTER OPPOSING STARTER May 8th 7:05 p.m. Midland RockHounds RHP Yerry Rodriguez (0-0, -.--) RHP Kyle Friedrichs (0-0, -.--) @RidersBaseball May 9th 4:05 p.m. Midland RockHounds RHP Tim Brennan (0-0, 0.00) RHP Zac Reininger (0-1, 4.90) May 10th OFF DAY May 11th 7:05 p.m. Corpus Christi Hooks LHP Jake Latz (0-0, 15.43) TBD RIDERS HORSESHOES Diosbel Arias: April 2019: .337/.398/.435 with 10 RBIs in 25 games...Hit .305/.382/.402 pre All-Star Break in 2019 with Down East Jordan Procyshen: In 92 Double-A career games, hitting just .189/.272/.285, but has caught 37% of runners over his career Sherten Apostel: Finished 2019 by hitting .286/.434/.488 in August with 4 HRs, 12 RBIs and 22 BB in 27G Josh Stowers: Just acquired by the Rangers in April, Stowers had a .786 OPS with Charleston (Low-A, Yankees) in 2019 Jax Biggers: Finished third in Hickory’s 2019 batting average list (.282) and second in OBP (.369)...Hit .339 in home games Bubba Thompson: Had a promising July in 2019 with Down East, hitting .286/.333/.510 with 2 HRs, 7 RBIs and 4 SBs Ryan Dorow: Had a great month of May in 2019 with Down East, hitting .312/.426/.495 with 5 HRs and 21 RBIs over 27G Steele Walker: In June of 2019 with the Winston-Salem Dash, hit .330/.379/.523 with 3 HRs, 6 2Bs and 16 RBIs J.P. Martinez: Fourth in the 2019 Carolina League with 28 steals while also hitting 14 HRs...Stole 10 bases in each July and August Davis Wendzel: Has played in a total of just 9 minor league games after missing time with a thumb injury Melvin Novoa: Made his presence felt in Down East, throwing out 14 base runners in his 14G at catcher for the Woodies Matt Whatley: The Rangers Minor League Defender of the Year in 2019, he was tied for the South Atlantic League lead with 33 CS ROUGHRIDERS STARTING PITCHER SINGLE GAME HIGHS COLE WINN Season Highs IP ..................................................................... HT: 6’2 WT: 200 H ..................................................................... BATS: Right THROWS: Right R ...................................................................... 22 ER ................................................................... AGE: 21 BIRTHDAY: Nov. 25, 1999 # BB ................................................................... SO ................................................................... BORN: Longmont, Colorado Career Highs RESIDES: Longmont, Colorado IP ................................ 7.0 (8/28/19 at COL) H ...................................7 (6/10/19 at GBO) ACQUIRED BY RANGERS: R ...............................5 (2x; 6/16/19 at DEL) RHP ER ..................................5 (6/16/19 at DEL) Drafted in the 1st round (15th overall) BB ..........................5 (2x; 7/27/19 vs. ASH) of the 2018 MLB Draft (0-0, -.-- ERA) SO ................................. 7 (8/16/19 at GVL) YEAR TEAM LEV W-L ERA G GS SV IP H R ER BB K HR HBP BK WP WHIP 2019 Hickory A 4-4 4.72 18 18 0 68.2 59 36 34 39 65 5 3 0 7 1.42 2021 Frisco AA 0-0 - 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 - MINOR LEAGUE CAREER 4-4 4.72 18 18 0 68.2 59 36 34 39 65 5 3 0 7 1.42 REPERTOIRE VS. MIDLAND Fastball Curveball Slider Changeup DATE H/R S/R DEC. IP H R ER BB K RESULT ABOUT COLE 2019 TOTALS (0-0, -.-- ERA) 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 -Originally from Colorado, Winn moved to California for his senior year of high CAREER TOTALS (0-0, -.-- ERA) 0.0 0 0 0 0 0 school, going 8-2 with a 0.20 ERA and 120 strikeouts for Orange Lutheran High School. That performance earned him California Gatorade Player of the Year and Baseball America High School Player of the Year honors. 2021 GAME-BY-GAME DATE OPP. DEC ERA G GS IP H R ER BB K HR RESULT -In 2017, Winn won Gatorade Player of the Year for Colorado at Silver Creek High School just outside of Denver. That season, he went 9-0 with a 0.73 ERA and 95 strikeouts in 47.2 IP. -Entering the 2018 draft, MLB.com had Winn as the 8th-best prospect while Baseball America had him as the No. 9 prospect in the draft. The Rangers were thrilled when he fell to the 15th pick. -Shifted his college commitment from Notre Dame to Mississippi State to TCU, but signed with the Rangers for $3.15 million. 2021 SEASON -Winn enters the season ranked as the No. 3 prospect in the Rangers organization by MLB.com, No. 5 by Baseball America. He is the top pitching prospect on MLB.com’s list and No.