Frisco RoughRiders Get Brilliant Pitching in 5-0 Shutout Against San Antonio Missions

The Frisco RoughRiders got brilliant pitching from Blake Townsend and offense from its best hitters in a 5-0 win against the San Antonio Missions.

Frisco (32-25) found the scoreboard first in the first inning when Orlando Martinez cracked an RBI double to make it 1-0 against Missions (26-34) starter Eric Yost (0-3).

Frisco then added on with an RBI double from Rafe Perich in the third and Keith Jones II pushed the lead to 3-0 with an RBI single.

That score held until the eighth inning when Perich scored on a wild pitch and Corey Joyce ballooned the lead to 5-0 with an RBI single.

Blake Townsend (3-2) earned the win, throwing six shutout innings, striking out six while not walking a batter and allowing just three singles. The lefty allowed back-to-back singles in the first inning to begin the game before retiring the next 16 batters he saw.