Cardona homers twice in comeback win

FRISCO, Texas (July 21, 2018) - Jose Cardona blasted two home runs to help the Frisco RoughRiders, the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers, to a 6-5 victory over the San Antonio Missions Saturday at Dr Pepper Ballpark.

BIG MOMENTS
* Jose Cardona hit the Riders second and third homers of the night with solo blasts to lead off the second and eighth innings.

* Michael De Leon capped a three-run rally in the eighth inning with a bases loaded RBI single in the eighth.

* San Antonio erased a 3-2 deficit to take a 5-3 lead in the seventh before the Riders rallied to regain the lead for good.

KEY RIDERS PERFORMERS
 Jose Cardona: 2-for-3, 2 HR, 2 RBI, 2 R
 Eliezer Álvarez: 1-for-4, HR, RBI, R
* Michael De Leon: 2-for-5, RBI, R

NEWS AND NOTES 
* Cardona recorded his second career multi-home run game, both with the Riders.
* Michael O'Neill extended his hitting streak to seven games with a single in the sixth.
* Tyler Davis picked up his first save with the Riders.

WHAT'S NEXT
Riders vs. San Antonio, Sunday, 7:05 p.m.
Probables: RHP Pedro Payano (3-7, 6.64) vs. RHP Jesse Scholtens (5-1, 2.66)
Tickets: Click here
TV: Fox Sports Southwest, MiLB.tv
Audio: RidersBaseball.com, TuneIn Radio, First Pitch App
About the RoughRiders 
The Frisco RoughRiders are the Double-A affiliate of the Texas Rangers and play their games at beautiful Dr Pepper Ballpark in Frisco, Texas. The team was founded in 2003 and has finished first among all Double-A franchises in attendance in each of the last 13 seasons (2005-2017). 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, InTouch Grille, Riders Outpost Team Store and the world's largest water feature in a sports facility, the massive Choctaw 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 140 former RoughRiders players have gone on to play Major League Baseball, including All-Stars Chris Davis , Adrián González , Ian Kinsler and Neftalí Feliz , as well as current Rangers stars Elvis Andrus , Rougned Odor and Nomar Mazara . For more information on the Frisco RoughRiders and Dr Pepper Ballpark, please visit RidersBaseball.com or contact Ryan Rouillard at [email protected].